[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/z7lqOh9B"] [Date "2023.11.23"] [White "Defence1234"] [Black "aariv-agrawal"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.11.23"] [UTCTime "01:12:16"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "1827"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4 Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. h3 Ng6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nf1 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 Re8 15. Ng3 h6 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 c5 18. d5 Qd7 19. Qc2 Ne5?! { (0.80 → 1.59) Inaccuracy. Bd8 was best. } (19... Bd8 20. Bc3) 20. Nxe5 Rxe5?! { (1.58 → 2.69) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } (20... dxe5 21. Qd3 h5 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Be3 c4 24. Rxc4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 g6 26. b3 b5 27. Rc3) 21. Bc3 Ree8?! { (2.71 → 3.99) Inaccuracy. Rce8 was best. } (21... Rce8 22. Kh1 Qd8 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Re8 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qf3 Ba5 27. Re2 Bc7 28. Rce1) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nf5 h5?! { (3.91 → 5.83) Inaccuracy. Re5 was best. } (23... Re5 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Qd2 Ke7 26. Qf4 Qe8 27. Kh2 c4 28. Ng4 Qh8 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qg5+) 24. Qc3 Bd8?? { (5.81 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxf5 was best. } (24... Qxf5 25. exf5 Re5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qb3 e4 28. Qxb6 e3 29. fxe3) 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0