[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cH1xnjVm"] [Date "2023.03.20"] [White "q_cubed"] [Black "Devatheertha"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.03.20"] [UTCTime "11:24:45"] [WhiteElo "1972"] [BlackElo "1995"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+59"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C53"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 { C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation } d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+?! { (0.72 → 1.83) Inaccuracy. Bb6 was best. } (6... Bb6 7. h3 Nf6 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Bxd5) 7. Nbd2?! { (1.83 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 h6 10. Qa4 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6) 7... Bg4 8. O-O Nxd4?! { (0.87 → 1.45) Inaccuracy. Bxd2 was best. } (8... Bxd2 9. Bxd2) 9. h3 Bxd2?? { (1.64 → 4.07) Blunder. h5 was best. } (9... h5) 10. hxg4 Bxc1 11. Qxd4 Bh6?! { (4.10 → 5.40) Inaccuracy. Bf4 was best. } (11... Bf4 12. g3 Nf6 13. gxf4 Qd7 14. Nh2 c5 15. Qd3 O-O-O 16. Qf3 h5 17. g5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4) 12. g5 c5 13. Qd5 Qe7 14. gxh6 gxh6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nf6 17. Qxf7+ Qxf7 18. Nxf7 Rf8? { (5.38 → 10.56) Mistake. O-O was best. } (18... O-O 19. Nd6+ Kh8 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Re7 b5 22. Be6 c4 23. Re1 Rab8 24. Rc7 h5 25. Nf7+) 19. Rfe1+ Kd7 20. Rad1+ Kc7? { (8.75 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc8 was best. } (20... Kc8 21. Re7 a6 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Rxb7 Re8 24. Rf7 Re7 25. Rf8+ Kc7 26. Rxa8 Nd7 27. Bxa6) 21. Re7+ Kc8 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Rxb7 Rg8 24. Bxg8?! { (Mate in 7 → 11.71) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf5+ was best. } { Black resigns. } (24. Nf5+ Ke8 25. Re7+ Kf8 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rd8 29. Bf7+ Kf8 30. Rxd8#) 1-0