[Event "Blitz Titled Arena March '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xk20zJ73"] [Date "2023.03.04"] [White "Sreyas2008"] [Black "blank37"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.03.04"] [UTCTime "19:48:03"] [WhiteElo "2267"] [BlackElo "2655"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 { B13 Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation } 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 Ne7?? { (-0.43 → 3.74) Blunder. Bh5 was best. } (9... Bh5 10. Be2) 10. hxg4 h5 11. Ne5? { (4.04 → 2.44) Mistake. g5 was best. } (11. g5 h4 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Kh1 f6 15. Rc1 e5 16. c4 e4 17. Nd2 Qd7) 11... hxg4 12. Qxg4 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. f4 Nb4? { (3.09 → 4.93) Mistake. f5 was best. } (14... f5 15. Qg6 Rh6 16. Qg3 Rdh8 17. Ng6 R8h7 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Kf2 Qb4 21. Ne5) 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Nxd6+ Rxd6 17. a3 Nc6 18. c3 Nd8 19. f5 Kb8 20. fxe6 Rxe6 21. Rf5 Rh4?! { (4.73 → 6.03) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } (21... Qe8 22. Bd2 a6 23. Raf1 Ka7 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Rxf7 Rb6 26. Bf4 g5 27. Be5 Rh4 28. Qf3) 22. Qg3 Re4?! { (5.98 → 8.67) Inaccuracy. Kc8 was best. } (22... Kc8 23. Bg5 Rh5 24. Bxe7 Rxf5 25. Bxd8 Kxd8 26. Qxg7 Ke7 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 28. Qg4 Re2 29. Qxe2+) 23. Nc6+ Ka8? { (8.64 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc8 was best. } (23... Kc8 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Rxd5 Kf8 27. Rxd8+ Re8 28. Bf4 f6 29. Bd6+ Kf7 30. Qxb7+) 24. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0