[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LpoVqgwm"] [Date "2024.04.24"] [White "williamch"] [Black "aidantmehigan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.24"] [UTCTime "00:26:14"] [WhiteElo "1627"] [BlackElo "1607"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 { C42 Russian Game: Italian Variation } Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Ba4? { (-0.89 → -2.50) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } (6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be6 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 Qd7 10. O-O Bd6) 6... Bd6 7. d3 Nc5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5 Bxe5?? { (-3.56 → 0.01) Blunder. O-O was best. } (9... O-O 10. Kd1 Re8 11. d4 Ba6 12. Qh5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qf3 Rxe5 15. Nc3 Re6 16. Bf4) 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. O-O Re8 13. b3 Kf8?? { (0.53 → 4.96) Blunder. Ne6 was best. } (13... Ne6 14. Ba3+) 14. Ba3 Re2 15. Bxc5+ Kg8 16. Rc1 Bf5 17. Nc3 Re5 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. d4 Re6 21. Rc1 a5 22. Kf1 Bg6 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Bxc2 25. Kd2 Bf5 26. Ba7 Kf8 27. Bb8 Ke7 28. Bxc7 Ke6 29. Bxa5 Kd6 30. Bb4+ Ke6 31. a4 Kf6 32. a5 Bc8 33. Ke3 Kf5 34. Bd6 h5 35. b4 g5 36. h3 Ke6 37. Bc5 f5 38. f3 f4+ 39. Kf2 Kf5 40. Na4 g4 41. hxg4+ hxg4 42. fxg4+ Kxg4 43. Bd6 Kf5 44. Kf3 Bb7 45. Bxf4 Bc8? { (7.38 → Mate in 15) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ba8 was best. } (45... Ba8 46. Nc5 Kf6 47. Bc1 Ke7 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. g4 Ke7 50. Ke5 Kf7 51. Kd6 Kf6 52. g5+) 46. g4+ Kf6 47. Nc5 Ke7 48. a6 Bxa6 49. Nxa6 Kd7 50. Be5 Ke6 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Kf5 Kf8 53. Kf6 Kg8 54. g5 Kf8 55. g6 Kg8 56. Nb8 c5 57. bxc5 Kf8 58. Bd6+ Kg8 59. c6 Kh8 60. c7 Kg8 61. c8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0