[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nfscTVtQ"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [White "ItsMeRudi"] [Black "AlfaDrag"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.10"] [UTCTime "21:35:12"] [WhiteElo "2146"] [BlackElo "1700"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A21"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian } Bc5 3. Ne4?! { (0.54 → -0.22) Inaccuracy. e3 was best. } (3. e3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6) 3... d6 4. Nxc5 dxc5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e3 f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. h3?! { (-1.06 → -1.74) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (8. Ne2 Be6) 8... Qe7 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. Ne2 O-O-O 11. Qa4?! { (-1.32 → -2.30) Inaccuracy. Bd2 was best. } (11. Bd2 e4 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Be8 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Qe2 Rd3) 11... e4 12. d4?! { (-2.06 → -3.38) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } (12. dxe4 fxe4 13. Bd2 Kb8 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Bc3 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Rhf8 17. Kg1 g5) 12... a6? { (-3.38 → -1.69) Mistake. cxd4 was best. } (12... cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Qxa7 Nc2+ 15. Kf1 Bc6 16. Kg1 Nxa1 17. Kh2 Nc2 18. Nf4) 13. Qa3 Be6?! { (-1.60 → -0.81) Inaccuracy. Nb4 was best. } (13... Nb4 14. O-O Nc2 15. Qc3 Nxa1 16. b3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rhg8 18. d5 g5 19. Qxa1) 14. d5 Nb4 15. Qc3? { (-0.87 → -2.47) Mistake. O-O was best. } (15. O-O Bf7 16. Qc3 g5 17. a3 Nd3 18. b4 Bh5 19. Bb2 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bxe2) 15... Bd7? { (-2.47 → -0.93) Mistake. c6 was best. } (15... c6 16. O-O cxd5 17. b3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rd3 19. Qb2 Rhd8 20. Nf4 R3d6 21. Qb3) 16. O-O Nd3 17. Nf4 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 g5 19. Ne2 h5 20. b4?! { (-0.35 → -1.43) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } (20. Qa5) 20... cxb4 21. Qd4 g4?? { (-1.89 → 0.98) Blunder. Kb8 was best. } (21... Kb8 22. Rb1 h4 23. a3 g4 24. Rxb4 gxh3 25. Rfb1 Bb5 26. cxb5 a5 27. Rc4) 22. Qa7 Ba4?! { (1.01 → 1.85) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (22... c5) 23. Nd4 h4?! { (1.72 → 2.74) Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best. } (23... Kd7 24. Ne6 Qd6 25. Qd4 Ke7 26. Nc5 gxh3 27. Bxh3 Rdg8 28. Nxb7 Rxg3+ 29. fxg3) 24. Ne6?! { (2.74 → 1.59) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (24. c5 Kd7 25. d6 Qe5 26. Qxb7 Nd5 27. dxc7 Nxc7 28. hxg4 h3 29. Qxb4 hxg2) 24... Kd7 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxb7 gxh3 27. Qxa6 hxg2 28. Qxa4+ Kc8 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qc6+ Kc8 31. Kxg2 h3+?! { (2.94 → 3.75) Inaccuracy. hxg3 was best. } (31... hxg3 32. Qa8+ Kd7 33. Qa4+ Kd6 34. Qxb4+ Kd7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. f3 Ra8 37. Kxg3) 32. Kxh3 Qh7+ 33. Kg2 Ng4 34. Rh1 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Qg7 36. Qa8+ Kd7 37. Qa4+ Kc8 38. Qxb4 Rh8?! { (5.27 → 7.22) Inaccuracy. Rg8 was best. } (38... Rg8 39. Rh3 f4 40. exf4 Qg4 41. Rf1 e3 42. Rf3 Qf5 43. Rxe3 Qc2+ 44. Kg1) 39. Rxh8+ Qxh8 40. Rh1 Qg7 41. d6 cxd6 42. Rd1?! { (7.94 → 5.30) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } (42. Qb6 d5 43. Qc6+ Kd8 44. Qxd5+ Ke7 45. Rh7 Qxh7 46. Qb7+ Kd6 47. Qxh7 Kc5) 42... f4 43. exf4 e3?? { (5.20 → Mate in 17) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg4 was best. } (43... Qg4 44. Qe1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qa3 46. Qf2 Kd7 47. c5 e3 48. Rxd6+ Kc7 49. Qe2) 44. Rxd6 e2 45. Rc6+ Kd8 46. Qb8+ Kd7 47. Qc8+ Ke7 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0