[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sTcwmxc0"] [Date "2023.03.10"] [White "vedantb2999"] [Black "yalcinh"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.03.10"] [UTCTime "15:41:52"] [WhiteElo "987"] [BlackElo "978"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+32"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } Bc5?! { (0.11 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3) 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+?? { (1.31 → 7.46) Blunder. Bd4 was best. } (4... Bd4 5. Ng4 Nxg4 6. Qxg4 O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Qg5 Bf6 9. Qd2) 5. Kxf2 Ng4+? { (4.86 → 10.07) Mistake. O-O was best. } (5... O-O 6. d4 Re8 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. h3) 6. Ke1?? { (10.07 → 1.45) Blunder. Nxg4 was best. } (6. Nxg4 O-O 7. Kg1 d6 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be3 f5 10. Nh6+ Kh8) 6... Qh4+?? { (1.45 → 5.97) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (6... Nxe5 7. d4 Nec6 8. d5 Ne5 9. d6 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Bc4 cxd6 12. Bd5 Nbc6 13. Qd2) 7. g3 Qh5 8. Nxg4 O-O?! { (6.35 → 11.28) Inaccuracy. Qg6 was best. } (8... Qg6 9. Ne5 Qf6 10. d4 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qh5 c6 13. Bg5 Qxg5 14. Qxg5 cxd5 15. Ng4) 9. Nf6+ gxf6 10. Qxh5 d6 11. e5 fxe5?! { (11.00 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } (11... Kh8 12. Bd3 f5 13. Nd5 Rg8 14. Qxf7 Be6 15. Qxe6 Na6 16. Qxf5 Rg7 17. exd6 Nc5 18. Be2) 12. Bd3?! { (Mate in 9 → 11.57) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg5+ was best. } (12. Qg5+ Kh8 13. Qf6+ Kg8 14. Nd5 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ Kg7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. Qf6 Nc6) 12... Re8?! { (11.57 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } (12... f5 13. g4 Nc6 14. gxf5 Ne7 15. f6 Bf5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Qh6 Rf7 18. Bxf7) 13. Qxh7+ Kf8 14. Qh8+?! { (Mate in 12 → 17.98) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd5 was best. } (14. Nd5 f5 15. Qh8+ Kf7 16. Qf6+ Kg8 17. g4 Re6 18. Qg5+ Kf8 19. Qxf5+ Ke8 20. Rf1 Kd8) 14... Ke7 15. Qh4+ f6 16. Qh7+?! { (Mate in 6 → 11.53) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd5+ was best. } (16. Nd5+ Ke6 17. c4 Kf7 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kf8 20. Rf1+ Bf5 21. Rxf5#) 16... Ke6?! { (11.53 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } (16... Kd8 17. Bg6 Be6 18. Bxe8 Kxe8 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Rf1 Bg8 21. Qg7 Bf7 22. Rxf6 Kd7 23. Qg4+) 17. Qf5+ Ke7 18. Qh7+?! { (Mate in 5 → 11.75) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd5+ was best. } (18. Nd5+ Kf8 19. Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Rf1+ Bf5 22. Rxf5#) 18... Ke6?! { (11.75 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } (18... Kd8 19. Bg6 c6 20. Bxe8 d5 21. Qh8 Bd7 22. Bg6+ Kc7 23. Qxf6 b5 24. Qxe5+ Kb7 25. Qd6) 19. Qxc7?! { (Mate in 1 → 12.90) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bf5# was best. } (19. Bf5#) 19... Nc6?! { (12.90 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd7 was best. } (19... Nd7 20. Bg6 Rg8 21. Qc4+ d5 22. Qxd5+ Ke7 23. Qf7+ Kd6 24. Bf5 a6 25. Qe6+ Kc7 26. Nd5+) 20. Qh7?! { (Mate in 5 → 12.90) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc4+ was best. } (20. Bc4+ d5 21. Bxd5+ Kf5 22. Qh7+ Kg4 23. Bf3+ Kxf3 24. Qe4#) 20... Nd4?! { (12.90 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (20... d5 21. Nb5 e4 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. b3 Rf7 24. Qh5 Ne5 25. Ba3 Nf3+ 26. Kd1) 21. Rf1 Nxc2+ 22. Bxc2 Bd7 23. Qh6 Rh8 24. Qxf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0