[Event "Blitz Titled Arena February '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pTw80455"] [Date "2024.02.10"] [White "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Black "Night-King96"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.10"] [UTCTime "19:14:04"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2769"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B04"] [Opening "Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 dxe5 { B04 Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen Variation } 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bf1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qb3 b6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qa3 18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Qxa3 Bxa3 20. g3 Rfd8 21. R5e3 Rac8 22. h4 h6 23. Bg2 Rd7 24. Be5?! { (0.08 → -0.84) Inaccuracy. Bf3 was best. } (24. Bf3) 24... Kf8?! { (-0.84 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (24... f6) 25. Bf3 Bd6 26. g4 Bg6 27. h5 Bh7 28. Bxd6+ Rxd6 29. Re5 Bg8 30. c5 Rd7 31. Rb1 f6 32. Re2 bxc5 33. dxc5 e5 34. Be4 Rdc7?! { (0.00 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. Rcd8 was best. } (34... Rcd8 35. Reb2 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rxb1 37. Bxb1 Be6 38. f3 Rd5 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. Ra8 Rxc5 41. Rxa7+) 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Rbd1?! { (0.76 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (36. a4) 36... Be6 37. f3 Rb8 38. Rd6 Bd7 39. Bf5 Bxf5 40. gxf5 Rb5 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Rd8 Rxc5 43. Ree8 Rxc3 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Rfe8+ Kf7 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Rxa2 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rfe8+ Kf7 50. Rf8+ Ke7 51. Rg8 Kf7?? { (0.00 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd7 was best. } (51... Rd7 52. Rxd7+ Kxd7 53. Rxg7+ Ke8 54. Rh7 c5 55. Rxh6 Kf7 56. Rg6 Ra1 57. Kg2 Ra4 58. Kg3) 52. Kh3?? { (Mate in 3 → 0.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rde8 was best. } (52. Rde8 Rg2+ 53. Kxg2 Re7 54. Rgf8#) 52... Ra1?? { (0.00 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke7 was best. } (52... Ke7 53. Rge8+ Kf7 54. Rf8+ Ke7 55. Rfe8+) 53. Rde8 Rh1+ 54. Kg2 Rxh5 55. Rgf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0