[Event "Saturday Rapid"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lZGAaAai"] [Date "2024.01.06"] [White "StepanB12"] [Black "NikitaLevichev"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.01.06"] [UTCTime "08:44:23"] [WhiteElo "1686"] [BlackElo "1713"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation } Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4?! { (-0.63 → 0.01) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (7... O-O 8. Nf3 Re8+ 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. h3 c6 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. a4) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Be3 c5 11. Nf3 Bg4?! { (0.00 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } (11... Bf5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qe7 14. Qa2 Nd7 15. O-O Ndxc5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Nxe6) 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5? { (0.79 → 2.25) Mistake. Qa5+ was best. } (13... Qa5+ 14. Kf1) 14. O-O g6?! { (2.11 → 2.87) Inaccuracy. Qc8 was best. } (14... Qc8 15. cxd5 Nd6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Rab1 f6 19. Nc4 b6 20. g4 Ne7 21. d6) 15. Qb3?? { (2.87 → 0.83) Blunder. g4 was best. } (15. g4 Bd7) 15... dxc4?? { (0.83 → 7.36) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (15... Nc6 16. cxd5 Nd2 17. Bxd2 Nxd4 18. Qb2 Rxe5 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1) 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Qxb7 Na6?! { (7.51 → 12.94) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (18... Nd7 19. Qxd7) 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qxe6 Nc3?! { (12.86 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc7 was best. } (20... Nc7 21. Nf7+ Kg7 22. Nxd8 Nxe6 23. Nxe6+ Kf6 24. Nf4 Rd8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Kf2 Nf5 27. Ne2) 21. Nf7+ Kg7 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Nxd8+ Kh8 24. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0