[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ghN5HgnP"] [Date "2023.05.11"] [White "afowles"] [Black "Mike64NYC"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.05.11"] [UTCTime "00:47:41"] [WhiteElo "1811"] [BlackElo "1339"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nc6?! { (0.30 → 1.05) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3) 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4? { (1.32 → 0.00) Mistake. c3 was best. } (4. c3 d6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O Bf6 7. Re1 e5 8. d5 Nb8) 4... a6?! { (0.00 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (4... d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O) 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Re1 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3?! { (0.29 → 1.16) Inaccuracy. Bh5 was best. } (13... Bh5) 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Re2?! { (1.12 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (15. a4 Re7) 15... Qd7 16. Rae1 Rxe2 17. Rxe2 Re8 18. Rxe8+?! { (0.91 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. Bxh6 was best. } (18. Bxh6) 18... Qxe8?! { (0.09 → 1.08) Inaccuracy. Nxe8 was best. } (18... Nxe8 19. c4) 19. Bxc7 Qe7 20. Bb6?! { (1.04 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. Bg3 was best. } (20. Bg3 Qxa3) 20... Qxa3 21. Qf5 Ne7 22. Qe5 Kf8?? { (0.64 → 5.24) Blunder. Ng6 was best. } (22... Ng6 23. Qb8+) 23. Bc5 Qc1+?! { (5.25 → 7.49) Inaccuracy. Qxc5 was best. } (23... Qxc5 24. dxc5 Ne8 25. Qb8 g5 26. Bxa6 Nf5 27. Bb5 Ng7 28. Qxb7 h5 29. Qxd5) 24. Kh2 g5? { (7.37 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe1 was best. } (24... Qe1 25. Bxe7+ Ke8 26. Qxe1 Ne4 27. Bb4 f5 28. c4 dxc4 29. Bxc4 b6 30. Bxa6 Kf7 31. Bc4+) 25. Qxe7+ Kg7 26. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0