[Event "USCF/WS/25VP02"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2025.01.13"] [White "O'Sullivan, Colin"] [Black "Aiken, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1085"] [BlackElo "1917"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C56"] [Opening "Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack"] [StudyName "Check is in the Mail - November 2025"] [ChapterName "Game 3"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/Eh9r8uyV/7bu2Q9D5"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/jkfrench"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Rxe4+ Be6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 { C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4. } (10... O-O-O $17 { Strongly threatening ...Bc5. } 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Be7) 11. Qxd4 (11. Rxd4 Bc5 12. Qh5) 11... Rd8 $15 12. b4 $146 { This costs White the game. Predecessor: } (12. Qe3 Bc5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rh4 Be7 15. Re4 Bf6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Ra4 Qb6 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxc2 20. Rxb7 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rd1+ 22. Be1 Qxa4 { 0-1 Winkels,M (1924)-Novik,M (2404) Titled Tuesday intern op 28th May Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (1) }) 12... Rxd4 $19 { Black is clearly better. } 13. Rxd4 (13. bxa5 Bb4 14. Be3 (14. Rxd4? { perishes. } 14... Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bxd4 $19) 14... Rxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxa5 16. Nc5) 13... Bxb4 14. Bb2 Bxc3 15. Re4 Bxb2 16. Rae1 O-O 17. a4 h6 18. Rb1 Rd8! 19. h3 (19. Rf1 Qf5) 19... Bf6 20. Rxb7 Bd5 21. Reb4 Bxb7 22. Rxb7 Rd1+ 23. Kh2 Be5+ 24. g3 Qd5 { Weighted Error Value: White=3.48/Black=0.89 Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=2 --- Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: --- Black=3 } 0-1