[Event "2023 Lichess Anniversary"] [Site "https://lichess.org/R9vg41qQ"] [Date "2023.06.20"] [White "MeikeSchlecker"] [Black "VasikF"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.06.20"] [UTCTime "19:47:14"] [WhiteElo "2132"] [BlackElo "2489"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+24"] [BlackRatingDiff "-36"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional } 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4?? { (0.00 → -8.15) Blunder. Nxd4 was best. } (5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a6 9. Qd2 b5) 5... Bg7?? { (-8.15 → 13.20) Blunder. Nxd4 was best. } (5... Nxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. f4) 6. Qxg7 d6 7. Qxh8 Kd7 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxh7 Qe8 11. Qh3+ Kc7 12. Qg3 Nf6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Qg5 f6 15. exd6+ exd6+ 16. Qe3 Qf7 17. O-O c5 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qe7 Qc4 20. Qe2 Qf7 { Black offers draw } 21. Qd1 Bc6 22. Ne4 Qd7 23. c4 Re8 24. Nc3 Rh8 25. Nd5+ Kd8 26. Qe2 Rh7 27. h3 Rf7 28. Bd2 Ng7 29. Ba5+ Kc8 30. Ne7+ Kb7 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 f5 34. Re3 Kc6 35. Rd1 Kd7 36. Red3 Rf6 37. Bc3 Ne8 38. Bxf6 Nxf6?! { (13.67 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } (38... Kc7 39. Bg5 Kc6 40. Re3 Nc7 41. Bf4 Ne8 42. Rxe8 Kd7 43. Rde1 Kc6 44. h4) 39. Rxd6+ Ke7 40. Rxf6?! { (Mate in 8 → 34.13) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxa6 was best. } (40. Rxa6 Kf7 41. Rdd6 Ng8 42. Ne5+ Kf8 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Ne7 45. Rxe7+ Kf8 46. Rf7+ Kg8) 40... Kxf6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rxa6 g5 43. Nxg5 f4 44. f3 Kd7 45. h4 Kc7 46. h5 Kd7 47. Re6 Kc7 48. h6 Kb7 49. h7 Kc7 50. h8=Q Kb7 51. Qg7+ Kc8 52. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0