[Event "Almaty Open Qualifier Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/hQzClt7I"] [Date "2025.07.19"] [White "Saltsgreatestenemy"] [Black "Alikhan_Khazhatuly"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "hQzClt7I"] [UTCDate "2025.07.19"] [UTCTime "16:10:22"] [WhiteElo "2306"] [BlackElo "2468"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional } 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 b5?! { (0.00 → 0.56) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (6... Nc6 7. Be2 Nd4 8. Bd3) 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 e5 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Bb7 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nf6 13. Ng3 d5?? { (1.24 → 3.52) Blunder. h5 was best. } (13... h5 14. h3 g6 15. Qf3 Ng4 16. f5 Qh4 17. b4 Bb6 18. a4 g5 19. f6) 14. fxe5 Nxe4 15. Qf3?? { (3.30 → 1.22) Blunder. Nh5 was best. } (15. Nh5 Bf8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Qc7 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Ra1 Qxe5 20. Bd4 Qg5) 15... Nxg3+?? { (1.22 → 3.60) Blunder. O-O was best. } (15... O-O) 16. Qxg3 g6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bf6 O-O?! { (3.71 → 5.82) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } (18... Rf8 19. Qh4 Qc7 20. a4 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Qc5 22. Raf1 O-O-O 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qd4) 19. Qh4 Bxf6 20. exf6 Kh8 21. Rf3 Bc8 22. Rf4 h5?? { (5.83 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg4 was best. } (22... Bg4 23. Rxg4 Qb6 24. Rf4 Qe3 25. Rd1 Rg8 26. Rf3 Qe5 27. Re1 Qh5 28. Qxh5) 23. Qg5 Kg8 24. Qh6 Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Re8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 { Black resigns. } 1-0