[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lTWKqhhL"] [Date "2023.12.30"] [White "AaronHuston"] [Black "merkulov_a"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.30"] [UTCTime "05:03:20"] [WhiteElo "1032"] [BlackElo "1022"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C21"] [Opening "Center Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 { C21 Center Game } Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Qa4?! { (-0.17 → -0.79) Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best. } (5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. a3 a6) 5... a6?! { (-0.79 → -0.01) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (5... Bb4 6. Bd3 d5 7. Ne2 dxe4 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Nxc3) 6. Bc4?! { (-0.01 → -0.90) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bb5 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Re8 10. Re1 d5) 6... b5?? { (-0.90 → 1.20) Blunder. Bb4 was best. } (6... Bb4 7. Bg5) 7. Bxb5 Bb7 8. Bc4?! { (1.09 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Nf3 Bc6 12. Qd4 Re8 13. Rhe1 Rb8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5) 8... Bb4 9. Qb3?? { (0.58 → -3.90) Blunder. Bg5 was best. } (9. Bg5) 9... a5? { (-3.90 → -2.00) Mistake. Qe7 was best. } (9... Qe7 10. a3 Nd4 11. axb4 Nxb3 12. Bxb3 Nxe4 13. Nge2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a5 15. bxa5 O-O 16. Be3) 10. Bxf7+?! { (-2.00 → -2.81) Inaccuracy. Kd1 was best. } { Black resigns. } (10. Kd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Re1 d5 14. Bd3 Nxf2+ 15. Ke2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Re8+) 1-0