[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lejPOed4"] [Date "2021.11.02"] [White "TheSpeedrunner"] [Black "Richard_Bates"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2021.11.02"] [UTCTime "19:30:20"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2026"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-55"] [BlackRatingDiff "+17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional } 3. Bb5 e5?! { (0.00 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxe7) 4. Nge2 d6?! { (0.27 → 0.83) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (4... a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4) 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. f4 exf4 8. Nxf4 O-O 9. Bc4 Nd4 10. Ncd5 b5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. c3 Ne6 14. a3?! { (0.62 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nh5 was best. } (14. Nh5 Be5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bf6 19. Bf4 Bb7 20. Qd3 Be7) 14... Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. Rad1 Rbf8 20. Be3 Bd8 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. d4?! { (0.53 → -0.36) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (22. e5 Qe7 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Bg1 a6 25. Re1 Rf5 26. Qe4 Bf6 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Rf1) 22... cxd4 23. cxd4 Bb6 24. h3 e5 25. Kh2 d5 26. Bg1 exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qd4 Qb8+ 32. Kh1 h6 33. b4 Qb7 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. h4 a6 36. Qe5 Qc6 37. h5 Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qe5 Qc2 40. Qe6 Qc7+ 41. Kh3 Qc3+ 42. Kh2 Qxa3 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qg6+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2