[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/rpPqERzl"] [Date "2023.07.14"] [White "afowles"] [Black "Mike64NYC"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.14"] [UTCTime "13:09:32"] [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 } h6?! { (0.30 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3) 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3?! { (1.25 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (4. Bd3 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. O-O O-O) 4... d5?! { (0.59 → 1.21) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (4... Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. Ne2 Ng6 9. c4) 5. e5?! { (1.21 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (5. Bd3) 5... Bd7 6. Bd3 Nc6?! { (0.60 → 1.50) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (6... c5 7. O-O) 7. a3 a6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Re1 b5 10. b4 Nc8 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Rb1?! { (1.19 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (12. Ne2) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nd2 Nxd4 15. Nxc4 Nb5?! { (-0.14 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (15... Nf5) 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Na5 c5 18. Nb7 Qc7?! { (0.65 → 1.39) Inaccuracy. Qc8 was best. } (18... Qc8 19. Nxc5) 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6?? { (1.29 → 8.93) Blunder. Qc6 was best. } (20... Qc6 21. Qg4 Rg8 22. Bxh6 Kf8 23. Be3 d4 24. Bd2 c4 25. Qxd4 f6 26. Rbd1 Rh8 27. Qc5) 21. Bxd6 c4 22. Ra1 Ra6 23. Bc5 Bc6 24. c3 Kd7 25. Qg4 f5? { (9.34 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g5 was best. } (25... g5 26. Qf3 Kc8 27. Qxf7 Bd7 28. Bd4 Re8 29. Be5 Ra7 30. Qh7 Rb7 31. Qxh6 Bc6 32. Qxg5) 26. Qxg7+ Kc8 27. Qxh8+ Kb7 28. Rxe6 Ra8 29. Qg7+ Ka6 30. Rxc6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0