[Event "Stirling Allegro 23 May"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nSn86GKh"] [Date "2024.05.23"] [White "iancmason"] [Black "Dave_Hewitt"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.05.23"] [UTCTime "18:24:58"] [WhiteElo "2005"] [BlackElo "1902"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Ne2 Qb6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. g3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qb4 12. Bg2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Rhc1 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nc3 a6 17. h3 Bd7 18. a3 Na5 19. Kc2 Rac8 20. b3 Ne4 21. Kb2 Nxf2 22. Rf1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Ne5 Bc6 25. b4 e3 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Re1 Rc4 30. Rxe3 Rxd4 31. Kc3 Rd6 32. g4 Ke7 33. h4 b5 34. Re4 h6 35. Rf4 Rd1 36. h5 Rg1 37. Kb2 Rg2+ 38. Kb3 Rd2 39. Kc3 Rg2 40. Kb3 Rg3+ { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2