[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/KbhMVpPb"] [Date "2023.04.06"] [White "NickR98"] [Black "Pope123"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2023.04.06"] [UTCTime "16:01:02"] [WhiteElo "1850"] [BlackElo "1823"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+45"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense } 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 Nd7 10. a4?! { (0.39 → -0.63) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (10. c4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Ra2 Nc5) 10... Nh6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2? { (-0.42 → -1.75) Mistake. Qd4 was best. } (13. Qd4 Nf5 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. c4 Nc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nc3 Be6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Rg1 Kf7) 13... e5 14. Nb3 e4 15. Nfd4?! { (-1.81 → -2.61) Inaccuracy. Qxd5 was best. } (15. Qxd5 exf3 16. O-O-O Nf7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Re6 Qg5+ 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Re3 h5 21. gxf3 Nb6) 15... O-O 16. Qd2?! { (-2.16 → -3.11) Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } (16. f3 Nb6 17. Be2 Nc4 18. O-O Ne3 19. Qd2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Qg6 21. fxe4 Bh3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8) 16... Ng4 17. f3 exf3? { (-3.47 → -1.96) Mistake. e3 was best. } (17... e3 18. Qc3 Nf2 19. Rg1 Ne5 20. Be2 Re8 21. g3 Bh3 22. f4 Neg4 23. Qc7 Re7 24. Qc5) 18. Nxf3? { (-1.96 → -3.94) Mistake. O-O-O was best. } (18. O-O-O f2 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. Qxf2 Nf5 22. g4 Nxa4 23. Bd3 Qh6+ 24. Nfd2 Qd6) 18... Re8+ 19. Be2 Ne3 20. Nbd4?! { (-4.06 → -5.52) Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } (20. Kf2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Ng4+ 22. Kg3 Qd6+ 23. Qf4 Qxc5 24. Qd4 Qd6+ 25. Qf4 Qxf4+ 26. Kxf4 Re4+) 20... Nc5 21. g3 Bf5 22. Ra3 Nc4 23. Qc3 Re3?? { (-6.21 → -2.00) Blunder. Bh3 was best. } (23... Bh3 24. Qa1 Nxa3 25. Qxa3 Ne4 26. b6 Rac8 27. Bb5 Nxg3+ 28. Bxe8 Rxe8+ 29. Kd2 Qh6+ 30. Kc3) 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Rxe3 Nxa4?? { (-2.20 → -0.31) Blunder. Bh3 was best. } (25... Bh3) 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. O-O?! { (-0.19 → -1.25) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (27. Ne5 Bg6 28. Rf1 Qd6 29. Rf4 Bh5 30. g4 Qb4+ 31. Kf1 Nb6 32. c3 Qb1+ 33. Re1 Qb2) 27... Nc5?? { (-1.25 → 3.32) Blunder. Nb6 was best. } (27... Nb6) 28. Nxf5 Qxf5?! { (3.50 → 4.70) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (28... Nd7 29. N5d4 Qd6 30. Rfe1 Nf6 31. Kg2 h6 32. Ba2 a4 33. c3 Kh7 34. R1e2 Nd5 35. Re6) 29. Ne5 Qxc2?? { (4.79 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } (29... g6 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Ra3 Kg7 32. Nd3 Ne4 33. Bd5 Nd6 34. c4 Kf6 35. b6 a4 36. Kg2) 30. Ref3?? { (Mate in 4 → -0.18) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf7+ was best. } (30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nd8+ Ne6 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Rf8#) 30... h5?? { (-0.18 → 3.65) Blunder. g6 was best. } (30... g6 31. Nf7+ Kg7 32. Ne5 Ne4 33. Rf7+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Ng5 35. Re7 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Rxf2) 31. Rf8+?? { (3.65 → 0.00) Blunder. Rf5 was best. } (31. Rf5 g6 32. Nxg6+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ Kh6 34. Nh4 Ne4 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Rg7+ Kf6 37. Ne3+ Kxg7) 31... Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Bg8+ Kh6 34. Nf7+ Kg6 35. Ne5+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kh6 37. Nf7+ Kg6 38. Ne5+ Kh6 39. Nf7+ Kg6 { Black offers draw } 40. Ne5+ Kh6 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2