[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/y7r3E2Nw"] [Date "2024.08.20"] [White "pietaspies"] [Black "JacoVanNiekerk"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.08.20"] [UTCTime "07:38:08"] [WhiteElo "1957"] [BlackElo "1940"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird Opening: Sturm Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. f4 d5 2. c4 { A03 Bird Opening: Sturm Gambit } d4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 a6 7. Bb2?! { (-0.01 → -1.06) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (7. g3 g6) 7... Bd6 8. g3 O-O?! { (-0.62 → -0.05) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (8... Ng4) 9. c5?! { (-0.05 → -0.85) Inaccuracy. Bh3 was best. } (9. Bh3 h5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nbd2 Ng4 12. Qc1 Ne3 13. Rf2 e5 14. Bxc8 Rxc8) 9... Be7 10. Ne5? { (-0.98 → -2.63) Mistake. Bh3 was best. } (10. Bh3 e5) 10... Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e4 Ne3 13. Qe2 b6 14. c6 Qe8?? { (-3.41 → -0.23) Blunder. b5 was best. } (14... b5 15. Bg2 a5 16. Kf2 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5+ 18. Bf3 axb4 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. axb4) 15. Bxd4 Nxf1 16. Rxf1?? { (-0.22 → -2.37) Blunder. Qc2 was best. } (16. Qc2 b5 17. Rxf1 a5 18. Nd2 Ra6 19. Qb3 Qxc6 20. Ke2 Qd7 21. Nf3 Bb7) 16... Qxc6 17. Nd2 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc4 Ra8 20. h4?! { (-2.67 → -3.44) Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } (20. Kf2 Ba6 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Be3 b5 23. Na5 Bxa3 24. Rcd1 Be7 25. Rc1 c5) 20... b5 21. Ne3 Rxa3 22. Kf2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 f5?! { (-2.93 → -2.02) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } (23... Qd7 24. Bb2 Bb7 25. Kg1 Ra8 26. Rd1 c5 27. Rf1 Ra2 28. Qf3 Bf8 29. Rf2) 24. exf5 exf5?! { (-2.27 → -1.11) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } (24... Qd7 25. Bc3 exf5 26. Qf3 Qxd3 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. Nxd5 Bc5+ 29. Ke1 Be6 30. Nxc7) 25. Ng2?! { (-1.11 → -1.75) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Rd8 27. Rc1 Rxd4 28. Rxc7 Bd7 29. e6 Bxe6 30. Rxe7 Bd7) 25... Bb7?! { (-1.75 → -1.14) Inaccuracy. Rd8 was best. } (25... Rd8 26. Be3) 26. Qa2+?? { (-1.14 → -5.13) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } (26. Nf4) 26... Kh8 27. Ne1 f4 28. e6 fxg3+ 29. Ke2 Qh1 30. Kd2 Bb4+ 31. Kc1? { (-7.29 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc2 was best. } (31. Kc2 Qh2+ 32. Kc1 Rf1 33. Bc3 Qxa2 34. Rxa2 Bxc3 35. Ra7 Bd5 36. Rxc7 Rxe1+) 31... Qxe1+ 32. Kb2 Qd2+ { White resigns. } 0-1