[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qrITWCwg"] [Date "2023.03.24"] [White "werderfan"] [Black "tjigorin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.03.24"] [UTCTime "16:19:44"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [BlackElo "2187"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+45"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 { B22 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation } Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4?! { (0.08 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (5... Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bb5 Bf5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nce2 f6 10. Nf3) 6. d5 Ne5?! { (0.58 → 1.53) Inaccuracy. Nb8 was best. } (6... Nb8 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Nbd7 9. Ngxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Nb6 11. Bb5+) 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nf3 b5?! { (0.81 → 1.55) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } (11... Bg4 12. Bb3 Nh4 13. O-O g5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bh6 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Rg1) 12. Bb3?! { (1.55 → 0.55) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (12. Bd3 Qb8 13. O-O Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Rfd1 g6 16. d6 e6 17. g3 Qg4 18. a4 bxa4) 12... Bg4?? { (0.55 → 2.56) Blunder. b4 was best. } (12... b4) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd6? { (1.34 → 2.95) Mistake. Nh4 was best. } (14... Nh4) 15. O-O h5?! { (2.91 → 4.30) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (15... Ne5 16. Qe2 Ned7 17. g3 Qe5 18. Qf3 g5 19. Bd2 Bh6 20. d6 O-O 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Rfe1) 16. Re1 b4?! { (4.19 → 6.36) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } (16... Nh4 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Bg5 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxg5 21. g3 Qg6 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nc5) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Ne5 { Black offers draw } 19. Qf5 f6 20. Bf4?! { (5.16 → 4.09) Inaccuracy. Ba4+ was best. } (20. Ba4+ Kf7 21. f4 Qxd5 22. Rxe5 e6 23. Rxd5 exf5 24. Be3 Be7 25. Bb3 Kg6 26. Rd7 Rhe8) 20... g6 21. Qe6?! { (3.87 → 2.93) Inaccuracy. Qxg6+ was best. } (21. Qxg6+ Nxg6 22. Bxd6 a5 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Bxe7 a4 25. Bc4 Bxe7 26. d6+ Kg7 27. dxe7 Rhe8) 21... Qxe6 22. dxe6 O-O-O?? { (2.87 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg7 was best. } (22... Bg7 23. Rd1 g5 24. Be3 a5 25. Ba4+ Kf8 26. Red4 Bh6 27. Rd7 g4 28. Bc5 Nxd7 29. exd7) 23. Rc1+ Kb7 24. Rxb4+ Ka7 25. Rc7+ Ka8 26. Be3 Rd1+ 27. Bxd1 { Black resigns. } 1-0