[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8wBtypyr"] [Date "2024.04.04"] [White "michael-rowe"] [Black "ecz67"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.04"] [UTCTime "00:53:24"] [WhiteElo "1691"] [BlackElo "1740"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+22"] [BlackRatingDiff "-53"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Two Knights Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Two Knights Variation } Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. b3?! { (0.00 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (7. Qd2 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. Nb5 Qxa2 10. Qc1 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8) 7... Qb4?! { (-0.60 → 0.46) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } (7... Qa5 8. a3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. b4 Qd8 11. Na4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4) 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxd5? { (0.56 → -0.73) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } (9. Nb5 Qc5 10. c3 Qb6 11. Nbxd4 Nc6 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bg3 h5) 9... Qa3?? { (-0.73 → 4.24) Blunder. Qc5 was best. } (9... Qc5 10. Nb4) 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 b6 12. Nxd4 Nxe5?! { (4.44 → 6.39) Inaccuracy. Qc5 was best. } (12... Qc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qc5 16. Bf3 Qxc3 17. Bxb7 Bc5 18. Nb5 Qe5 19. Nxa7) 13. Nb5 Qc5?? { (6.42 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nbd7 was best. } (13... Nbd7 14. Nxa3 Bxa3 15. Bc3 Bb7 16. Bxe5 Ke7 17. Bxg7 Rxa8 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Qh5 f6 20. Qxh7) 14. Bb4+?? { (Mate in 2 → 5.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg5+ was best. } (14. Bg5+ Ke8 15. Qd8#) 14... Qd5 15. Qxd5+ exd5 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nxa7 Bb7 18. Nxb6 Re8 19. Be2 d4 20. O-O Ng6 21. Bc4 Re7 22. Rad1 Nf4 23. Rxd4+ Ke8 24. Rxf4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxa7 26. Re1+ { Black resigns. } 1-0