[Event "Blitz Titled Arena September '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nkXKZAJQ"] [Date "2023.09.09"] [White "Strelok2222"] [Black "Bala77"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.09.09"] [UTCTime "21:07:13"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2506"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "NM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C71"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 { C71 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense } Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qd3?! { (0.00 → -0.72) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (13. Qd2 c5 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Qd3 Ba6 17. Qd2) 13... Nc5 14. Qe3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. c3?? { (-1.17 → -3.87) Blunder. Qd2 was best. } (17. Qd2 a5 18. c3 Ba3 19. Qd4 h6 20. Ng3 Bc5 21. Qf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qf8 23. Nf5 Re8) 17... d5 18. Qd2?! { (-3.85 → -5.23) Inaccuracy. Nfd2 was best. } (18. Nfd2 Bf5 19. f3 a5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nb1 a4 22. Qd2 dxe4 23. Qxb2 e3 24. f4 Bd3) 18... dxe4 19. Qxb2 exf3 20. g3 Bxh3 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rd1 Qe2 23. Qc1 Re8 24. c4 h5 25. b4 Bg2 26. Kh2?? { (-6.33 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a4 was best. } (26. a4 c5 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Kh7 29. Qb1+ g6 30. Qc1 Bh3 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Qxe2 fxe2) 26... Qxf2?! { (Mate in 4 → -11.82) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe6 was best. } (26... Qe6 27. g4 Qxg4 28. Re1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qh1#) 27. Rd2 Re2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qb1+ Rc2 30. Rd4 Bf1+ { White resigns. } 0-1