[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AM4pcbRI"] [Date "2024.03.25"] [White "Merovingian90"] [Black "SilentBeast"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.03.25"] [UTCTime "18:49:19"] [WhiteElo "1110"] [BlackElo "1790"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h4 d6 6. f4 Be7 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bh3 Bd7?! { (-0.41 → 0.27) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (8... h5 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Ng5 Nd4 11. O-O f6 12. Nf3 g6 13. Re1 f5 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Bxg4) 9. f5?? { (0.27 → -1.40) Blunder. g4 was best. } (9. g4 g6) 9... exf5 10. Bxf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 O-O?! { (-1.65 → -0.67) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } (11... Qd7) 12. Ne4?? { (-0.67 → -3.29) Blunder. g4 was best. } (12. g4 Re8 13. g5 d5 14. gxf6 Bxf6+ 15. Nge2 Nd4 16. Kf2 Bxh4+ 17. Kg2 Nxe2 18. Nxe2 dxc4) 12... d5 13. Nxf6+?! { (-3.09 → -3.92) Inaccuracy. Nf2 was best. } (13. Nf2 Re8 14. Kf1 dxc4 15. dxc4 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Nd4 17. Ne2 Nxf5 18. Ne3 Nxe3+ 19. Bxe3 Bd6) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne2 Re8 15. cxd5?! { (-4.39 → -6.47) Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } (15. Kf2 Qd7 16. g4 Rad8 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Kg3 c4 20. Re1 Be5 21. Be3 cxd3) 15... Qxd5? { (-6.47 → -3.98) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } (15... Nd4 16. O-O Rxe2 17. Rf2 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Qxd5 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qxf5+ 21. Kg2 Qd5+ 22. Kg1) 16. O-O Rad8 17. Nf4 Qxf5 18. Nh5 Bd4+ 19. Kg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Re2+ 21. Rf2?? { (-5.23 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh3 was best. } (21. Kh3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Re1 23. Rf4 Rde8 24. Re4 R8xe4 25. dxe4 Ne5 26. Nf4 h5 27. Nd5 Nd3) 21... Rxf2+ 22. Kh3 Rxf3 23. Nf4 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Rf2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Qh3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1