[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sOhCYfEa"] [Date "2025.09.28"] [White "DarcyJamesGrayson"] [Black "cdb86"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "sOhCYfEa"] [UTCDate "2025.09.28"] [UTCTime "08:51:20"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1323"] [BlackTitle "NM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [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. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rfe1 Qd7 12. h3 Bxh3?? { (1.15 → 3.48) Blunder. Bh5 was best. } (12... Bh5 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nf3) 13. gxh3 Qxh3 14. Bg3?! { (3.55 → 2.59) Inaccuracy. Bxc7 was best. } (14. Bxc7 Qg4+ 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Nh2 Qd7 17. Ndf1 g6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 14... Nh5?! { (2.59 → 3.41) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (14... Bd6 15. Nf1 g6 16. N3h2 Qd7 17. Qc2 Kg7 18. b4 Nh5 19. Qd2 Qh3) 15. Bf1 Qg4 16. Nh2 Qg6 17. Qxd5 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Bg2 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ndf1 Qg6 22. Nf3 Bf4? { (1.37 → 2.85) Mistake. Re2 was best. } (22... Re2) 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 h5 25. Qe4?! { (2.54 → 1.81) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } (25. Qd7 Kh7 26. Qd5 Bd6 27. Nf3 Nd8 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Ne4 h4 30. Kh1 Ne6) 25... Qg5?? { (1.81 → 3.96) Blunder. Qxe4 was best. } (25... Qxe4) 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Kh1? { (3.96 → 2.00) Mistake. Nd3 was best. } (27. Nd3 Bd6 28. Qxf7 Ne7 29. Nf2 Qh4 30. Be4+ Kh6 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kf3 Ng6) 27... h4?? { (2.00 → 4.49) Blunder. Nd8 was best. } (27... Nd8 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Qe3 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 g6 31. Nd2 b6 32. Ne4 Bh2+ 33. Kf1) 28. Be4+ Kh6?? { (3.96 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } (28... f5 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. Nxh4+ Kg5 32. Nxf5 g6 33. N5e3 Bxe3 34. Nxe3) 29. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0