[Event "merlin5 vs. blendkuqi"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Jan 15, 2020"] [White "merlin5"] [Black "blendkuqi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1268"] [BlackElo "1327"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 { D30 Queen's Gambit Declined } 3. a3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. d5? { (0.00 → -1.40) Mistake. O-O was best. } (9. O-O b6 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 Nf6 15. Qe5 Qb7) 9... exd5?! { (-1.40 → -0.73) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } (9... Nb6) 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nf6 12. Bb3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb5?! { (-1.09 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } (13... Qa6) 14. a4 Qb6 15. Ne5?! { (0.00 → -1.10) Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best. } (15. Qc2) 15... Qd6? { (-1.10 → 0.07) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } (15... Ne4 16. Bd5 Bf5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Bc3 Qe6 19. Qg4 Bd5 20. Qxe6 Bxe6 21. O-O f6 22. Nf3) 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a5?! { (-0.14 → -1.11) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (17. O-O) 17... Rd8 18. O-O Ng4 19. g3?! { (-0.40 → -0.96) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (19. f4 Be6) 19... Nf6?! { (-0.96 → -0.30) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } (19... Be6 20. Qe2) 20. Qc2 Bh3 21. Rfe1 Qc6?! { (-0.65 → 0.19) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (21... b5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. e4 b5 25. Ne3 c4 26. e5 Ng4 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Bc2) 22. e4 Rd4?? { (0.63 → 3.98) Blunder. Be6 was best. } (22... Be6 23. Bc3 Qb5 24. Ra4 Rac8 25. Ba2 Rd4 26. b3 Rcd8 27. Bb1 g6 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. e5) 23. Ne5 Qc8 24. Nxf7?? { (3.90 → 1.32) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } (24. Bxf7+) 24... Kf8?? { (1.32 → 5.46) Blunder. c4 was best. } (24... c4 25. Ng5 cxb3 26. Qxb3+ Qc4 27. Qxc4+ Rxc4 28. Nxh3 Nxe4 29. b3 Nxd2 30. Rxe7 Nxb3 31. Rd1) 25. Ng5 c4 26. Ba4? { (4.91 → 2.95) Mistake. Ba2 was best. } (26. Ba2 Rxd2) 26... Qd8?? { (2.95 → 9.33) Blunder. Rd3 was best. } (26... Rd3 27. e5) 27. Bc3 Rd3 28. Nxh3 Qc8 29. Nf4 g5 30. Nxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Qh3 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Qd6+ Kg7 34. e5 Bd8 35. Bb3 b6 36. Be6 Qh6?! { (17.95 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qh5 was best. } (36... Qh5 37. Bd5) 37. Qd7+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0