[Event "Blitz Titled Arena December '21"] [Site "https://lichess.org/b6cuJ0Dw"] [Date "2021.12.04"] [White "Nikolakis2014"] [Black "TorVik-1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.12.04"] [UTCTime "19:00:02"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2608"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "D46"] [Opening "Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 { D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Variation } 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Ne5 dxc4?! { (0.00 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Nc5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Be2 g6 15. h3 a6 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4) 11. Nxc4?! { (0.74 → -0.04) Inaccuracy. bxc4 was best. } (11. bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. h3 cxd4 15. exd4 Re8 16. f4 Qc7 17. a4 Bb4) 11... c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. f4?! { (-0.03 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 g6 19. g3 h5 20. h4 Qd6 21. a4 Rc7 22. Rfe1 Bf6) 16... Rc8?! { (-0.60 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (16... g6 17. Ne3 Rc8 18. Bc4 Bb4 19. g4 Ne4 20. f5 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 exf5 22. gxf5 b5 23. fxg6) 17. f5 Re8 18. Ne5 Bf8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Bc4 exf5 21. Rxf5 Be6?! { (-0.36 → 0.24) Inaccuracy. Bxc4 was best. } (21... Bxc4 22. bxc4 Nd7 23. Ba3 f6 24. Qg4 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxf8 g6 28. Rf4) 22. Rg5?? { (0.24 → -1.71) Blunder. Bxe6 was best. } (22. Bxe6) 22... g6?? { (-1.71 → 2.73) Blunder. Bxc4 was best. } (22... Bxc4 23. bxc4 Nd7 24. Qg4 h6 25. Rf5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qe8 27. Rf4 Rec7 28. Rd3 b5 29. e6) 23. Rf1?? { (2.73 → -1.52) Blunder. d5 was best. } (23. d5 Bxd5) 23... Nd5? { (-1.52 → -0.15) Mistake. Bxc4 was best. } (23... Bxc4 24. bxc4 Nd7 25. Qf3 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Bg7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qb3 Rd8 29. Qd3 h5 30. h3) 24. Rg3?! { (-0.15 → -0.70) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (24. h4) 24... Bg7 25. Qf2 Qc7?? { (-1.32 → 1.26) Blunder. Rec7 was best. } (25... Rec7 26. a4 a6 27. Bd3 b5 28. h3 Nc3 29. Rf3 Bxb3 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Nxb5 32. Rxb3) 26. h4? { (1.26 → -0.25) Mistake. Ba3 was best. } (26. Ba3 Ree8) 26... f6 27. Nd3 Bf7 28. h5 Rd8?! { (-0.32 → 0.53) Inaccuracy. Re2 was best. } (28... Re2) 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bc1? { (0.52 → -1.08) Mistake. Rf3 was best. } (30. Rf3) 30... Qd6?! { (-1.08 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (30... b5) 31. Kh1?! { (0.00 → -1.03) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (31. a4 Nc3 32. Bxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxg6 Qxd4 34. Nf4 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Ne4+ 36. Kf3 Nc5 37. Be3 Nxb3) 31... Rde8?? { (-1.03 → 1.73) Blunder. b5 was best. } (31... b5 32. Bxd5) 32. Nf4 g5?? { (1.72 → 4.10) Blunder. Nxf4 was best. } (32... Nxf4) 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 34. Ba3 Qxa3? { (4.18 → 7.23) Mistake. Qe6 was best. } (34... Qe6) 35. Bxd5+ Kf8 36. Rxg5 Re2 37. Qg3 Qe7? { (8.07 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re1 was best. } (37... Re1 38. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 fxg5 40. Qf1+ Ke7 41. Qf7+ Kd8 42. Qxg7 b5 43. Qxg5+ Qe7 44. Qxe7+) 38. Rh5? { (Mate in 7 → 7.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxg7 was best. } (38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Qd6+ Qe7 40. Rxf6+ Kg7 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Qg8#) 38... Re6 39. Bxe6 Qxe6 40. Rhf5 Qe2 41. Rxf6+ Bxf6? { (8.18 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } (41... Kg8 42. Qg6) 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Qd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0