[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/M3oqu5tq"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [White "Nathan-Mdlongwa"] [Black "Bjorn2022"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.10"] [UTCTime "13:23:54"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2397"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+37"] [BlackRatingDiff "-18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 { C10 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense } 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. c3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 b6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qf4 Qh5 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rd5?! { (0.00 → 1.09) Inaccuracy. Be4 was best. } (19... Be4 20. c4 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Qa5 23. a3 h6 24. Qd4 Qd2 25. Kf1) 20. c4 Rdd8 21. Rd2 h6?! { (1.10 → 2.11) Inaccuracy. Qh6 was best. } (21... Qh6 22. Qxh6 gxh6 23. Red1 Kg7 24. f3 Rd6 25. Be2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rc8 27. Kf2) 22. Red1 Rc8 23. b3?? { (1.94 → 0.11) Blunder. h4 was best. } (23. h4) 23... Rc5 24. Re1 a5?? { (0.18 → 2.45) Blunder. Qg5 was best. } (24... Qg5 25. Qxg5) 25. h4 Kh8 26. Bc2 Rcc8?! { (2.67 → 3.70) Inaccuracy. Ba8 was best. } (26... Ba8 27. a4) 27. Rd6 Kg8 28. Rxb6 Ba8 29. Rb5 Nd5 30. cxd5 Rxc2 31. Nd7 Rd8 32. dxe6 Qxb5?! { (3.67 → 5.50) Inaccuracy. Qg6 was best. } (32... Qg6 33. exf7+) 33. Qxf7+ Kh7?? { (5.21 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } (33... Kh8 34. e7 Qxd7 35. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 36. Re8+ Qxe8 37. Qxe8+ Kh7 38. Qxa8 Rxa2 39. g4) 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. e7 Rcc8 36. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Re8+?? { (Mate in 9 → 3.95) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg6 was best. } (37. Qg6 gxf6 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Qxd8+ Qe8 42. Qxe8+ Kg7) 37... Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ { Black resigns. } 1-0