[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZbMClOUh"] [Date "2023.08.06"] [White "leonid_elkin"] [Black "krakukra"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.08.06"] [UTCTime "14:30:36"] [WhiteElo "1987"] [BlackElo "2544"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation } Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O?? { (0.57 → -1.43) Blunder. dxc5 was best. } (9. dxc5 Nxc5) 9... c4 10. h4 b5 11. Kb1 b4?! { (-1.76 → -0.92) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } (11... Nb6 12. Ne2 b4 13. Ng5 Rb8 14. c3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qc2 fxg5 17. hxg5 Rf7 18. g6) 12. Ne2?! { (-0.92 → -1.75) Inaccuracy. Na4 was best. } (12. Na4 Ba6) 12... Rb8 13. c3? { (-1.72 → -3.09) Mistake. f5 was best. } (13. f5 exf5) 13... Nb6 14. cxb4?! { (-2.81 → -3.78) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (14. Ng5 g6) 14... Na4 15. Nc3 Bxb4 16. Ka1 Qa5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Rh3?! { (-4.23 → -5.57) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (18. Be2 Rb6 19. Ng5 Rfb8 20. Bh5 Be8 21. f5 exf5 22. Bf4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb2 24. e6 fxe6) 18... Rb6 19. Qc2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. Qxb2 Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Rb8+ 23. Ka1?? { (-5.65 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc2 was best. } (23. Kc2 Qxa2+ 24. Kd1 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Ke2 Qb2+ 27. Bd2 a5 28. g4 a4 29. Kf2 a3) 23... Qa3 24. Nd2 Qb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1