[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ziPfcnnt"] [Date "2023.07.01"] [White "g_blackbird"] [Black "davelois"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.07.01"] [UTCTime "00:38:58"] [WhiteElo "1325"] [BlackElo "1751"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "English Opening: The Whale"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. e4?! { (0.25 → -0.54) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } { C20 English Opening: The Whale } (2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 a5) 2... b6?! { (-0.54 → 0.37) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (2... Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nge7 6. a3 a5 7. d4) 3. d4?! { (0.37 → -0.19) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 g6 6. g3 d6 7. h3 Nd4) 3... exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Bb7 6. Bd3?! { (-0.04 → -0.97) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Bd3 f5 8. Nd5 Qd6 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. Qe2 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bf4 Qe6) 6... Nf6?! { (-0.97 → -0.34) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (6... f5 7. Nc3 Ne5 8. Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O Nxd3 10. Qxd3 fxe4 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bg5) 7. Nf3?! { (-0.34 → -0.93) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (7. Nc3) 7... Be7? { (-0.93 → 0.54) Mistake. Bb4 was best. } (7... Bb4 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Re1 Ne5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nxe4 14. Bg5) 8. Ng5? { (0.54 → -0.90) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } (8. Nc3 Bc5 9. O-O d6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. b4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd4 14. Rb1 O-O) 8... O-O 9. e5?? { (-1.04 → -3.78) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } (9. Nc3 Re8 10. O-O Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bc5 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Re2 Ne5 15. Qg3 f6) 9... Nxe5 10. b3?! { (-3.80 → -5.65) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (10. Be2 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. Nc3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 g6 15. Kf1 Bf6 16. h4 Re8) 10... Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 h6 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 d5 15. Kc2 dxc4 16. bxc4 hxg5 17. Qh3 Be4+ 18. Kb2 Qd4+ 19. Nc3 g4 20. Qh2?? { (-6.76 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg3 was best. } (20. Qg3 Qxc4 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. h5 Qb4+ 23. Ka1 Bxg2 24. h6 Bf3 25. Qe5 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Rfe8) 20... a5? { (Mate in 4 → -7.04) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd2+ was best. } (20... Qd2+ 21. Kb3 Qc2+ 22. Kb4 Qb2+ 23. Ka4 Bc2#) 21. Qf4 Rad8 22. Rac1 Qd2+ 23. Kb3?! { (-6.50 → -9.91) Inaccuracy. Qxd2 was best. } (23. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 24. Kb3 Bxg2 25. Rhd1 Rxf2 26. Rc2 a4+ 27. Nxa4 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 Be4+ 29. Kc3 Bf3) 23... Qxf4 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc6 26. Ne2? { (-8.39 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd3 was best. } (26. Rd3 Bxg2 27. Rd1 Qxf2 28. Rc1 Qc5 29. a3 Qf2 30. Rd1 Qxh4 31. Rb1) 26... Qxf2?! { (Mate in 11 → -11.63) Lost forced checkmate sequence. a4+ was best. } (26... a4+ 27. Kc3 Qxf2 28. Nf4 Qxf4 29. a3 Qe3+ 30. Kb2 Qe2+ 31. Ka1 Qxd1+ 32. Kb2 Qd2+ 33. Ka1) 27. Rd2?! { (-11.63 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc3 was best. } (27. Nc3 a4+ 28. Ka3 Bxg2 29. Rd5 Qf3 30. Kb4 Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33. a3 Re8) 27... Ne4 28. Nd4 Nxd2+ 29. Kc3 Ne4+ 30. Kd3 f5 31. Ne2 Rd8+ 32. Kc2 Qxe2+ 33. Kb3 Rd3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1