[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/kmhXr8C3"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "-"] [White "TheBurt22"] [Black "Patz1978"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "kmhXr8C3"] [UTCDate "2026.03.31"] [UTCTime "16:50:48"] [WhiteElo "2028"] [BlackElo "1299"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "7 days per move"] [ECO "A21"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 { [%eval 0.11] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.14] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.13] } 2... Bb4 { [%eval 0.21] } { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... d6?! { (0.00 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.59] } (3... Bxc3 4. dxc3 d6 5. c5 Nf6 6. cxd6 cxd6 7. e4 O-O 8. Bg5) 4. a3?! { (0.59 → -0.40) Inaccuracy. Qa4+ was best. } { [%eval -0.4] } (4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 cxb6 8. b5 Nce7) 4... Bc5? { (-0.40 → 0.76) Mistake. Bxc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.76] } (4... Bxc3 5. bxc3 f5 6. d4 e4 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. e3 O-O 9. a4) 5. e3 { [%eval 0.77] } 5... b6?? { (0.77 → 3.92) Blunder. Bb6 was best. } { [%eval 3.92] } (5... Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Re8+ 10. Be3) 6. b4 { [%eval 3.72] } 6... Bg4 { [%eval 4.2] } 7. bxc5 { [%eval 4.34] } 7... Bxf3 { [%eval 5.17] } 8. Qxf3 { [%eval 5.25] } 8... Nf6 { [%eval 6.58] } 9. Qxa8 { [%eval 6.6] } 9... Nbd7 { [%eval 7.7] } 10. Qxd8+ { [%eval 7.74] } 10... Kxd8 { [%eval 7.78] } 11. cxd6 { [%eval 7.76] } 11... cxd6 { [%eval 7.79] } 12. Nd5 { [%eval 7.18] } 12... Nh5 { [%eval 7.56] } 13. Be2 { [%eval 7.54] } 13... Nhf6 { [%eval 7.57] } 14. Nxf6 { [%eval 7.54] } 14... gxf6 { [%eval 7.54] } 15. d4 { [%eval 7.56] } 15... e4 { [%eval 7.85] } 16. a4 { [%eval 7.62] } 16... Ke7 { [%eval 7.86] } 17. Ba3 { [%eval 7.78] } 17... Rg8 { [%eval 7.75] } 18. O-O { [%eval 7.77] } 18... f5 { [%eval 7.77] } 19. Rab1 { [%eval 7.75] } 19... h6 { [%eval 7.94] } 20. f3 { [%eval 8.07] } 20... h5 { [%eval 8.44] } 21. fxe4 { [%eval 8.33] } 21... h4 { [%eval 8.97] } 22. e5 { [%eval 9.02] } 22... h3 { [%eval 9.03] } 23. Bxd6+ { [%eval 9.1] } 23... Ke8 { [%eval 8.87] } 24. g3 { [%eval 9.15] } 24... f6 { [%eval 9.19] } 25. Rxf5 { [%eval 9.29] } 25... fxe5 { [%eval 9.47] } 26. dxe5 { [%eval 9.29] } 26... Kd8 { [%eval 9.41] } 27. c5 { [%eval 9.01] } 27... Rg4? { (9.01 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (27... Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Kd7 29. Rf2 bxc5 30. Rd1+ Ke7 31. Bd6+ Kd7 32. Bxc5+ Kc6 33. Bd4) 28. Bxg4 { [%eval #4] } 28... bxc5 { [%eval #2] } 29. Rf7 { [%eval #2] } 29... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 30. Rxd7 { [%eval #1] } 30... c4 { [%eval #1] } 31. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0