[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7Z5wInVM"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [White "afowles"] [Black "Mike64NYC"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.21"] [UTCTime "21:46:43"] [WhiteElo "1811"] [BlackElo "1339"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 { C41 Philidor Defense } h6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3?! { (0.75 → 1.69) Inaccuracy. Bh5 was best. } (5... Bh5 6. d4 Nd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3) 6. Qxf3 Qf6? { (1.56 → 3.53) Mistake. Qd7 was best. } (6... Qd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. a4 g6 9. a5 a6 10. b4 Bg7 11. d3) 7. Qxf6?? { (3.53 → 0.71) Blunder. Qb3 was best. } (7. Qb3 b6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. d3 g5 10. a4 Bg7 11. a5 Nbc6) 7... Nxf6 8. d3 Nc6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Ba4 b5?! { (0.94 → 1.52) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (11... Be7) 12. Bb3? { (1.52 → 0.15) Mistake. Bd1 was best. } (12. Bd1 c5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. a4 b4 15. a5 Rc8 16. Ba4 Nd7 17. Rc1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Be7) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. Ra6 c5?! { (0.37 → 1.25) Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best. } (14... Kd7 15. b4) 15. c4? { (1.25 → -0.40) Mistake. Na3 was best. } (15. Na3) 15... b4 16. Re1 Nd7 17. f4 O-O 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Bf4 Nb6? { (-0.55 → 0.60) Mistake. Nb8 was best. } (20... Nb8 21. Ra2) 21. Nd2 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. e5?! { (1.03 → 0.18) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (23. d4 cxd4) 23... dxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rd6 26. d4 Re6?? { (0.13 → 4.58) Blunder. Nxc4 was best. } (26... Nxc4 27. Rxd6 Nxd6 28. dxc5 Nb7 29. c6 Nd8 30. c7 Ne6 31. Rd7 Rc8 32. Nxf7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7) 27. dxc5 Rxe5 28. cxb6 Re7 29. Rxa7? { (5.63 → 3.17) Mistake. c5 was best. } (29. c5 Kh7 30. c6 Rc8 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. bxa7 h5 33. c7 g6 34. Rd7 Kg7 35. Kh2 h4) 29... Rexa7 30. bxa7 Rxa7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 Ra2?! { (3.40 → 4.35) Inaccuracy. Ra1+ was best. } (32... Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Kg6 34. Rxb4 Kf6 35. c5 Ke6 36. Rc4 Kd7 37. Rc2 Kc6 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. b4) 33. Rxb4 Rxb2 34. c5 Rc2 35. Rc4 Rd2 36. c6 Rd8 37. c7 Rc8 38. b4 Kg8 39. b5 Kf8 40. b6 Ke7 41. b7 Kd7 42. bxc8=Q+? { (Mate in 8 → 7.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. b8=Q was best. } (42. b8=Q Rxb8 43. cxb8=Q Ke6 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Qb5+ Ke4 46. Rc4+ Ke3 47. Qe5+ Kd3 48. Qd5+ Ke3) 42... Kxc8 43. Kf2?! { (Mate in 10 → 13.52) Lost forced checkmate sequence. g4 was best. } (43. g4 g6 44. h4 g5 45. hxg5 h5 46. gxh5 f6 47. gxf6 Kd7 48. c8=Q+ Kd6 49. Qc5+ Ke6) 43... g5?! { (13.52 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } (43... h5 44. h4) 44. Ke3 f5 45. g4 f4+ 46. Ke4 h5 47. gxh5 g4 48. hxg4 f3 49. Kxf3 Kd7 50. c8=Q+ Ke7 51. Rc6 Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Rc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0