[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/f1VV3btU"] [Date "2026.05.08"] [Round "-"] [White "mattbcheck"] [Black "Marwan_ba"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "f1VV3btU"] [UTCDate "2026.05.08"] [UTCTime "08:09:30"] [WhiteElo "2160"] [BlackElo "2187"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "3 days per move"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Old Benoni"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 { A43 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni } 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. e4 Nfd7 8. Ng5 Qf6?! { (0.90 → 1.88) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (8... Nc6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. g3 Nd4 12. Bh3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14. Qd3) 9. Nd5?! { (1.88 → 1.19) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } (9. Nb5 Kd8 10. Be2 h6 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bf3 Nc6) 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Be7 11. Be2 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qe4 13. O-O O-O?! { (2.40 → 3.12) Inaccuracy. Bf6 was best. } (13... Bf6 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf5 O-O 18. d6 Qd8 19. Be3) 14. Bd3 Qg4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bc2 Qxc4?! { (3.18 → 4.75) Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. } (16... Kg8 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf6 21. Re2 Nd7 22. Be3) 17. Ng5? { (4.75 → 2.97) Mistake. Re1 was best. } (17. Re1 Bf6 18. Ne5 Qxc2 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Re8+ Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Qxc2 Nbd7) 17... g6 18. b3? { (3.17 → 1.51) Mistake. Re1 was best. } (18. Re1 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd4 20. Be7 Re8 21. Qxd4+ cxd4 22. Ba4 Kg8 23. Bxd6 Rxe1+) 18... Qh4 19. Nf3 Qh7?! { (1.24 → 1.89) Inaccuracy. Qh5 was best. } (19... Qh5 20. Bf4 Re8 21. Qd2 Kg8 22. Rae1 Nf6 23. Ng5 Bf8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. Bd1) 20. Ng5 Bxg5?! { (1.62 → 2.48) Inaccuracy. Qh4 was best. } (20... Qh4 21. g3 Qd4 22. Qe2 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxd5 24. Bh6 Nc6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Be4) 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bf4 Kg7? { (2.42 → 4.05) Mistake. Ne5 was best. } (22... Ne5 23. Re1 Nbd7 24. Re3 Qf7 25. Bh6 f5 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Rg3 Re8 28. f4) 23. Bxd6 Rh8?! { (3.77 → 5.26) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (23... Re8 24. Rc1 Na6 25. Bd3 Rad8 26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. Bxc5 g5 28. Bd6 Qf5 29. Bc7) 24. Qg4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. h3 Re8 27. Bf5 Na6 28. Be4 Rad8 29. Rac1 Rd6 30. a3 Rf8?! { (3.38 → 4.27) Inaccuracy. Qh5 was best. } (30... Qh5 31. Qg3 Qh6 32. Qd3 Re7 33. Rfe1 Qg5 34. g3 Qf6 35. Re3 Red7 36. Rf3) 31. Qg5 Re8 32. Rc3 Qh6 33. Qg4 Rf8 34. Rf3 Rf4 35. Rxf4?! { (4.19 → 3.11) Inaccuracy. Qc8 was best. } (35. Qc8 Rxf3 36. Bxf3 Qf4 37. Qxb7+ Qf7 38. Qb5 Rb6 39. Qe2 Qe7 40. Qe3 Nc7) 35... exf4? { (3.11 → 5.15) Mistake. Qxf4 was best. } (35... Qxf4 36. Qe2 Nc7 37. g3 Qf7 38. Bg2 Qe7 39. Re1 b6 40. Qb2 Qf6 41. Rxe5) 36. f3?! { (5.15 → 3.82) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (36. Re1 Kf6 37. Qc8 Qg7 38. Bf3 Nc7 39. Qxb7 Kg5 40. Kh2 a5 41. Qc8 Kh6) 36... Kh7 37. Rc1 Rb6 38. Rb1 c4 39. b4?! { (5.09 → 3.90) Inaccuracy. bxc4 was best. } (39. bxc4 Qg7 40. Rxb6 axb6 41. Qh4+ Qh6 42. Qd8 Nc5 43. d6 Qg7 44. Qh4+ Qh6) 39... Nc5? { (3.90 → 7.79) Mistake. Rd6 was best. } (39... Rd6 40. Qc8 Qg7 41. Qxc4 Nc7 42. Rd1 Ne8 43. Re1 Qf7 44. Qd4 Qf6 45. Qxa7) 40. bxc5 Rxb1+ 41. Bxb1 Qg7 42. Qxf4 c3 43. d6 a6? { (7.66 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg8 was best. } (43... Qg8 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kf7 46. Qxc3 Ke8 47. Qe3+ Kd7 48. Qe7+ Kc6 49. Be4+) 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Ba2+ Qf7 46. Bxf7+ Kxf7 47. Qc4+ Ke8 { Black resigns. } 1-0