[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/yKBue5V5"] [Date "2023.11.23"] [White "Mantiquore"] [Black "the_earthling"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.11.23"] [UTCTime "15:27:47"] [WhiteElo "1813"] [BlackElo "1984"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } c5 3. Be2 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d3 dxe4?! { (-0.25 → 0.37) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (5... Nc6 6. exd5) 6. Qa4+? { (0.37 → -0.97) Mistake. dxe4 was best. } (6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Bxd1 Be7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Nd4 12. Be3 Rd8) 6... Nc6?! { (-0.97 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } (6... Bd7) 7. dxe4 Qa5+?! { (0.00 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } (7... Bd7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Qc2 Nd4 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe7 14. O-O) 8. Qxa5 Nxa5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Ng6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rfd1 Nc6?? { (0.17 → 5.67) Blunder. Bf4 was best. } (14... Bf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Ne1 h5 18. Nc2 Rfd8 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. f3 Kf8 21. Bb5) 15. Rxd6 Nb4 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. a3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Ng6 21. Bg3 Bc6 22. a4 a6 23. Rd6 Ne7 24. b3 b5 25. a5 Rac8 26. Bf3 Rfe8 27. Bg4 Ra8 28. Bh4 f6 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Bg3 Ra7 31. e5 b4 32. Nd5 Bb5 33. exf6 Nxd5 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. R1xd5 Rae7 36. Bd7 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Bxd7 38. Rxd7+ Kf6?! { (6.53 → 11.12) Inaccuracy. R8e7 was best. } (38... R8e7 39. Rxe7+ Rxe7 40. Rxc5 Rd7 41. Rc6 Rd3 42. Rxa6 Rxb3 43. Be5+ Kg8 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. a6) 39. Rxc5?! { (11.12 → 6.88) Inaccuracy. Bh4+ was best. } (39. Bh4+ Kg6 40. f4 R1e5 41. fxe5 Kf5 42. Rxc5 Ke4 43. Rxh7 Kd4 44. Rc6 Kxe5 45. Rxa6 Rf8) 39... Rb1?? { (6.88 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } (39... h6 40. Rc6+ R1e6 41. Rb6 h5 42. Rxb4 Re4 43. Rb6+ R8e6 44. f3 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb4 46. b7) 40. Rd3?? { (Mate in 12 → 6.86) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc6+ was best. } (40. Rc6+ Re6 41. Bh4+ Kf5 42. g4+ Ke5 43. f4+ Kxf4 44. Rxe6 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb2+) 40... Ree1?! { (6.86 → 17.15) Inaccuracy. Re4 was best. } (40... Re4 41. Rd6+ Kf7 42. Rxa6 Rxb3 43. Rc7+ Re7 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45. Rh6 Ra3 46. Rxh7+ Ke8 47. Rb7) 41. Bh4+ Kf7?! { (12.56 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } (41... Ke6 42. Rc7 Re5 43. g4 Rd5 44. Re3+ Kd6 45. Bg3+ Re5 46. Bxe5+ Kd5 47. Rxh7 Rc1 48. Rd7+) 42. Rc6? { (Mate in 12 → 7.39) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc7+ was best. } (42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Rd8+ Re8 44. Be7+ Kg8 45. Rxe8+ Kf7 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47. Rf6+ Ke5 48. Rd6 Rf1) 42... Re2? { (7.39 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rbd1 was best. } (42... Rbd1 43. Rf3+ Ke8 44. Rxa6 Rc1 45. Ra8+ Kd7 46. Rf7+ Ke6 47. Re7+ Kd5 48. Rxh7 Rh1+ 49. Kg3) 43. Rxa6?! { (Mate in 14 → 12.07) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc7+ was best. } (43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. Rd8+ Re8 45. Be7+ Kg8 46. Rxe8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Ke6 48. Bxb4 Rxb3 49. Rxa6+ Ke5) 43... Reb2?! { (12.07 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxb3 was best. } (43... Rxb3 44. Rxb3 Re4 45. Ra7+ Kg6 46. Rg3+ Kf5 47. Rf7+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kd5 49. Rd3+ Rd4 50. Rd7+) 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45. Rb7 Rd2 46. Ra8+ Rd8 47. Rxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0