[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/aCj7L6tb"] [Date "2025.11.20"] [White "WorldChampPrep"] [Black "borisbaski"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "aCj7L6tb"] [UTCDate "2025.11.20"] [UTCTime "14:17:04"] [WhiteElo "2311"] [BlackElo "2372"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit: Maróczy Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d5?! { (0.18 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. exd5 { [%eval 0.79] } 3... Bd6 { [%eval 0.96] } { C40 Elephant Gambit: Maróczy Gambit } 4. d4 { [%eval 1.41] } 4... e4 { [%eval 1.1] } 5. Ne5 { [%eval 1.02] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 1.07] } 6. Bb5+ { [%eval 0.85] } 6... c6 { [%eval 1.16] } 7. dxc6 { [%eval 1.08] } 7... bxc6 { [%eval 1.39] } 8. Ba4 { [%eval 1.27] } 8... O-O { [%eval 1.28] } 9. Nc3 { [%eval 1.18] } 9... Qc7 { [%eval 1.26] } 10. O-O { [%eval 1.22] } 10... Bxe5 { [%eval 1.3] } 11. dxe5 { [%eval 1.2] } 11... Rd8 { [%eval 1.27] } 12. Qe1 { [%eval 1.28] } 12... Qxe5 { [%eval 1.23] } 13. Qe3 { [%eval 1.3] } 13... Bb7 { [%eval 1.25] } 14. Qg5 { [%eval 1.29] } 14... Nbd7 { [%eval 1.35] } 15. Re1 { [%eval 1.34] } 15... h6 { [%eval 1.73] } 16. Qxe5 { [%eval 1.88] } 16... Nxe5 { [%eval 1.87] } 17. Bf4 { [%eval 1.9] } 17... Ng6 { [%eval 1.83] } 18. Be3 { [%eval 2.04] } 18... Ne5 { [%eval 2.12] } 19. Bb3 { [%eval 2.02] } 19... Re8 { [%eval 2.3] } 20. Rad1 { [%eval 2.29] } 20... a5 { [%eval 2.27] } 21. a3 { [%eval 2.15] } 21... Ned7 { [%eval 2.43] } 22. Rd6 { [%eval 2.38] } 22... c5?! { (2.38 → 3.39) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } { [%eval 3.39] } (22... Re7 23. h3 Kh7 24. Red1 Rae8 25. Na4 Nd5 26. Bd2 Ne5 27. Bxa5 e3 28. Re1) 23. Red1 { [%eval 3.35] } 23... Re7 { [%eval 3.31] } 24. Nb5?! { (3.31 → 2.39) Inaccuracy. Ba4 was best. } { [%eval 2.39] } (24. Ba4 Nf8 25. Bxc5 Ne6 26. Bb6 Ng4 27. Bb3 Ne5 28. a4 Ree8 29. Nb5 Rec8) 24... Rc8 { [%eval 2.66] } 25. c3?! { (2.66 → 1.59) Inaccuracy. R6d2 was best. } { [%eval 1.59] } (25. R6d2 Rb8 26. a4 Kh7 27. h3 Ba6 28. Na7 Bb7 29. Rd6 Ra8 30. Nc6 Bxc6) 25... Kf8?! { (1.59 → 2.48) Inaccuracy. Kh7 was best. } { [%eval 2.48] } (25... Kh7) 26. h3 { [%eval 2.39] } 26... c4 { [%eval 2.4] } 27. Bc2 { [%eval 2.23] } 27... Ne5 { [%eval 2.19] } 28. Rd8+ { [%eval 2.05] } 28... Re8? { (2.05 → 3.58) Mistake. Rxd8 was best. } { [%eval 3.58] } (28... Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Re8 30. Bc5+ Kg8 31. Bb6 Rxd8 32. Bxd8 Nd3 33. Nd6 Bd5 34. Bxa5) 29. Rxe8+?? { (3.58 → 1.36) Blunder. Rxc8 was best. } { [%eval 1.36] } (29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nd6 Rc7 31. Bb6 Rd7 32. Bd4 Nd3 33. Nxc4 Ba6 34. Bxd3 exd3) 29... Nxe8 { [%eval 1.17] } 30. Nd6 { [%eval 1.0] } 30... Nxd6 { [%eval 0.99] } 31. Rxd6 { [%eval 1.03] } 31... Nd3 { [%eval 1.47] } 32. Rb6?! { (1.47 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Ba4 was best. } { [%eval 0.59] } (32. Ba4) 32... Bc6 { [%eval 0.46] } 33. Kf1 { [%eval 0.5] } 33... Ke7 { [%eval 0.36] } 34. Ke2 { [%eval 0.03] } 34... f5 { [%eval 0.02] } 35. g3 { [%eval 0.0] } 35... g5 { [%eval -0.06] } 36. Bxd3 { [%eval 0.0] } 36... exd3+ { [%eval 0.0] } 37. Kd2 { [%eval 0.0] } 37... a4 { [%eval 0.0] } 38. Rb4 { [%eval 0.0] } 38... Bd7 { [%eval -0.1] } 39. Bd4 { White offers draw } { [%eval -0.29] } 39... h5 { [%eval -0.16] } 40. h4 { [%eval -0.68] } 40... gxh4 { Black offers draw } { [%eval -0.62] } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2