[Event "≤1700 Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/WS6jD2jF"] [Date "2023.11.15"] [White "SanDiegoNorman"] [Black "SimonBirch"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.11.15"] [UTCTime "05:01:10"] [WhiteElo "1677"] [BlackElo "1670"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { C42 Russian Game } 3. d3?! { (0.50 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O) 3... Nc6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 d5?! { (0.21 → 0.76) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (5... Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Bb6 8. a4 d6 9. b4 a6 10. Na3) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. b3?! { (0.75 → -0.30) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (8. Re1 Qf6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nde7 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qg4) 8... Qd7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Bb2 Bd6? { (-0.63 → 0.53) Mistake. f6 was best. } (10... f6 11. d4) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Bh3 13. Bh1?! { (0.76 → -0.12) Inaccuracy. Bxh3 was best. } (13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Bxg7 Rhg8 15. Bb2 f5 16. Qf3 f4 17. Nd2 Ncb4 18. Rac1 fxg3 19. hxg3 Rdf8) 13... Rde8 14. Bb2 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Re8 16. Qd2 Qe6 17. Nc3 Nxc3?! { (0.58 → 1.44) Inaccuracy. Ndb4 was best. } (17... Ndb4 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. d4 Nxc2 21. Rd1 Qe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc3 N2xd4 24. Bxd4) 18. Bxc3 Qf5? { (1.55 → 3.05) Mistake. f6 was best. } (18... f6 19. Be4) 19. Re1?! { (3.05 → 2.05) Inaccuracy. Bxg7 was best. } (19. Bxg7 f6 20. Re1 Re5 21. Re4 h5 22. Bh6 Rxe4 23. dxe4 Qe5 24. c3 h4 25. Bf3 Ne7) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Kd7? { (1.98 → 3.43) Mistake. f6 was best. } (20... f6 21. Qe3 Qd7 22. Bf3 a6 23. Qc5 Kb8 24. a4 Nd8 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 c5 27. f3) 21. f4?? { (3.43 → -5.19) Blunder. Bxg7 was best. } (21. Bxg7 Qg4 22. Bf6 h5 23. Be4 Qe6 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 f5 27. Qe3) 21... Qc5+ 22. d4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4?? { (-5.15 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd2 was best. } (23. Qd2 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Nxc3 26. a4 Bf5 27. Ke3 Bxc2 28. Kd4 Nb1 29. Bxb7 Kd6) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Qf2 Qd1+ { White resigns. } 0-1