[Event "Ligue Echecs Laval"] [Site "Quebec, Canada"] [Date "2021.07.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Saville, Sebastian"] [Black "Bertrand, Xavier"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 { A22 English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation } 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7? { (0.27 → 1.61) Mistake. d6 was best. } (4... d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 a5 9. e4) 5. Nxe5 a6?! { (1.59 → 2.25) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (5... d5 6. d4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc4) 6. g3 d6 7. Nf3 Nh5? { (1.88 → 3.78) Mistake. d5 was best. } (7... d5 8. cxd5) 8. Bg2 Bf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6?! { (4.37 → 6.87) Inaccuracy. Nhxf6 was best. } (13... Nhxf6) 14. Bh6 Rfc8 15. e4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Nxg3 17. fxg3 fxe5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Bh3 b5 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Qh4 d5? { (9.15 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } (21... Rf8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rf2 Kh8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qh6 Qf7 26. Rbf1 Qg7 27. Qh4 Qa7 28. Kg2) 22. Rxf6 Qd7 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Rbf1 Rg8 25. Qxg8+?? { (Mate in 6 → 5.85) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe5 was best. } (25. Qxe5 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Qxe7 dxe4 28. Rf7 Rg7 29. Rf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxg7#) 25... Rxg8 26. Rf8 Qg7? { (5.84 → 15.31) Mistake. Qd6 was best. } (26... Qd6 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Rf8+ Qxf8 29. Bxf8 bxc4 30. Bb4 cxd3 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke3 Kg6 33. Kxd3) 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. exd5 cxd5 30. cxd5 b4?! { (16.65 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg7 was best. } (30... Kg7 31. d6 Kh6 32. d7 Kg6 33. d8=R Kg7 34. Ra8 b4 35. Ra7+ Kh6 36. Rxa6+ Kg5 37. Rb6) 31. d6 a5 32. d7 Kg7 33. d8=Q h6 34. Qf6+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Qg8+ Kh5 39. Rf5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0