[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zhanfJ73"] [Date "2024.05.02"] [White "corvusmellori"] [Black "alkeres"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.02"] [UTCTime "23:50:50"] [WhiteElo "2164"] [BlackElo "1968"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nxd5?! { (-0.07 → -1.15) Inaccuracy. Ba2 was best. } (9. Ba2) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qh5 Be6 12. Re1 Nf6?? { (-1.19 → 3.50) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } (12... Nf4 13. Rxe6+) 13. Rxe6+ Kd7?! { (3.48 → 4.89) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (13... Be7 14. Rxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf7+ Kd7 16. d3 Kc8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bd5 Ra7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Re1) 14. Qxf7+ Kc8 15. d3 Kb8?? { (4.98 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc7 was best. } (15... Qc7 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. Bf4+ Kc8 18. c3 Kd8 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Rb6 Rxc4 21. dxc4 Kc8 22. Rb3) 16. Bg5?? { (Mate in 14 → 4.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bf4+ was best. } (16. Bf4+ Bd6 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Rxf6 Rc8 19. Qxg7 a5 20. Bxc7+ Rxc7 21. Rf8+ Ka7 22. Qxd4+ b6) 16... Ka7?? { (4.76 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc7 was best. } (16... Qc7 17. Qxc7+ Kxc7 18. Bf4+ Kc8 19. Rb1 Bb4 20. Be5 Rd8 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Be6+ Rd7 23. Bxd4) 17. Rxa6+ Kb8 18. Bf4+ Bd6 19. Bxd6+? { (Mate in 5 → 8.06) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxd6 was best. } (19. Rxd6 Ne8 20. Rd7+ Nc7 21. Rxd8+ Ka7 22. Qxc7 Raxd8 23. Qa5#) 19... Kc8? { (8.06 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxd6 was best. } (19... Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc8 21. Re6 Rc7 22. Re7 Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Ra6 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. Qxg7 Nh5 26. Qf7) 20. Rxa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0