[Event "Blitz Titled Arena May '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/w1YJIfor"] [Date "2024.05.18"] [White "Masterclass2"] [Black "Bardyk01"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.18"] [UTCTime "20:09:12"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2749"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Schmid Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 { C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Schmid Defense } 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. Be3?! { (0.12 → -0.54) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (7. Bd3 Nxd4 8. O-O d5 9. Bc4 Nf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qxe4 11. Bxd5 Qxf3) 7... Qxe4 8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. c3 Ba5 10. Qh5?! { (-0.42 → -1.15) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (10. Qd2 a6) 10... O-O? { (-1.15 → 0.29) Mistake. a6 was best. } (10... a6 11. Na3 Bb6 12. Nc4 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 d6 14. Be2 Ne5 15. O-O Be6 16. Qg5) 11. Rd1? { (0.29 → -0.89) Mistake. O-O-O was best. } (11. O-O-O Qe7) 11... Qg6 12. Qh4 d6 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. O-O a6 18. Na3 b5?! { (-1.78 → -0.85) Inaccuracy. Re4 was best. } (18... Re4 19. Nc2 f4 20. Bd2 g5 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 f6 23. g3 fxg3 24. hxg3) 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Rxd6 Ne5 22. Rxb6 Rec8 23. Nb1 Nc4 24. Rb7 a5?! { (-0.58 → 0.17) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (24... Re8 25. Rc7 Re2 26. a4 Rb2 27. Rc5 g6 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Rd1 Re8 30. axb5) 25. Rxb5 axb4 26. cxb4 Rxa2 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. h3 Nd2?? { (0.45 → 2.27) Blunder. Rd4 was best. } (28... Rd4 29. Nc3) 29. Nxd2 Rdxd2 30. Rxf5 Rdb2?! { (2.37 → 3.57) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (30... g6 31. Rf3 Rd7 32. Rb1 Kg7 33. g4 Rd5 34. Kg2 Rb5 35. Rc1 Ra7 36. Rc4) 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rxf7 Kg6?! { (3.54 → 4.58) Inaccuracy. Rxb4 was best. } (32... Rxb4 33. Rcc7 Kh8 34. Kh2 Rbb2 35. Rxg7 Rxf2 36. Rg5 Ra6 37. Rh5+ Kg8 38. Rb5) 33. Rcc7 Rxb4 34. Rxg7+ Kf6 35. Rcf7+ Ke6 36. Rf3 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Raa1 38. Kg3 Ke5 39. Rg5+ Ke6 40. Rg4 Rb2 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Ree3 Raa2 43. h4 Kd4 44. Rb3 Rc2 45. Rb4+ Kc5 46. Rg4 Rc1 47. h5 Ra7 48. Rg8 Rh1 49. Rf5+ Kd4 50. Rg4+ Kd3 51. Kf3 Rd7 52. g3 Kd2 53. Rh4 Re1 54. h6 Rh7 55. Rg5 Re6 56. Rg7 Rf6+ 57. Kg2 Rhxh6 58. Rd7+ Kc3 59. Rxh6 Rxh6 60. f4 Kc4 61. g4 Kc5 62. Kg3 Kc6 63. Rd1 Re6 64. g5 Kb7 65. Kg4 Rc6 66. f5 Rb6 67. f6 Ka7 68. f7 Kb7?? { (6.45 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb4+ was best. } (68... Rb4+ 69. Kf5 Rb8 70. Kf6 Rc8 71. g6 Rc2 72. Kg7 Rc8 73. Re1 Kb7 74. Re8) 69. f8=Q Ka7 70. Qc5 Kb7 71. Rd7+ Ka8 72. Qc8+ Rb8 73. Qa6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0