[Event "Tournament 8/16/2025: Krath Amina v Benjamin Cai (1-0)"] [Date "2025.08.17"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [StudyName "Tournament 8/16/2025"] [ChapterName "Krath Amina v Benjamin Cai (1-0)"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/YkIdtku7/rt7dvXmx"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TurboCompass"] [UTCDate "2025.08.17"] [UTCTime "04:48:37"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 { Yeah, I'm already out of theory is what it is yk } 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 { I though e5 and I'm cooked } 5... Be7 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O d4 { Bro, I've actually fallen off so hard, like I just did not see that the knight could move to e 4 } 10. Ne4 f6 11. Bh3 fxe5 12. Bxe6+ { Big brain sacrifice } 12... Kh8 13. Nfg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qe7 15. Nxh7 Qxe6 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 { Dunno why she did this, let me get off scot free! } 17. fxe5 Kg8 18. Bf4 Qh3 19. c3 Be6 20. Qf3 Nd7 { I start cooking the position } 21. a4 Rf8 22. Qe4 Nb6 23. Rf2 Bd5 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. c4 Be6 26. Raf1 Rf5 { I could not find a plan might be cooked } (26... Re8 27. b3 Nb4 28. Qf3 Qg4 29. Qxb7) 27. Qe4 Qg4 28. Qg2 Ncxe5 29. Bxe5 { Listen... I had like 2 seconds left } 29... Rxe5 30. Qxb7 Re2 { Again, I had two seconds left } 31. Rf4 Qh5 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Rh4 Qxh4 34. gxh4 Bh3 35. Qf3 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Re7 { Worst part is that I somehow almost scammed a win/draw from this, didn't want to put the notation though } *