[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/43AZxyns"] [Date "2024.03.18"] [White "mate-in-four"] [Black "EWJM"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.18"] [UTCTime "18:30:59"] [WhiteElo "2488"] [BlackElo "2418"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A08"] [Opening "King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 { A08 King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation } Nf6 4. O-O b6?! { (0.22 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (4... e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Bg5) 5. c4 Bb7 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7?! { (1.58 → 2.48) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (8... e6 9. Bf4) 9. d5 g6?! { (2.51 → 3.34) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (9... b5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Qd2 a6 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 h6 15. Qe3 g5 16. Rac1) 10. e4 Bg7?! { (3.12 → 3.97) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (10... Ng4 11. Ng5 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5) 11. e5 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6?! { (4.07 → 5.25) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (12... O-O 13. exd7 Qxd7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qf3 e6 18. Bg5 Rxd5 19. Nxd5) 13. Ng5 Bxc3 14. Nxe6 Qc8 15. bxc3 Ngf6 16. c4 Nf8 17. Re1 Nxe6 18. Rxe6 Kf7?! { (4.14 → 5.73) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (18... O-O 19. Rxe7 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Qe1 Qf8 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Bh3 Re7 25. Be6+) 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Bh3?! { (5.74 → 4.31) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } (20. Bb2 Qd7 21. Qe5 Kg8 22. g4 Rf8 23. g5 Rae8 24. Qc3 Qxe6 25. dxe6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd8) 20... Qd8 21. Bg5 Bc8 22. Bh6 b5 23. Re1 bxc4 24. d6?! { (6.13 → 4.78) Inaccuracy. Qxc4 was best. } (24. Qxc4 Kg8 25. d6 Bxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. dxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rg8 30. Be6 a5) 24... g5?? { (4.78 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. exd6 was best. } (24... exd6 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxc4+ d5 27. Rxe8 dxc4 28. Rf8+ Ke7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxc8 c3 31. Kf1) 25. dxe7?? { (Mate in 5 → 5.64) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxf6+ was best. } (25. Rxf6+ Kg8 26. Qh5 Kh8 27. Bg7+ Kxg7 28. Rf7+ Kh8 29. Qxh7#) 25... Qd4 26. Bxg5 Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Re5 Ng8 29. Rf5 Rab8?? { (6.42 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } (29... Rf8 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 32. Bf1 c3 33. Bc4 Qxc4 34. Qxc4 Kg7 35. Qxc3+ Kg6 36. Qc2+) 30. Rf7+ Kh8 31. Bf5 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qh5 33. Bf6+ Nxf6 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0