[Event "Almaty Open Qualifier Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xPy9wvOV"] [Date "2025.07.19"] [White "SanthoshAyyappan"] [Black "Arnold-2005"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "xPy9wvOV"] [UTCDate "2025.07.19"] [UTCTime "14:36:23"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2595"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [WhiteTitle "NM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteFideId "30979870"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 { C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nf1 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 a5 16. Rad1 b6 17. Nf5 Rad8 18. Ne3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 Nf4 21. Ncxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qf5 23. d4 Rd5?! { (0.59 → 1.60) Inaccuracy. Kh7 was best. } (23... Kh7 24. Qb5) 24. c4 Rd6 25. Qf3 f6 26. Nc6 Rxe1+? { (1.72 → 3.31) Mistake. Rde6 was best. } (26... Rde6 27. Rxe6) 27. Rxe1 Kh7 28. Ne7 Qg5 29. h4 Qxh4?? { (3.73 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg2+ was best. } (29... Qxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxd4 32. b3 Rxh4 33. Nd5 c6 34. Nxb6 Rg4+ 35. Kf3) 30. Nf5?? { (Mate in 8 → 3.95) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qa8 was best. } (30. Qa8 Rd8 31. Qxd8 Nh3+ 32. gxh3 h5 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Nf5+ Kg5 35. Nxh4 Kh6) 30... Qg5 31. Nxd6 cxd6 32. g3 Ng6 33. Qe3 Qf5 34. Qe4 Qd7 35. b3 Qh3 36. Qe6 f5 37. Qxd6 f4?! { (3.59 → 4.90) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } (37... Qg4 38. Re3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 f4 40. Rf3 fxg3 41. fxg3 Qe2+ 42. Rf2 Qe4+ 43. Kh2) 38. Qe6 Qh5 39. Qe4 fxg3 40. fxg3 Qh3 41. Re3 h5 42. Qe6 { Black resigns. } 1-0