[Event "Road to Sharjah 2024 Stage 1"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cRQbBWRi"] [Date "2024.03.24"] [White "Nerdy2Gabboff"] [Black "slickblaster"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.24"] [UTCTime "16:53:57"] [WhiteElo "1763"] [BlackElo "1550"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } Qf6?! { (-0.11 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4) 3. Nf3 e5 4. Nc3 c6?! { (1.27 → 2.05) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (4... Nc6 5. d4) 5. d3?! { (2.05 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (5. d4 d6 6. Bg5 Qe6 7. dxe5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bg7 11. Nd3 Ne7) 5... h6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Bd2 g5? { (0.80 → 1.98) Mistake. d6 was best. } (7... d6 8. O-O Ne7 9. d4 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bd8 12. d5 Nd7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Qb3) 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bc1 d6 12. Bb2?! { (1.43 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. cxd6 was best. } (12. cxd6) 12... Ne7?! { (0.39 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. } (12... dxc5 13. Na4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nd7 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc1 Rb8 18. g3 Ba6 19. O-O) 13. h3? { (1.06 → -0.32) Mistake. cxd6 was best. } (13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. d4 Nd7 15. d5 Nb6 16. h4 g4 17. Nd2 h5 18. g3 O-O 19. O-O Rd8) 13... Ng6? { (-0.32 → 0.86) Mistake. dxc5 was best. } (13... dxc5 14. Na4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nd7 16. Qc2 O-O 17. O-O Ng6 18. b5 Nf4 19. g3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2) 14. Qb3?? { (0.86 → -0.83) Blunder. cxd6 was best. } (14. cxd6 Bxd6) 14... Nf4? { (-0.83 → 0.45) Mistake. Be6 was best. } (14... Be6 15. Qc2 dxc5 16. Na4 cxb4 17. axb4 Na6 18. d4 Nxb4 19. Qc3 a5 20. Nxe5 Nf4 21. Nc5) 15. Bc1?? { (0.45 → -1.68) Blunder. cxd6 was best. } (15. cxd6) 15... Nxg2+ 16. Kd2? { (-1.69 → -3.19) Mistake. Kf1 was best. } (16. Kf1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. b5 dxc5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd1 c4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qc1 Ke7) 16... Nf4 17. Bb2?! { (-2.91 → -3.69) Inaccuracy. cxd6 was best. } (17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Ke1 Nxd3+ 19. Kf1 Be6 20. Qc2 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Nd7 22. Nd1 a5 23. Ne3 axb4) 17... Nxe2?! { (-3.69 → -2.66) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } (17... Be6 18. Qc2 dxc5 19. Na4 b6 20. bxc5 b5 21. Nb6 axb6 22. cxb6 Bd6 23. Qc3 Ng6 24. d4) 18. Kxe2 g4 19. hxg4? { (-2.18 → -4.47) Mistake. Nd2 was best. } (19. Nd2 gxh3 20. Rag1 Be6 21. Nc4 Nd7 22. cxd6 Bb6 23. Nd1 O-O-O 24. Rg3 h5 25. Rgxh3 Kb8) 19... Bxg4 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Kd2 Bxf3 22. Rhf1 Bc7 23. Rae1 Rg8 24. Re3 h5 25. Nd1 Bb6 26. Ree1 Qf4+ 27. Ne3 Nd7 28. a4 Rd8 29. a5 Bd4 30. Bxd4?! { (-4.50 → -6.13) Inaccuracy. Kc2 was best. } (30. Kc2 Bxb2 31. Kxb2 a6 32. Qc4 Bg4 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. f3 Be6) 30... exd4 31. Kc2 dxe3 32. fxe3 Qh2+ 33. Kc3 Be2?? { (-6.70 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg2 was best. } (33... Rg2 34. d4 Ra2 35. Rd1 Nf6 36. Rxf3 Nxe4+ 37. Kd3 Nd6 38. Qxa2 Qxa2 39. e4 Nb5 40. Ke3) 34. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0