[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/bcFjvcm7"] [Date "2023.06.01"] [White "ramlaxman_185"] [Black "springer2019"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.06.01"] [UTCTime "10:34:36"] [WhiteElo "2095"] [BlackElo "2074"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense } 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Be3 Nf5 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qb6 15. b4?! { (-0.58 → -1.26) Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. } (15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Na5 18. Nd2 Qb5 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Rf3 Nc6 21. Nf1 Rc7) 15... a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. a4 Rfa8 18. Nc3?! { (-1.40 → -2.31) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (18. Nf3 Qa6 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Nb5 Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Qxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. g4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Ra5) 18... Ncxd4 19. Nb5? { (-2.27 → -4.04) Mistake. Rb1 was best. } (19. Rb1 Qa7 20. Nb5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nxb5 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. axb5 Qb6 24. Ng4 Kh8 25. Qe2 Ra4) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nxb5 21. Qf3 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rab1 Rxa4 24. Ng4 Rf8 25. Qe2 Nc3 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qc2 Nxb1 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kg6 30. Rxf6+ gxf6 31. Qe8+ Kf5 32. Qh5+ Ke4 33. Qg4+ Kxe3 34. Qxa4 Nd2 35. Qa3+ Ke2+ 36. Kh1? { (-8.81 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh2 was best. } (36. Kh2 Qe3 37. Qb2 d4 38. Qa1 d3 39. Qb2 Qe5+ 40. Qxe5+ fxe5 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kh4 d2) 36... Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kg1 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Kf2 { White resigns. } 0-1