[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/hX94nJdY"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "ThomasB2020"] [Black "ovrbig"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "hX94nJdY"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "12:38:16"] [WhiteElo "2051"] [BlackElo "2101"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation } Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nd4 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 c5 14. Nc6 Qb6 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. b3 a5 18. Qf3 O-O 19. O-O-O Ba6 20. g4 Rac8 21. Be3 Qc6 22. Rd2 Bb5 23. Nb2 a4 24. Bd4 axb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Nd3 Qa6 27. Kd1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qc6 29. Ke2 Rfc8 30. h4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. f5 Ra2 33. Rc1 d4 34. Qxd4 Qc6 35. Qd8+ Qe8 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rd4 exf5 38. Kd2 fxg4 39. Rxb4 h5 40. Re4 f5 41. Rf4 g6 42. Re1 Kf7 43. Rc4 Rd8+ 44. Kc3 Ra7 45. Rc6 Re8 46. e6+ Kf6 47. e7+ Kf7 48. Rce6 Raxe7 49. Rxe7+ Rxe7 50. Rxe7+ Kxe7 51. Kd4 f4 52. Ke4 f3 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. c3 Kc5 55. Kf2 Kb5 56. c4+ Kc5 57. Ke3 Kb4 58. Kf2 Kc5 59. Ke3 Kb4 60. Kf2 Kc5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2