[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qXCrLUsG"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [White "ajcostybcg"] [Black "mikebarker"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.02.13"] [UTCTime "03:36:50"] [WhiteElo "1259"] [BlackElo "1175"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+26"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [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 a6?! { (0.00 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxe7) 4. Bc4? { (0.63 → -0.73) Mistake. Bxc6 was best. } (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 d5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Be7) 4... e6 5. Nf3 d5?? { (-0.92 → 1.50) Blunder. b5 was best. } (5... b5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Qc7 8. b3 Bd6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2) 6. exd5 e5?? { (0.97 → 7.28) Blunder. exd5 was best. } (6... exd5 7. Bxd5 Nd4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2) 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 f6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Bd6? { (9.72 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg4 was best. } (10... Bg4 11. Qxg4 hxg6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qxg6+ Kd7 14. d4 Qe8 15. Qf5+ Kc7 16. Bf4+ Kb7 17. O-O) 11. Nxh8+?! { (Mate in 2 → 15.32) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne5+ was best. } (11. Ne5+ Ke7 12. Qf7#) 11... Kd7 12. Qxh7+ Be7 13. Bxg8 a5 14. Na4 Ba6 15. d3 Kc8 16. O-O Bb5 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Nf7 Qe8?! { (27.19 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ra7 was best. } (18... Ra7 19. Qf5+) 19. Nb6+ Kb7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxd6+ Kxb6 22. Nxe8 c4 23. dxc4 Bxc4 24. Be3+ Kb5 25. Nc7+ Kb4 26. Bxc4 Kxc4 27. Qe4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0