[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wdTYSyIE"] [Date "2023.04.17"] [White "ponpon"] [Black "jtforbes"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2023.04.17"] [UTCTime "20:17:51"] [WhiteElo "1426"] [BlackElo "1516"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4?! { (0.00 → -0.96) Inaccuracy. Qxd4 was best. } (7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 9. Nb5 a6 10. Ng5 Ndxe5 11. Nxf7 g5) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nb1? { (-1.15 → -2.50) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (11. Ng5 Be7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. f4 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 c5 15. Bf2 Bb7 16. Rae1 d4 17. Ne4 Bxe4) 11... c5 12. Bc3 c4?? { (-2.60 → -0.36) Blunder. d4 was best. } (12... d4 13. Bd2) 13. a3 Be7 14. b4?! { (-0.18 → -1.03) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (14. Re1 O-O 15. Nbd2 Nc5 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. Re3 a5 18. Nf1 Ne4 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rfb8) 14... cxb3 15. cxb3 O-O 16. Re1 Rb8 17. b4 f6? { (-1.08 → 0.27) Mistake. a5 was best. } (17... a5) 18. Bb2 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Nc3 Bb7?! { (0.29 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (22... a5 23. b5) 23. Qd4 Rf4 24. Qc5?? { (0.49 → -1.18) Blunder. Rxe6 was best. } (24. Rxe6 Qf8) 24... Qxc5 25. bxc5 Rc4 26. Na2 Re8?! { (-1.10 → -0.30) Inaccuracy. Bc8 was best. } (26... Bc8 27. Rec1) 27. f3?! { (-0.30 → -1.39) Inaccuracy. Rab1 was best. } (27. Rab1 Bc6) 27... Rxc5 28. Rac1?! { (-1.40 → -2.10) Inaccuracy. Rab1 was best. } (28. Rab1 Bc6 29. Rb6 Bb5 30. a4 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Nb4 Bxa4 33. Nxa6 Kf7 34. Nc5 Bc2) 28... Rxc1 29. Rxc1?! { (-1.89 → -2.62) Inaccuracy. Nxc1 was best. } (29. Nxc1 Kf7) 29... Rc8 30. Kf2 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Kf7 32. Nd3 Kf6 33. f4 Kf5 34. g3 a5 35. Ke3 Ba6? { (-1.80 → -0.64) Mistake. g5 was best. } (35... g5 36. Nc5 Ba8 37. Nb3 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 a4 39. Nd4+ Kf6 40. Nf3 Bc6 41. Nd4 Be8 42. Kd2) 36. Ne5 Bb5 37. g4+ Kf6 38. h4 h6 39. h5 a4? { (-1.11 → 0.00) Mistake. Ke7 was best. } (39... Ke7 40. Kd4 Be2 41. Kc5 Ke8 42. Kd4 Kd8 43. Ke3 Bd1 44. Kd2 Ba4 45. Ke3 Kc7 46. g5) 40. Kd4 Be2 41. Ke3 Bd1 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Kc5 Kf6 { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2