[Event "Blitz Titled Arena April '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7fTtQnRr"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [White "xasid"] [Black "crusher64"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.13"] [UTCTime "21:21:09"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2361"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C12"] [Opening "French Defense: MacCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 { C12 French Defense: MacCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation } exd5 6. Ne2?! { (0.37 → -0.23) Inaccuracy. Qe2+ was best. } (6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Qb5+ Nc6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O) 6... O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+?! { (-0.35 → 0.26) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (7... Be7 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Re1) 8. Nxc3 Re8+ 9. Be2 Bg4?! { (0.29 → 1.10) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } (9... c6) 10. f3 Bf5 11. O-O?! { (1.04 → 0.43) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (11. Qd2 h6) 11... c6 12. Re1?! { (0.88 → 0.30) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 h6 14. Bh4 Nbd7 15. f5 Bh7 16. h3 b5 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Bf2 a5) 12... Nbd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Rab1 Bg6 16. Bf2 Re6 17. Bf1 Rae8 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. b4 Nf8 22. Nd3 Ne6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Qc7 25. Bd4 Nd7 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qd8 28. c3 Kf8 29. g4 Bg6 30. h4 f6 31. Qg3 Bf7?! { (0.20 → 0.89) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (31... Qe7) 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Kf2 Nf8 34. Qf4 Ne6 35. Qe3 Qe7 36. Bd3 g5 37. h5 Nf4 38. Bf1 Qxe3+ 39. Bxe3 Ke7 40. Bd4 Ne6 41. Ke3 Nxd4 42. Kxd4 Be6 43. Bd3 Bd7 44. c4 dxc4 45. Kxc4 f5 46. Be2 Kf6 47. Kd4 Be6 48. a4 Bd7 49. Bd1 fxg4 50. fxg4 Be6 51. Bf3 Bd7 { Black offers draw } 52. Be2 Be6 53. b5 Bb3 54. b6 axb6 55. cxb6 Bxa4 56. Kc5 Bb5 57. Bf3?? { (0.00 → -3.10) Blunder. Bd1 was best. } (57. Bd1 Ke7 58. Bc2 Be2 59. Bf5 Bf3 60. Bc8 Bd5 61. Bxb7 Kd7 62. Ba6 Bf3 63. Bb7 Bg2) 57... Ba6?? { (-3.10 → 0.00) Blunder. Ke5 was best. } (57... Ke5 58. Bd1 Kf4 59. Kd6 Ba6 60. Kc5 Bf1 61. Kd6 Bg2 62. Be2 Ke3 63. Bd1 Bd5 64. Kc5) 58. Be4 Ke6 59. Bf5+ Ke5 60. Bc8 Kf4 61. Kd6 c5 62. Kxc5 Kg3?? { (0.00 → 5.34) Blunder. Ke5 was best. } (62... Ke5 63. Bd7 Be2 64. Bc6 Ke6 65. Bxb7 Kd7 66. Bc6+ Kc8 67. b7+ Kc7 68. Bd7 Kxb7 69. Kd6) 63. Kd6 Kh4?! { (5.08 → 7.03) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (63... Be2 64. Bxb7 Bxg4 65. Bc6 Bc8 66. Bb5 Bb7 67. Kc7 Bf3 68. Bc6 Bxh5 69. b7 Bf3 70. b8=Q) 64. Kc7 Be2 65. Bxb7 Bxg4 66. Bc8?? { (6.03 → 0.00) Blunder. Bd5 was best. } (66. Bd5 Bxh5 67. b7 Kg3 68. b8=Q Kf2 69. Qa7+ Kf1 70. Qa1+ Kf2 71. Qd4+ Kf1 72. Kd6 Be2) 66... Bxh5?? { (0.00 → 5.48) Blunder. Bf3 was best. } (66... Bf3 67. Bb7 Bxb7 68. Kxb7 g4 69. Ka6 g3 70. b7 g2 71. b8=Q g1=Q 72. Qe8 Qg4 73. Qe5) 67. b7 Bf3 68. b8=Q g4 69. Qb6 g3?? { (5.96 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg3 was best. } (69... Kg3 70. Qg1+ Kf4 71. Kd6 h5 72. Qf2 h4 73. Qxh4 Ke3 74. Qe1+ Kd3 75. Bf5+ Kc4 76. Qf2) 70. Qe3 g2 71. Qg1? { (Mate in 9 → 7.22) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf4+ was best. } (71. Qf4+ Kh5 72. Qxf3+ Kg6 73. Qf5+ Kg7 74. Qe5+ Kg6 75. Bf5+ Kg5 76. Be6+ Kg6 77. Qf5+ Kg7) 71... Kg3 72. Bd7 h5 73. Bc6 h4 74. Bxf3 Kxf3 75. Qh2 Kf2 76. Qxh4+ Kg1 77. Kd6 Kf1 78. Qf4+ Kg1 79. Qg3 Kh1 80. Qh3+ Kg1 81. Ke5 Kf1 82. Qf3+ Kg1 83. Kf4 Kh2 84. Qh5+ Kg1 85. Qg4 Kh1 86. Qh3+ Kg1 87. Kf3 Kf1 88. Qxg2+ Ke1 89. Qe2# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0