[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/tMRDEQHw"] [Date "2024.02.25"] [White "Mike64NYC"] [Black "afowles"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.25"] [UTCTime "15:31:53"] [WhiteElo "1339"] [BlackElo "1811"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional } 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bc4 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 Qf6 9. Nb5?! { (0.73 → -0.10) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (9. O-O a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bd3 Qd8 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Qg3 Bg7) 9... Qe5 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Qf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 O-O 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Bb7 18. Rfe1 d5 19. Qb6 Qb8?! { (-0.10 → 0.72) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (19... d4 20. Qxb7) 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qxb8 Raxb8 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Re7 Rfd8 24. Ra7 Rb6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Re1 Re8 27. Kf1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 g6 29. Rd7 Re6+ 30. Kd2 Re5? { (0.64 → 1.81) Mistake. Rf6 was best. } (30... Rf6 31. Ke1 Re6+ 32. Kf1 Rc6 33. Rxd5 Ke7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Rd3 Rc2+ 36. Rd2 Rc1 37. Kd3) 31. f4 Re7?! { (1.71 → 2.45) Inaccuracy. Ke8 was best. } (31... Ke8 32. Rd6 Re6 33. Rxd5 Ke7 34. Kd3 f5 35. a4 Re1 36. axb5 Ke6 37. Rc5 axb5 38. Rxb5) 32. Rxd5 Ke8 33. Re5 Rxe5 34. fxe5 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd7 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. b4 h5 38. h4 f5+?! { (4.63 → 6.45) Inaccuracy. Ke7 was best. } (38... Ke7 39. Kd5 f6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Kc6 Kf5 42. a4 bxa4 43. Kb6 Kg4 44. Kxa6 Kxg3 45. b5) 39. Kf4 Kf7 40. Kg5 Kg7 41. e6 Kf8 42. Kf6 g5? { (8.92 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } (42... Ke8 43. e7 Kd7 44. Kf7 Kd6 45. e8=Q Kd5 46. Qe3 a5 47. bxa5 b4 48. Qe6+ Kc5 49. Qb6+) 43. Kxf5?! { (Mate in 9 → 11.46) Lost forced checkmate sequence. hxg5 was best. } (43. hxg5 Ke8 44. g6 Kd8 45. g7 a5 46. g8=Q+ Kc7 47. e7 axb4 48. e8=Q Kb6 49. Qge6+ Kc5) 43... gxh4?! { (11.46 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g4 was best. } (43... g4 44. Kf6) 44. gxh4 Ke7 45. Ke5 Ke8 46. Kf6 Kf8 47. Ke5? { (Mate in 6 → 9.81) Lost forced checkmate sequence. e7+ was best. } (47. e7+ Ke8 48. Ke6 a5 49. bxa5 b4 50. a6 b3 51. a7 bxa2 52. a8=Q#) 47... Ke8? { (9.81 → Mate in 15) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke7 was best. } (47... Ke7 48. Kd5 Kf6 49. Kd6 Kf5 50. e7 Kg4 51. e8=Q Kf3 52. Qxh5+ Kg2 53. Ke7 a5 54. bxa5) 48. Kd6 Kd8 49. b3 a5 50. bxa5 b4 51. a6 Ke8 52. e7 Kf7 53. Kd7 Kg8 54. e8=Q+ Kg7 55. Ke6 Kh6 56. Kf6 Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kh8 58. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0