[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/A2US3EXa"] [Date "2024.05.17"] [White "rdfreeman"] [Black "arodriguezg176"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.05.17"] [UTCTime "21:36:30"] [WhiteElo "1471"] [BlackElo "1421"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Franco-Sicilian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 { C00 French Defense: Franco-Sicilian Defense } 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7?! { (0.60 → 1.31) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (6... Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nh3 Na5 11. O-O) 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Be3 f6 13. Na4 fxe5?! { (1.66 → 2.76) Inaccuracy. Ba7 was best. } (13... Ba7) 14. Nxb6 Nxb6 15. dxe5 O-O?! { (2.51 → 3.87) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (15... Nd7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Ng5 g6 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bxc4) 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh5 Rf5?? { (3.58 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg5 was best. } (18... Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Bd7 20. Rad1 Nc4 21. Rd3 Be8 22. Qh4 Bg6 23. Rh3 N6xe5 24. Be7) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+?? { (Mate in 8 → 4.68) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc5+ was best. } (20. Bc5+ Qd6 21. Bxd6+ Ke8 22. Qg8+ Rf8 23. Qxf8+ Kd7 24. b5 axb5 25. Qf7+ Ne7) 20... Ke7 21. Qxg7+ Ke8 22. Bc5?? { (4.44 → 0.00) Blunder. g4 was best. } (22. g4 Rf8 23. Bc5 Ne7 24. f4 Kd7 25. f5 Rg8 26. Qf6 Nc4 27. fxe6+ Kc6) 22... Rxg5 23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Qf8+ Kd7 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. Qf8+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2