[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RIxAYlrE"] [Date "2021.12.20"] [White "patrickrg"] [Black "MercuryR"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.12.20"] [UTCTime "16:16:06"] [WhiteElo "1952"] [BlackElo "1870"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+58"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 { B40 Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation } 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. Nxc6?! { (-0.32 → -1.02) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } { White offers draw } (8. Qd2 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a3 Be7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. f4 d4) 8... bxc6 9. Bd4?! { (-0.95 → -1.64) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (9. Be2 Qc7) 9... c5? { (-1.64 → -0.37) Mistake. O-O was best. } (9... O-O 10. Be5 Qa5 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 Qd8 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O axb4 16. axb4) 10. Bxf6? { (-0.37 → -1.71) Mistake. Bb5+ was best. } (10. Bb5+ Bd7) 10... Qxf6 11. Bb5+ Kf8? { (-1.68 → -0.29) Mistake. Ke7 was best. } (11... Ke7 12. O-O Qd4+ 13. Rf2 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Rb8 15. Bf1 Rd8 16. exd5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxd5 18. Ra1) 12. O-O d4?! { (-0.66 → 0.31) Inaccuracy. Rb8 was best. } (12... Rb8 13. a4) 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. Bc4 Ba5 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Qd3 Ke7?! { (0.09 → 0.92) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (16... Qe7 17. Nc1 g6 18. Qe2 Bc7 19. Nd3 a5 20. b3 a4 21. e5 axb3 22. axb3 Bc6 23. f4) 17. Rfd1?! { (0.92 → -0.09) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (17. f4 Bc6 18. Ng3 h5 19. e5 Qh6 20. Rf2 h4 21. Ne4 h3 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Rbf1 g6) 17... Rhd8 18. Ng3?! { (0.00 → -0.72) Inaccuracy. Qa3 was best. } (18. Qa3 Bb4 19. Qxa7 Rdc8 20. a3 Ra8 21. Qb6 Rab8) 18... Bc6?! { (-0.72 → 0.33) Inaccuracy. Qf4 was best. } (18... Qf4 19. Ne2) 19. Ne2?? { (0.33 → -1.53) Blunder. Qa3 was best. } { White offers draw } (19. Qa3 Bb6 20. Nh1 Qh6 21. Nf2 a5 22. b3 Kf8 23. Nd3 Ra8 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Rdxc1 a4) 19... Bc7 20. Re1?! { (-1.66 → -2.63) Inaccuracy. Qa3 was best. } (20. Qa3 Rb4) 20... Qh4?! { (-2.63 → -1.58) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (20... h5 21. Ng3) 21. g3 Qh3? { (-1.39 → 0.00) Mistake. Qf6 was best. } (21... Qf6 22. Kg2 g5 23. Nc1 Rb4 24. b3 h5 25. Qe2 h4 26. Nd3 Rbb8 27. Rbd1 Rh8 28. g4) 22. Kh1?! { (0.00 → -0.75) Inaccuracy. Qa3 was best. } (22. Qa3 Qh5 23. Nc1 Kf8 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rf1 Bb5 26. Qb3 Bc6) 22... h5?? { (-0.75 → 8.85) Blunder. a5 was best. } (22... a5) 23. Ng1 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Rf1 h4 26. f4 f5 27. Qe2 Bxe4+ 28. Nf3 g5 29. fxg5 Rg8 30. Bd3 Bd5 31. Bxf5 Rxg5 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rh5 34. Qg4 Rbh8 35. Qg7+ Kd6 36. Rbe1 Bxe1 37. Rxe1 R8h7 38. Qf8+ Kc6?! { (10.66 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re7 was best. } (38... Re7 39. Qb8+) 39. Rxe6+ Kd5 40. Qd6+ Kc4 41. Nd2+ Kb5 42. Qa6+ Kb4 43. a3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0