[Event "2021 West Michigan Championship U1200"] [Site "Grand Rapids Chess Center"] [Date "2021-10-16"] [Round "3"] [White "Smith, R. Daniel"] [Black "Bonjernoor, Austin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "472"] [BlackElo "-"] [TimeControl "G/90;d5"] [Termination "normal"] [Board "18"] [Annotator "Smith, R. Daniel & Lichess"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Two Knights Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/zbFNdvQF/Cwcv7LH0"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.23] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.13] } { Coincidentally, I had studied the French Defense for the first time about a week before. I recognized 1...e6, and I remembered the core idea of supporting a possible 2...d5, but I had forgotten any actual concrete lines. } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.13] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Bd7?? { [%eval 1.68] } { Blunder. d4 was best. } (3... d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 cxd4 7. Nexd4 Nxe4 8. b3) 4. exd5 { [%eval 1.94] } 4... exd5?! { [%eval 2.87] } { Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (4... Nf6 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ng5 Nxc5 11. Nxe6) 5. Nxd5 { [%eval 2.61] } 5... Be6 { [%eval 3.0] } 6. Nc3?! { [%eval 2.1] } { Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (6. Nf4 Bg4 7. d4 Bd6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Re8) 6... Nc6 { [%eval 2.15] } 7. d4 { [%eval 2.27] } 7... Bg4?! { [%eval 3.53] } { Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (7... Qe7) 8. d5 { [%eval 3.14] } 8... Ne5 { [%eval 3.75] } 9. Be2? { [%eval 2.21] } { Mistake. Bf4 was best. } (9. Bf4) 9... Qe7? { [%eval 3.8] } { Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Be3 Qh4 12. Ne4 Ne7 13. Qd4 O-O 14. Nxd6 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 cxd6 16. O-O-O) 10. O-O { [%eval 3.52] } 10... O-O-O?? { [%eval 9.22] } { Blunder. Bxf3 was best. } (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qb3 Qd6 17. h3) 11. Bf4?? { [%eval 3.26] } { Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Rxd5 Qxd5 17. Qd3 Qxd3) 11... Nc6? { [%eval 5.72] } { Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 g5 13. Be3 f5 14. Bxa7 g4 15. Be2 Qg5 16. Bd4 Bg7 17. Nb5 Rxd5 18. c4) 12. Qc1 { [%eval 4.87] } 12... Nb4 { [%eval 5.48] } 13. Rd1 { [%eval 4.75] } 13... Nf6 { [%eval 4.67] } 14. d6 { [%eval 4.73] } 14... cxd6 { [%eval 4.79] } 15. Nb5?? { [%eval -3.52] } { Blunder. Qd2 was best. } (15. Qd2) 15... Qxe2 { [%eval -3.44] } 16. Nxd6+?? { [%eval -7.64] } { Blunder. a4 was best. } (16. a4 Bxf3) 16... Bxd6 { [%eval -7.59] } 17. Bxd6 { [%eval -7.63] } { This was about as far as I had thought ahead with these exchanges. If 17...Rxd6, then 18. Rxd6 would have left me ahead. Instead, the next several moves put me behind for the remainder of the game. } 17... Bxf3 { [%eval -7.48] } 18. gxf3 { [%eval -7.61] } 18... Qxf3 { [%eval -7.82] } 19. Bxb4 { [%eval -8.15] } 19... Qg4+ { [%eval -7.9] } 20. Kh1 { [%eval -8.16] } 20... Qxb4 { [%eval -8.13] } { Per Stockfish, at this point we were already several moves into Black's dominance. However, it wasn't until this capture actually happened that I realized I was in trouble. } 21. Qe3 { [%eval -8.07] } 21... Qe4+ { [%eval -7.79] } 22. Qxe4 { [%eval -7.82] } 22... Rxd1+ { [%eval -7.45] } 23. Rxd1 { [%eval -7.7] } 23... Nxe4 { [%eval -7.84] } 24. Kg2 { [%eval -7.75] } 24... Rd8 { [%eval -7.51] } 25. Re1 { [%eval -7.68] } 25... f5 { [%eval -7.66] } 26. f3 { [%eval -7.68] } 26... Rd2+ { [%eval -7.74] } 27. Kh3 { [%eval -8.07] } 27... Ng5+ { [%eval -7.78] } 28. Kg3 { [%eval -7.68] } 28... Rxh2 { [%eval -6.33] } 29. Re8+ { [%eval -6.45] } 29... Kd7 { [%eval -6.56] } 30. Re3 { [%eval -8.14] } 30... Rxc2 { [%eval -8.13] } 31. Rd3+ { [%eval -8.59] } 31... Kc7 { [%eval -8.36] } 32. Rb3 { [%eval -8.97] } 32... b6 { [%eval -8.25] } 33. Kf4 { [%eval -9.3] } 33... Nf7 { [%eval -7.85] } 34. Kxf5 { [%eval -7.83] } 34... Nd6+ { [%eval -7.74] } 35. Ke6 { [%eval -8.6] } 35... Re2+ { [%eval -8.56] } 36. Kd5 { [%eval -8.44] } 36... h5 { [%eval -8.28] } 37. Rc3+ { [%eval -8.54] } 37... Kd7 { [%eval -8.75] } 38. f4 { [%eval -9.31] } 38... Rd2+ { [%eval -9.26] } 39. Ke5 { [%eval -9.25] } 39... Rxb2 { [%eval -9.15] } 40. a3 { [%eval -9.69] } 40... Re2+ { [%eval -9.61] } 41. Kd5 { [%eval -9.59] } 41... Re4 { [%eval -9.03] } 42. Rc6 { [%eval -11.17] } 42... Re6 { [%eval -9.44] } 43. Rc3 { [%eval -9.42] } 43... Rh6 { [%eval -8.92] } 44. Rf3 { [%eval -9.63] } 44... g6 { [%eval -8.75] } 45. Ke5 { [%eval -9.36] } 45... h4 { [%eval -9.43] } 46. Rh3 { [%eval -9.6] } 46... a5 { [%eval -8.6] } 47. Kf6 { [%eval -9.0] } 47... b5 { [%eval -9.21] } 48. Kg7 { [%eval -10.0] } 48... Nf5+ { [%eval -9.81] } 49. Kf7 { [%eval -10.3] } 49... b4 { [%eval -9.54] } 50. Rd3+ { [%eval -10.69] } 50... Kc6 { [%eval -11.24] } 51. Ke6 { [%eval -11.83] } 51... h3 { [%eval -11.78] } 52. Rd8 { [%eval -14.39] } 52... h2 { [%eval -13.5] } 53. a4?! { [%eval #-8] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd1 was best. } (53. Rd1 b3 54. Rh1 Kb5 55. Kd5 b2 56. a4+ Kb4 57. Kc6 Kxa4 58. Kb6 Ng3 59. Rb1 h1=Q) 53... h1=Q { [%eval #-7] } 54. Rc8+ { [%eval #-7] } 54... Kb7 { [%eval #-6] } 55. Rd8 { [%eval #-3] } 55... Qe1+ { [%eval #-5] } 56. Kf7 { [%eval #-2] } 56... Qe7+ { [%eval #-1] } { White resigns. } 0-1