[Event "Thursday Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zD7TE5sk"] [Date "2024.05.02"] [White "UAarush"] [Black "Esakki_Shriharan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.02"] [UTCTime "15:36:55"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [BlackElo "912"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+2"] [ECO "C53"] [Opening "Italian Game: Bird's Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 { C53 Italian Game: Bird's Attack } Bd6?! { (-0.15 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (5... Be7 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bf6 10. b5) 6. d3?! { (0.88 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (6. d4 O-O 7. O-O exd4 8. b5 Na5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. e5 Nd5) 6... h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8?! { (0.62 → 1.55) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (8... Be7 9. a4) 9. Nbd2?! { (1.55 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Qb3 was best. } (9. Qb3 Rf8 10. d4 Nh7 11. Nbd2 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Ne3 Re8) 9... b6? { (0.74 → 1.91) Mistake. Bf8 was best. } (9... Bf8 10. Qb3 Re7 11. a4 d6 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 Re8 15. d5 Nb8 16. a5) 10. b5? { (1.91 → 0.41) Mistake. Qb3 was best. } (10. Qb3 Rf8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bxb4 13. d5 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Ne7 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nh4 b5) 10... Na5 11. a4 Nxc4?! { (0.36 → 1.25) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (11... a6 12. Ba2 axb5 13. axb5 Bf8 14. h3 d6 15. g4 Qd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 d5 18. Ndf3) 12. Nxc4 Bc5 13. Ncxe5 d6?? { (1.12 → 3.32) Blunder. Bb7 was best. } (13... Bb7) 14. Nc6 Bd7? { (3.37 → 5.65) Mistake. Qd7 was best. } (14... Qd7 15. d4 a6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Rxe4 axb5 18. Re1 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. dxc5 Qxc6 21. cxd6) 15. Nxd8 Raxd8 16. d4 Nxe4 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 c4 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Kh7 25. Qe8 Kg6 26. Qc8 Kf6 27. Qxc7 Kf5? { (7.66 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } (27... g6 28. Qxa7 Kg7 29. Kg2 g5 30. Qxb6 f5 31. Qe6 f4 32. b6 g4 33. fxg4 Kf8 34. Qxh6+) 28. Qxa7? { (Mate in 14 → 7.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf7+ was best. } (28. Qxf7+ Ke5 29. Qxg7+ Ke6 30. Kg2 Kf5 31. Qxh6 Ke5 32. Kh3 Kf5 33. Qg7 Ke6 34. Kh4 Kd6) 28... Kf4? { (7.67 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } (28... Ke6 29. Kg2 g6 30. Qxb6+ Kf5 31. Qc6 g5 32. Qxh6 f6 33. b6 Ke5 34. b7) 29. Qxf7+ Kg5 30. f4+ Kg4 31. Qxg7+ Kxf4 32. Qf6+ Kg4 33. Qxb6 Kh5 34. a5 Kg4 35. a6 Kf3 36. a7 Ke2 37. a8=Q Kd3 38. Qad8+ Kxc3 39. Qc5 Kb3 40. b6 Ka4 41. b7 Kb3 42. b8=Q+ Ka4 43. f4 h5 44. Qda5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0