[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cIuLMlbB"] [Date "2023.11.26"] [White "AfroCentricPheko"] [Black "X002"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.11.26"] [UTCTime "18:31:40"] [WhiteElo "1812"] [BlackElo "1804"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-77"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+5"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } c6?! { (0.30 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3) 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. O-O b6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nc3 a5?! { (1.59 → 2.21) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (7... Nd7 8. exd5) 8. Ne5 Ba6?? { (1.85 → 4.46) Blunder. Nd7 was best. } (8... Nd7 9. f4) 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. exd5 cxd5? { (4.33 → 8.57) Mistake. exd5 was best. } (10... exd5 11. Nxc6 Qd6 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. Bf4 Kd8 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qf3 f6 16. Ng4 f5 17. Ne3) 11. Qb5+ Nc6 12. Qxc6+ Ke7 13. Qb5 Kf6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Qe2 g5 16. Bg3 Kg7 17. f4 f6 18. fxg5 fxg5?? { (6.17 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. hxg5 was best. } (18... hxg5 19. Ng4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxf6 Raf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe5+) 19. Rf7+ Kg8 20. Raf1?! { (Mate in 10 → 10.87) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qh5 was best. } (20. Qh5 Rh7 21. Rxh7 Qe8 22. Rf7 Bg7 23. Raf1 Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Ne7+ Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Bxd4+) 20... Be7?! { (10.87 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } (20... h5 21. Nc6) 21. Qh5 Rh7 22. Qg6+ { Black resigns. } 1-0