[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sf923GUf"] [Date "2024.04.09"] [White "Bazza1968"] [Black "Chessmaster_3001"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.09"] [UTCTime "19:03:24"] [WhiteElo "2398"] [BlackElo "2161"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C97"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 { C97 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense } 12. d5 Nb7 13. b3 Bd7 14. c4 b4 15. Nbd2 Qc8 16. Nf1 Ne8 17. g4 h5 18. N3h2 hxg4 19. hxg4 a5 20. Ng3 g6?! { (2.01 → 2.68) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (20... f6 21. Nf5 Kf7 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Nc7 24. Qf3 g5 25. Nf1 Rxh1 26. Kxh1) 21. Bh6?! { (2.68 → 1.58) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (21. Nf5 Qd8 22. Re3 Bg5 23. Rh3 f6 24. Kh1 Rf7 25. Bxg5 gxf5 26. gxf5 fxg5) 21... Ng7?! { (1.58 → 2.52) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (21... a4) 22. Kg2 Qd8 23. Qd2 a4 24. Rh1 axb3 25. Bxb3 Na5 26. Raf1 Nxb3 27. axb3 Ra3 28. Nf3 Bxg4?! { (1.48 → 2.39) Inaccuracy. Bf6 was best. } (28... Bf6 29. g5) 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Bxg7 Bg5 31. Bxe5 f6 32. Bf4 Rxb3 33. f3 Bc8 34. Bxg5 fxg5 35. e5 Qe7 36. e6 Qf6 37. Ne4 Qe5 38. Qxg5 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+?! { (2.93 → 4.57) Inaccuracy. Qxg5+ was best. } (39... Qxg5+ 40. Nxg5 Re2 41. Rh2 Re5 42. f4 Re3 43. Kg2 b3 44. Rh6 Kg7 45. Rh7+) 40. Rf2 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Rxh1 42. Kxh1 Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. d6 b3?! { (5.11 → 6.71) Inaccuracy. Qe5 was best. } (44... Qe5 45. d7 Bxd7 46. Qxd7 Qd4 47. Rh2 Qxd7 48. exd7 Rd8 49. Rd2 b3 50. Nxc5) 45. d7 Bb7?? { (6.28 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxd7 was best. } (45... Bxd7 46. exd7 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qg7 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Nf6+ Qxf6 50. Qxf6 Ra8 51. Kh3) 46. Nf6+ { Black resigns. } 1-0