[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dt26glRJ"] [Date "2024.04.10"] [White "gmathur"] [Black "VenkatesanM"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.10"] [UTCTime "16:08:21"] [WhiteElo "1341"] [BlackElo "1300"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense } 3. Nc3 Be7 4. h3 Nc6?! { (0.14 → 0.80) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (4... c5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a6 9. Nd5) 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6 8. a3 b5 9. Ba2 Nd4 10. b4?! { (0.63 → 0.03) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } (10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. Nf4 a5 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. c3 dxc3) 10... Bb7?! { (0.03 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. Nxf3+ was best. } (10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be6 12. Re1 Bxa2 13. Nxa2 c6 14. Nc3 a5 15. Bd2 axb4 16. axb4 Qd7 17. Ne2) 11. Re1 a5? { (0.35 → 1.68) Mistake. Nxf3+ was best. } (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3) 12. bxa5? { (1.68 → 0.24) Mistake. Nxd4 was best. } (12. Nxd4 axb4 13. axb4 exd4 14. Nxb5 d5 15. e5 Bxb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nh5 18. g4 Qd7) 12... Rxa5 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 c5 15. Bd5?! { (-0.05 → -0.78) Inaccuracy. Bb3 was best. } (15. Bb3 Qa8) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 b4 17. axb4?! { (-1.11 → -1.83) Inaccuracy. Nb1 was best. } (17. Nb1 Ra4) 17... Rxa1? { (-1.83 → -0.33) Mistake. cxb4 was best. } (17... cxb4 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. Nd1 Bxd5 20. Qe2 Be6 21. d4 Rc8 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc5 24. c3) 18. Rxa1 cxb4 19. Ne2 Qc8 20. c3 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Qc5 22. Rc1?! { (-0.13 → -0.70) Inaccuracy. Qe3 was best. } (22. Qe3) 22... Qb4 23. Ba1 Rc8?! { (-0.87 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Ba6 was best. } (23... Ba6) 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Rxb7 Qxa1+ 26. Kh2 Bf8?? { (0.00 → 4.89) Blunder. Qxc3 was best. } (26... Qxc3 27. Rxe7 Rf8 28. Rd7 Qb4 29. g4 h6 30. Kg2 Qb8 31. Qf5 Qb6 32. h4 Qb4 33. Kg3) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Ne4 Qd4?! { (4.90 → 6.30) Inaccuracy. Qc1 was best. } (28... Qc1 29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. Rd7 Ra8 31. Rc7 Qf4+ 32. Qxf4 exf4 33. Nb7 Ra1 34. d6 g5 35. d7) 29. Rc7 Rxc7?? { (4.96 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ra8 was best. } (29... Ra8 30. Qf5 h6 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Qxc8 Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Qxd3 36. Qxf8+) 30. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0