[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sFOrepqD"] [Date "2023.01.01"] [White "twiddlejams"] [Black "rtahmass"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.01.01"] [UTCTime "19:48:30"] [WhiteElo "1865"] [BlackElo "2320"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+26"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation } Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3?! { (-0.27 → -1.04) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } (7. cxd5 Re8+ 8. Be2 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Bxc3+) 7... Re8+ 8. Be2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4?! { (-0.55 → -1.19) Inaccuracy. Bxf6 was best. } (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nxc4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Bf3 Bd5 17. a4 Bxf3) 11... Be6 12. Rb1? { (-0.80 → -2.08) Mistake. O-O was best. } (12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Ne4 g5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bg3 Nd5 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Bf3 c6) 12... Nbd7 13. Rxb7?! { (-2.30 → -3.58) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (13. O-O Rb8) 13... Nb6 14. Bg3?? { (-3.62 → -7.71) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } (14. Bxf6 Qxf6) 14... Nfd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qe1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bd5 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxc7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qe2 21. a4 Qxf3 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxc4 Nc3 24. Re1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1? { (-7.61 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxe2 was best. } (25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Be5 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qh5 29. a6 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Bxd4 Qd1+) 25... Nxg3+?! { (Mate in 3 → -14.26) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re8 was best. } (25... Re8 26. Be5 Nf4 27. Kg1 Qg2#) 26. hxg3 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Re8+ { White resigns. } 0-1