FEN
[Event "Rated rapid game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/gk6cXBlp"]
[Date "2023.12.24"]
[White "oxfordmeetschess"]
[Black "arekilek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2023.12.24"]
[UTCTime "10:46:48"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+12"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-6"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Ne2 { C06 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line } Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Bb2 h6? { (0.56 → 2.16) Mistake. O-O was best. } (14... O-O) 15. Ne5?! { (2.16 → 1.47) Inaccuracy. Bg6+ was best. } (15. Bg6+ Kd8 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. g3 Ne7 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe5) 15... O-O 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bg6?! { (0.94 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (17. g3 Bd6) 17... Nf6?! { (0.25 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (17... a5 18. Rb1) 18. Nf4 Nd8 19. Re1 a6 20. Qe2 Rc6?! { (1.30 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (20... Ne4 21. g3 Bd6 22. Nd3 a5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nc5 Rc7 25. Bc3 Rf3 26. Rac1 axb4 27. axb4) 21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxf4 23. Bxd5 Bxb4?? { (1.34 → 5.03) Blunder. exd5 was best. } (23... exd5 24. Qxe7) 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. g3 Rf6 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. Ba1 a5 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. d5 Rd6 33. Qe7 cxd5?? { (5.86 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd7 was best. } (33... Rd7 34. Qxb4 axb4 35. dxc6 Rc7 36. Rc1 b3 37. Be5 Rc8 38. c7 g5 39. Rc6 h5 40. Kf1) 34. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0