[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zNSIztUs"] [Date "2023.01.15"] [White "Balas04"] [Black "Grandmathereal"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.01.15"] [UTCTime "20:56:35"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1495"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-243"] [BlackRatingDiff "+24"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A25"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { A25 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian } 3. Qa4?! { (0.23 → -0.36) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Be6 7. Rb1 a5) 3... Bc5 4. e4?? { (-0.01 → -1.76) Blunder. a3 was best. } (4. a3 a5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 d6 8. b3 Re8) 4... Nf6?! { (-1.76 → -0.82) Inaccuracy. Qh4 was best. } (4... Qh4 5. g3 Qf6 6. Nd1 h5 7. h4 d6 8. Bg2 Qg6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. Qb3 a5 11. d3) 5. Be2?! { (-0.82 → -1.52) Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best. } (5. Qd1 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 b5 9. d3 bxc4) 5... O-O?! { (-1.52 → -0.72) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (5... Ng4) 6. Nf3 d6 7. d4?? { (-0.43 → -3.75) Blunder. d3 was best. } (7. d3) 7... exd4 8. b4?? { (-3.63 → -9.76) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } (8. Nd5 Nxe4) 8... dxc3?? { (-9.76 → -4.12) Blunder. Bxb4 was best. } (8... Bxb4 9. O-O dxc3 10. Bg5 Bc5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Nb4 13. Qxc3 Nxe4 14. Qb2 Qd7 15. a3) 9. bxc5 Nxe4 10. Bg5? { (-4.72 → -10.25) Mistake. cxd6 was best. } (10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Qf6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Bf4 Bg6 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Rac1 h6 16. c5 Nd2) 10... Qe8?! { (-10.25 → -5.53) Inaccuracy. Nxg5 was best. } (10... Nxg5 11. O-O dxc5 12. Qc2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Qxc3 Qf6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4) 11. Qc2?! { (-5.53 → -8.12) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (11. Be3 dxc5 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Bf1 h6 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Bd3 f5) 11... Nxc5? { (-8.12 → -4.53) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } (11... Nb4 12. Qb1 dxc5 13. a3 c2 14. Qb3 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Bg4 16. f3 Qe5 17. O-O Qxe2 18. axb4) 12. g4? { (-4.53 → -8.71) Mistake. Be3 was best. } (12. Be3 Qe4 13. Qxc3 Bf5 14. O-O Qc2 15. Qxc2 Bxc2 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Rc3 Rfe8 18. Rd1 b6) 12... Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Bxg4 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rfe8 18. Ke3 f5 19. Kf4 Rxe4+ 20. Kxf5 Re5+ 21. Kg4 Nd4 22. Bf4?! { (-6.63 → -10.12) Inaccuracy. Rxc3 was best. } (22. Rxc3 Rf8 23. Be3 Nf5 24. Re1 h5+ 25. Kh3 Nxe3 26. Rcxe3 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 b6 28. Kg3 Rf5) 22... Re4 23. Re2 Nxe2 24. Kf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kxe2 Re8+ 26. Kd3 Rxf2?! { (Mate in 13 → -15.56) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rf3+ was best. } (26... Rf3+ 27. Kc2 Re2+ 28. Kb3 Rb2+ 29. Ka3 c5 30. Rc1 Rfxf2 31. Re1 Rxa2+ 32. Kb3 a5 33. Re8+) 27. Re1?! { (-15.56 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h4 was best. } (27. h4 Rfe2 28. c5 R8e3+ 29. Kc4 dxc5 30. a4 c2 31. Rc1 Rh3 32. a5 h5 33. a6 b6) 27... Rxa2? { (Mate in 5 → -8.05) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxe1 was best. } (27... Rxe1 28. Kxc3 c5 29. Kd3 Re8 30. a4 Rfe2 31. h4 R8e3#) 28. Kd4? { (-8.05 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxe8+ was best. } (28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Rc8 c5 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Kxc3 Rxh2 32. Rd7 Rh3+ 33. Kc2 g5 34. Rxd6+ Ke7) 28... Rxe1 29. Kxc3 Rh1 30. Kd4 Rhxh2 31. Ke4 Rhc2 32. Ke3 Rxc4 { Black wins on time. } 0-1