[Event "GM Владислав Ковалёв - ChessCity simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/mMRTa5gm"] [Date "2024.01.21"] [White "Konovalov_Alexandr"] [Black "Esssquire"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.01.21"] [UTCTime "14:09:32"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Be3 Qd7 9. Qc2 f6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a3 Rae8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. c4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qf5 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Bf4 g5 23. Be3 h5 24. Qc4? { (-0.65 → -2.03) Mistake. h3 was best. } (24. h3 Kg7) 24... Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. d5 Ne5 28. Rc8+?! { (-1.79 → -2.55) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Rc7 b5 30. Ra7 Rxd5 31. Kf1 h4 32. Ke2 f5 33. b4 Kf8 34. h3 Re5+) 28... Kf7 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Nxe5+ fxe5? { (-2.77 → -1.38) Mistake. dxe5 was best. } (30... dxe5 31. Rxb7 Rd3 32. Rd7 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. b4 Rxh2 36. Ra7 Rh3+ 37. Ke2) 31. Rxb7?! { (-1.38 → -2.57) Inaccuracy. Rd7 was best. } (31. Rd7 Kf5 32. Rxd6 Rd3 33. Kf1 Ke4 34. Rg6 g4 35. d6 Ke3 36. Ke1 e4 37. Rg7 Rxd6) 31... Rd3 32. Rb6 Rxd5 33. Rxa6 Rd2?! { (-2.39 → -1.70) Inaccuracy. Kf5 was best. } (33... Kf5 34. Kf1) 34. a4 e4? { (-1.66 → 0.00) Mistake. Kf5 was best. } (34... Kf5) 35. a5 e3 36. Kf1 Kf5 37. Rb6 Rf2+ 38. Ke1 Rxg2 39. a6 Rxh2?? { (0.00 → 4.58) Blunder. Ke4 was best. } (39... Ke4 40. a7 Rg1+ 41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Rb4+ Ke5 43. Rb7 Kd4 44. Rb4+) 40. Rb3 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Rh2+ 42. Kd3 Kf4 43. Rb4+ Kf5 44. a7 e2 45. a8=Q e1=Q?! { (5.56 → 8.41) Inaccuracy. e1=N+ was best. } (45... e1=N+ 46. Kc3 Rc2+ 47. Kd4 Rd2+ 48. Ke3 Nc2+ 49. Kxd2 Nxb4 50. Qf3+ Kg6 51. Qe4+ Kf6 52. Qd4+) 46. Qf8+ Kg6?? { (6.89 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } (46... Ke6 47. Qe8+ Kf6 48. Qxe1 Rh3+ 49. Kd4 Rh4+ 50. Qxh4 gxh4 51. Rb5 d5 52. Rxd5 Kg6 53. b4) 47. Qxd6+ Kf5 48. Qf8+ Kg6 49. Rb6+ { Black resigns. } 1-0