[Event "St Albans Congress"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [Round "?"] [White "A du Boulay"] [Black "Kevin Ellis"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Qe7+?! { (0.13 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } (6... Ne7 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne4) 7. Qe2?! { (0.79 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Re1 O-O) 7... dxc4 8. Qxe7+ Nxe7 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ne4 Rae8?? { (-0.06 → 2.49) Blunder. Bb4 was best. } (16... Bb4 17. Re3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nc3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Rb1) 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rf4 20. Re8+ Nf8 21. Ne4 Kf7 22. Re5? { (2.71 → 1.07) Mistake. Nd6+ was best. } (22. Nd6+ Kg8 23. g3 Rxd4 24. Nxb7 Rd2 25. Ra8 Rxb2 26. Nd8 Nd7 27. Nxc6+ Kh7 28. Rxa7 Nc5) 22... Nd7 23. Nd6+ Kf6 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Nxe4+ Ke6 26. Nc3 b5?! { (1.02 → 1.80) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } (26... Nb6 27. Kf1 Nc4 28. b3 Na3 29. Ke2 Nc2 30. Kd3 Ne1+ 31. Ke4 Nxg2 32. Na4 b5 33. Nc5+) 27. f3 b4 28. Ne2 Kd5 29. b3 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ke3 g5 33. f4 gxf4+? { (1.95 → 3.75) Mistake. g4 was best. } (33... g4 34. f5) 34. Nxf4+ Kc6 35. Nd3 Ne6 36. Ke4 Kd6 37. h4 Nc7 38. Ne5 Ke6?! { (3.10 → 4.43) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (38... Nd5 39. Nc4+ Ke6 40. Kd4 Nf4 41. g4 Ne2+ 42. Kc5 Nc3 43. Nxa5 Nxa2 44. Nc6 Nc3 45. Kd4) 39. Nc6 Nb5?! { (4.32 → 5.84) Inaccuracy. Kd6 was best. } (39... Kd6 40. Nxa5 Nb5 41. Nc4+ Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Ne3+ Kf4 44. Nc2 Kg3 45. Kc4 Nd6+ 46. Kxb4) 40. Nd4+ Nxd4 41. Kxd4 Kf5 42. Kc5 Kg4 43. Kb5 Kxh4?! { (6.28 → 9.08) Inaccuracy. Kf4 was best. } (43... Kf4 44. Kxa5 Kg3 45. Kxb4 Kxg2 46. a4 Kg3 47. a5 Kf4 48. a6 Ke5 49. Kb5 Kd6 50. Kb6) 44. Kxa5 Kg3 45. Kxb4 g5?! { (7.19 → 11.31) Inaccuracy. Kf4 was best. } (45... Kf4 46. a4 Ke5 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Kc6 Ke5 49. a5 Kd4 50. a6 Kc3 51. a7 Kxb3 52. a8=Q) 46. a4 g4 47. a5 Kxg2 48. a6 { White wins. } 1-0