[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/fNTfymBM"] [Date "2025.01.23"] [White "sportsboy02"] [Black "hwelman"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "fNTfymBM"] [UTCDate "2025.01.23"] [UTCTime "04:31:38"] [WhiteElo "1683"] [BlackElo "1586"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+30"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4? { (0.28 → -0.82) Mistake. Qxd4 was best. } (7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 Qf6) 7... Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+?! { (-0.22 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (8... Be7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. f4) 9. Bxc3 Nb6? { (0.67 → 1.94) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (9... Nc6) 10. b3 O-O 11. Be2 a6?! { (1.09 → 1.67) Inaccuracy. N6d7 was best. } (11... N6d7) 12. O-O?! { (1.67 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Nd7 14. h6 g6 15. Qd2 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bb2 e5) 12... Qc7?! { (1.06 → 2.11) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (12... Nc6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. b4 b5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qc1 Nb6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nxc6) 13. Bb2?! { (2.11 → 1.31) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (13. Bb4 Rd8 14. c4 Nc6 15. Bd6 Rxd6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Be8) 13... N8d7?! { (1.31 → 2.19) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (13... Nc6) 14. Rc1 Nc5 15. Qd4 Nbd7 16. Bd3?! { (1.99 → 1.36) Inaccuracy. Qe3 was best. } (16. Qe3 b5) 16... f6?! { (1.36 → 2.40) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (16... h6 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qd8 19. Bd4 a5 20. g4 b6 21. g5 h5 22. Rc6) 17. Rfe1?! { (2.40 → 1.72) Inaccuracy. exf6 was best. } (17. exf6 Nxf6 18. b4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qd8 20. Rc2 Re8 21. h3 Bd7 22. Rfc1 Ba4) 17... fxe5?! { (1.72 → 2.46) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (17... f5) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5? { (2.39 → 1.05) Mistake. Rxe5 was best. } (19. Rxe5 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qe7 21. h4 Rf7 22. Rg5 h6 23. Rg3 Bd7 24. Rc7 b5) 19... Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bd7?! { (0.72 → 1.52) Inaccuracy. Rf7 was best. } (21... Rf7 22. Rg5) 22. Rg5?! { (1.52 → 0.67) Inaccuracy. Rc7 was best. } (22. Rc7 Rf7 23. Rxb7 Rc8 24. h4 Bb5 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Re3 Rc2 27. Rf3+ Kg8) 22... Rf7 23. Rc7 Raf8?? { (0.52 → 2.60) Blunder. Rc8 was best. } (23... Rc8 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxd7+ Kg6 27. g3 Rc3 28. Rxb7 Rxd3 29. Re7) 24. f3? { (2.60 → 1.16) Mistake. Bxg7 was best. } (24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxd7+ Kg6 27. Rxb7 h5 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Ke2 Rc2+) 24... Bc6?? { (1.16 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } (24... g6 25. Rxb7) 25. Rxf7?? { (Mate in 6 → 0.26) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxg7+ was best. } (25. Rxg7+ Rxg7 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg5+ d4 28. Bxd4+ e5 29. Bxe5+ Rf6 30. Bxf6#) 25... Rxf7 26. Be5 b5?! { (0.18 → 0.86) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (26... d4 27. Rg4) 27. f4?! { (0.86 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (27. b4) 27... a5 28. d4 a4?! { (0.16 → 0.71) Inaccuracy. Be8 was best. } (28... Be8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Ra7 31. h4 h5 32. Rg3 Kh7 33. f5 exf5 34. Rc3) 29. b4 g6 30. h4 Rf5?! { (0.49 → 1.57) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } (30... Rf8 31. h5 Kf7 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. hxg6+ hxg6 34. Ke3 Be8 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Rg3) 31. Kf2?! { (1.57 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. Rg3 was best. } (31. Rg3) 31... Rxg5?! { (0.69 → 1.54) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } (31... Bd7 32. Rg3 Kf7 33. Rc3 Ke7 34. Rc7 Rf8 35. Ra7 h5 36. Ke2 Rc8 37. Bc7) 32. fxg5 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ke7 { Black offers draw } 34. Kf4 Kf7 35. Bf6 Ke8 36. Ke5?! { (1.02 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Be5 was best. } (36. Be5 Ke7) 36... Kd7 37. g3 Bb7 38. g4 Bc6 39. h5 Bb7 40. hxg6 { White offers draw } 40... hxg6 41. Bg7 Ke7 42. Bf6+ Kd7 43. Bg7 Ke7 44. Bf6+ Kd7 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2