[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lI3z0rA2"] [Date "2022.12.25"] [White "metanon05"] [Black "JamesNorris153"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.12.25"] [UTCTime "14:14:51"] [WhiteElo "1797"] [BlackElo "1849"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-29"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Scotch Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 { C44 Scotch Game } d5?! { (0.13 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } (3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5) 4. dxe5 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Nxd8 6. Nfd2 Bf5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5?! { (-0.35 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (8... a5 9. c3) 9. Bb3 Ne6 10. Nc3 Bc5? { (0.55 → 1.69) Mistake. Nc5 was best. } (10... Nc5 11. O-O) 11. Ndxe4 Bd4?? { (1.83 → 5.63) Blunder. Be7 was best. } (11... Be7 12. f3) 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. Nxf5 a5 14. a3 Bxe5 15. O-O Kc7 16. Be3 g6 17. Nh4 Nf6 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. h3?! { (3.97 → 3.15) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (22. Nf4 Nd4 23. Bxf7 Kb7 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. Bxe6 Nd5 26. Nf3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Re8 28. Bb3 Rxe3) 22... c5?! { (3.15 → 3.99) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (22... Nd5 23. Nf3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nc5 25. Nfd4 f5 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Nxc3 bxc3 28. Re1 Re8 29. Kf1) 23. Rb1 Bc3?! { (3.69 → 4.75) Inaccuracy. Bd4 was best. } (23... Bd4 24. Bxe6 Bxe3 25. Bxf7 Rd2 26. Re1 Bh6 27. Bb3 c4 28. Bxc4 Rxc2 29. Bb3 Rb2 30. Nd4) 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Nf3 Kc6 26. Ng5 Nd4 27. Nxf7 Rf8 28. Ne5+ Kd6 29. Nc4+ Kd5 30. Nxa5+ Ke4 31. Nb7 Nd7 32. Nd6+ Ke5 33. Nc4+ Ke4 34. a5 Rb8 35. a6 Nxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. cxb3 Ne5 38. a7 Nxc4 39. bxc4 Kd3 40. a8=Q Kxc4 41. Qa2+ Kd3?! { (17.97 → Mate in 21) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb5 was best. } (41... Kb5 42. Qf7 g5 43. Qxh7 Kc6 44. Qg6+ Kd7 45. Qxg5 Kc6 46. Qxc5+ Kd7 47. Qxc3 Ke7 48. Qc4) 42. Bxc5?! { (Mate in 21 → 14.96) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf7 was best. } (42. Qf7 c4 43. Qxh7 c2 44. Qxg6+ Kc3 45. Qb6 c1=Q+ 46. Bxc1 Kc2 47. Qd4 Kb3 48. Bb2 c3) 42... c2?! { (14.96 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } (42... h6 43. Qa6+ Ke4 44. Qe6+ Kd3 45. Qxg6+ Kc4 46. Qxh6 Kxc5 47. Qg6 Kc4 48. Qe4+ Kc5 49. Qd3) 43. Be3 { Black resigns. } 1-0