[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xt9JLXsw"] [Date "2024.02.22"] [White "theoson"] [Black "georg-stamoulakis"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.22"] [UTCTime "22:39:34"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "1779"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B45"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 { B45 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Normal Variation } d6 6. Bb5?! { (0.57 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 Qa5) 6... Bd7 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4?! { (0.53 → -0.21) Inaccuracy. Nxc6 was best. } (8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd1) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 b5 10. Bb3 e5?? { (0.14 → 1.98) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } (10... Nf6 11. f4) 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be6?! { (2.13 → 3.50) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (12... Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Be6 15. Qc6+ Bd7 16. Qc5 Rc8 17. Qa7 Ra8 18. Qe3 Bg5 19. Qg3) 13. Bxe6?? { (3.50 → 1.39) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 h5 16. a5 Bh6 17. Nxb4 h4 18. h3 Rg8 19. Rfd1 Bf4) 13... fxe6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. a4 bxa4?! { (1.34 → 2.19) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (15... b4 16. Qc4 Be7 17. Qxb4 O-O 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. a5 Qf7 20. b3 Bd8 21. Qd3 Qc7 22. Ra4) 16. Nxa4 Be7 17. Nb6 Ra7? { (2.31 → 3.89) Mistake. Rd8 was best. } (17... Rd8 18. b4 O-O 19. Rxa6 Qh4 20. Ra7 Rf7 21. c4 Rb8 22. Nd7 Rd8 23. b5 Bf8 24. c5) 18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Qb5+ Kf7 20. Qxa6 Rd8 21. Nc8 Kg6 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. b4 Qc7 24. Qe2 Rc8?! { (1.90 → 2.71) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (24... h6) 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26. Qh5+?! { (2.29 → 1.25) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (26. h4 Qb6 27. Qf3+ Kg8 28. Qb3 Kf7 29. Rd1 h6 30. Rd2 Ra8 31. c4 Ra1+ 32. Kh2) 26... Kg8 27. Rc1 h6?! { (0.82 → 1.78) Inaccuracy. Qc4 was best. } (27... Qc4 28. Qg4) 28. Qh3? { (1.78 → 0.21) Mistake. c4 was best. } (28. c4 Ra8 29. Qe2 Ra4 30. Rb1 Qb6 31. Qd2 Kh8 32. h3 Kg8 33. Qc3 Qb7 34. f3 Qb6+) 28... Qc4 29. c3 Kf7?! { (0.20 → 1.28) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (29... Kh8 30. g3 Qb3 31. b5 Rc5 32. Qg4 Qxb5 33. Qxe6 Qd3 34. Qf5 Rxc3 35. Ra1 Ra3 36. Qf8+) 30. Qe3 d5? { (1.11 → 2.98) Mistake. Qa2 was best. } (30... Qa2 31. g3 Qb2 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Qe1 Kh8 34. h4 d5 35. Rb1 Qc2 36. Rd1 Qb3 37. Qd2) 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Qa7+?! { (2.95 → 2.17) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (32. Qe2 Qd4 33. c4 Ke7 34. h3 Qf4 35. Qe1 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37. Qxe5 Qxb4 38. Qxg7+ Ke8) 32... Kf6 33. h3 Qc6?! { (2.38 → 3.79) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (33... e4 34. Qa1) 34. c4 Rc7?! { (3.57 → 4.71) Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best. } (34... Qe4 35. Qa2) 35. Qa3 Rd7 36. b5 Qb6 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Rf7 39. c5 Qc7 40. b6 Qd7?! { (6.06 → 9.66) Inaccuracy. Qb7 was best. } (40... Qb7 41. Qxe6+ Rf6 42. Qxe5 Kf7 43. Re1 Kg8 44. Re3 Rg6 45. Rg3 Rc6 46. Qd5+ Kh7 47. Rb3) 41. Qxd7 Rxd7 42. c6 Rd8 43. c7 Rc8?! { (14.39 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best. } (43... Re8 44. b7) 44. b7 Rxc7 45. Rxc7 Kf6 { Black resigns. } 1-0