1.e4e6Coincidentally, 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.Nf3d53.Nc3Bd7??Blunder. d4 was best.3...d44.Ne2c55.c3Nf66.cxd4cxd47.Nexd4Nxe48.b34.exd5exd5?!Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best.4...Nf65.dxe6Bxe66.d4Bb47.Bd3c58.dxc5O-O9.O-ONbd710.Ng5Nxc511.Nxe65.Nxd5Be66.Nc3?!...Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best.6.Nf4Bg47.d4Bd68.Be2Nf69.O-OO-O10.h3Bf511.Bd3Bxd312.Nxd3Re86....Nc67.d4Bg4?!Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best.7...Qe78.d5Ne59.Be2?...Mistake. Bf4 was best.9.Bf49....Qe7?Mistake. Bxf3 was best.9...Bxf310.gxf3Bd611.Be3Qh412.Ne4Ne713.Qd4O-O14.Nxd6Qxd415.Bxd4cxd616.O-O-O10.O-OO-O-O??Blunder. Bxf3 was best.10...Bxf311.Bxf3O-O-O12.Be3Kb813.Be2Nf614.Qd4c515.Qa4a616.Qb3Qd617.h311.Bf4??...Blunder. Nxe5 was best.11.Nxe5Bxe212.Qxe2Nf613.Bf4Nxd514.Nxd5Rxd515.Rad1Qe616.Rxd5Qxd517.Qd3Qxd311....Nc6?Mistake. Bxf3 was best.11...Bxf312.Bxf3g513.Be3f514.Bxa7g415.Be2Qg516.Bd4Bg717.Nb5Rxd518.c412.Qc1Nb413.Rd1Nf614.d6cxd615.Nb5??...Blunder. Qd2 was best.15.Qd215....Qxe216.Nxd6+??...Blunder. a4 was best.16.a4Bxf316....Bxd617.Bxd6...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....Bxf318.gxf3Qxf319.Bxb4Qg4+20.Kh1Qxb4Per 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.Qe3Qe4+22.Qxe4Rxd1+23.Rxd1Nxe424.Kg2Rd825.Re1f526.f3Rd2+27.Kh3Ng5+28.Kg3Rxh229.Re8+Kd730.Re3Rxc231.Rd3+Kc732.Rb3b633.Kf4Nf734.Kxf5Nd6+35.Ke6Re2+36.Kd5h537.Rc3+Kd738.f4Rd2+39.Ke5Rxb240.a3Re2+41.Kd5Re442.Rc6Re643.Rc3Rh644.Rf3g645.Ke5h446.Rh3a547.Kf6b548.Kg7Nf5+49.Kf7b450.Rd3+Kc651.Ke6h352.Rd8h253.a4?!...Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd1 was best.53.Rd1b354.Rh1Kb555.Kd5b256.a4+Kb457.Kc6Kxa458.Kb6Ng359.Rb1h1=Q53....h1=Q54.Rc8+Kb755.Rd8Qe1+56.Kf7Qe7+White resigns.0-1