[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/eUxsLknw"] [Date "2024.06.02"] [White "mick_chess"] [Black "Statham_13"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.06.02"] [UTCTime "13:03:13"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2734"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 { C42 Russian Game } d5?! { (0.32 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. O-O) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bd6 8. c4 Qh5 9. d5?! { (1.24 → 0.49) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (9. c5) 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 h5 13. Qd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. Kxe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rfe8 17. Kd3 Rad8 18. Kc2 a6 19. Rae1?! { (1.94 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (19. a4) 19... b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Bg5 Rxd5 22. Bxf6 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 gxf6 24. Re8+?! { (1.01 → 0.35) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (24. c4 Rc5 25. Re4 bxc4 26. a4 c3 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Ra1 Ra5 29. Kxc3) 24... Kg7 25. Rc8 Rf5 26. f3 Rg5 27. g3 h4 28. g4 f5 29. h3 fxg4 30. fxg4 Rc5 31. Kb3 Rc4 32. Rb8 c6 33. Rc8 Kg6 34. Rh8 Kg5 35. Rh5+ Kf4 36. Rxh4 Kg3? { (1.04 → 2.39) Mistake. Ke5 was best. } (36... Ke5 37. Rh5+ Ke6 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. g5 Rc5 40. h4 Rc4 41. a3 c5 42. Rb6) 37. Rh7?! { (2.39 → 1.68) Inaccuracy. Rh6 was best. } (37. Rh6) 37... Rf4 38. Rh6 c5? { (1.44 → 3.09) Mistake. f6 was best. } (38... f6 39. a3) 39. Rh5 Rc4 40. Rf5 Kxh3 41. Rxf7 Kxg4 42. Rb7 Rf4 43. Rxb5 c4+?! { (3.14 → 4.93) Inaccuracy. Kf5 was best. } (43... Kf5 44. Rxc5+) 44. Kb4 Kf3 45. a4 Ke3 46. a5 Kd3 47. a6 Rf7 48. Rd5+ Kc2 49. Kxc4 Rf4+ 50. Rd4 Rf6 51. Kb5 Kxc3 52. a7?? { (4.54 → 1.89) Blunder. Rc4+ was best. } (52. Rc4+ Kd3 53. a7 Rf5+ 54. Rc5 Rf8 55. Kb6 Kd4 56. Rc7 Kd5 57. Kb7 Kd6) 52... Rf8?? { (1.89 → 4.66) Blunder. Kxd4 was best. } (52... Kxd4 53. a8=Q Rf5+ 54. Kc6 Ke3 55. Qa7+ Kf3 56. Kd6 Kg2 57. Ke6 Rf4 58. Ke5) 53. Ra4 Kb3? { (4.40 → 8.66) Mistake. Ra8 was best. } (53... Ra8 54. Rc4+ Kd3 55. Rc7 Ke2 56. Kc6 Rg8 57. Kb6 Ke1 58. Kb7 Rg5) 54. a8=Q Rxa8? { (8.45 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf5+ was best. } (54... Rf5+ 55. Kc6 Rh5 56. Ra3+ Kb2 57. Ra2+ Kc3 58. Qa3+ Kd4 59. Qb4+ Ke5 60. Qd6+) 55. Rxa8 Kc3 56. Ra4 Kd3 57. Kc5 Ke3 58. Kd5 Kd3?? { (4.42 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf3 was best. } (58... Kf3 59. Re4 Kg2 60. Rd4 Kf3 61. Ke6 Ke3 62. Rd8 Kf3) 59. Ra3+ Kc2?? { (3.60 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd2 was best. } (59... Kd2 60. Kc6 Kc2 61. Kd7 Kd2 62. Ra8 Ke3 63. Ke7 Kd2 64. Rd8+ Kc2 65. Rc8+) 60. Rh3?? { (Mate in 11 → 4.04) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kd4 was best. } (60. Kd4 Kb2 61. Rh3 Kc2 62. Rh4 Kd2 63. Rh2+ Ke1 64. Ke3 Kd1 65. Rg2 Kc1) 60... Kb2?? { (4.04 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd2 was best. } (60... Kd2 61. Kd4 Ke2 62. Kc3 Kf2 63. Kd2 Kg2 64. Rh6 Kf3 65. Re6 Kg4 66. Rf6) 61. Kd4 Kc2 62. Rg3 Kb2 63. Rg2+ Kb3 64. Kd3 Kb4 65. Rc2 Kb5 66. Rc1 Kb6 67. Kd4?? { (Mate in 11 → 3.63) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc4 was best. } (67. Rc4 Ka5 68. Kc2 Kb6 69. Kb3 Ka5 70. Rc5+ Kb6 71. Kb4 Ka6 72. Rc6+ Kb7) 67... Kb7?? { (3.63 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb5 was best. } (67... Kb5 68. Kd3 Kb6 69. Kd2 Kb7 70. Rh1 Kb6 71. Rh6+ Kb7 72. Rg6 Kc7) 68. Kd5 Kb8 69. Kd6 Ka7 70. Rb1 Ka6 71. Kc5 Ka5 72. Kc6 Ka6 73. Ra1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0