[Event "Blitz Titled Arena May '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FtmKROjP"] [Date "2024.05.18"] [White "Statham_13"] [Black "varunvar"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.05.18"] [UTCTime "19:24:41"] [WhiteElo "2393"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. a3 { B20 Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation } d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7?! { (0.00 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (9... d5 10. O-O-O dxe4 11. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 bxc6 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Re1 Nf2 15. Rg1) 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. g4?! { (0.65 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (12. Be2 Ne5) 12... hxg4 13. h5 Nxh5 14. fxg4 Bxg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Ndxe2?! { (-0.43 → -1.42) Inaccuracy. Ncxe2 was best. } (16. Ncxe2 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nf5 Nc4 19. Nxe7+ Kh7 20. Nxc8 Bxb2+ 21. Kb1 Nxe3) 16... Ne5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Bh6 e6 19. Rg1 Ng6 20. Ng3 Qb6 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Bd4?! { (-2.48 → -3.31) Inaccuracy. Nge2 was best. } (22. Nge2 h4 23. Rg5 Qd8 24. Rg1 h3 25. Bg5 Qa5 26. Nf4 Bxc3) 22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qc5 24. Qd1 h4?! { (-3.10 → -2.35) Inaccuracy. Qe3+ was best. } (24... Qe3+) 25. Nh5 Qe5 26. Qf3 Rc5 27. Nf6+ Kg7?! { (-2.01 → -0.85) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (27... Kh8 28. Ne2 Rd8 29. Kb1 Kg7 30. Rf1 Rc7 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Nf6 d5 33. Qd3) 28. Rf1?? { (-0.85 → -3.65) Blunder. Nd7 was best. } (28. Nd7 Qh5) 28... Qg5+ 29. Kb1 Rc7 30. Nh5+ Kh8 31. Ne2?! { (-2.31 → -3.52) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (31. Nf6 Rfc8) 31... f5 32. Nef4 Rcf7 33. Nxe6?! { (-2.87 → -4.44) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (33. e5 Nxe5 34. Qb3 Rh7 35. Nxe6 Qg8 36. Rd1 Rxh5 37. Rxd6 f4 38. Qxb7 Rf7) 33... Qg4?? { (-4.44 → -0.03) Blunder. fxe4 was best. } (33... fxe4 34. Qc3+ Qe5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qe3 Qxh5 37. Ng5 Rf1+ 38. Ka2 Ne5 39. Qd2) 34. Nxf8 Qxf3?? { (-0.01 → 1.76) Blunder. Rxf8 was best. } (34... Rxf8 35. Qc3+ Ne5 36. Nf4 Rf7 37. Nd3 f4 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Qxe5+ Kh7 40. Qc5) 35. Nxg6+ Kh7 36. Rxf3 Kxg6 37. Nf4+ Kg5 38. Ne6+ Kg4 39. Rf4+? { (1.59 → 0.00) Mistake. Rf1 was best. } (39. Rf1 h3 40. Rg1+ Kh4 41. Ng5 h2 42. Nf3+ Kh3 43. Rd1 f4 44. Ng5+ Kg2) 39... Kg3 40. exf5?! { (0.03 → -0.66) Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best. } (40. Rf1 f4) 40... h3 41. Rf1 Kg2 42. Rd1 Rxf5 43. Nd4?? { (-1.21 → -5.06) Blunder. Rd2+ was best. } (43. Rd2+ Kg1 44. Ka2 Rf2 45. Rd1+ Rf1 46. Rd2 h2 47. Rxh2 Kxh2 48. Nd8 b6) 43... Rf1 44. Rxf1 Kxf1 45. Nf3 Kf2?? { (-5.28 → -0.58) Blunder. Kg2 was best. } (45... Kg2 46. Ne1+ Kf2 47. Nd3+ Ke3 48. Nc1 h2 49. b4 h1=Q 50. Kb2 Qe4 51. Nb3) 46. Nh4?? { (-0.58 → -7.65) Blunder. Nh2 was best. } (46. Nh2) 46... h2 47. Nf5? { (-7.36 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka2 was best. } (47. Ka2 h1=Q 48. b4 Qxh4 49. b5 Qe4 50. Kb2 Ke2 51. b6) 47... h1=Q+ 48. Ka2 Qd5+ 49. c4 Qxf5 50. Kb3 Qd3+ 51. Kb4 a5+ 52. Kb5 Qb3+ 53. Kxa5 Qxc4 54. Kb6 Qc5+ 55. Kxb7 Qc2 56. Ka7?! { (-11.01 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a4 was best. } (56. a4 Qxa4 57. Kb6 d5 58. Kc5 Qc4+ 59. Kd6 d4 60. Kd7 Qb5+ 61. Ke6 d3) 56... Qa4+ 57. Kb6 Qb3+ 58. Ka6?! { (-11.51 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } (58. Kc7 d5 59. a4 Qxa4 60. Kd6 d4 61. Ke6 d3 62. Ke7 Qb4+ 63. Kf7 d2) 58... Qxb2 59. a4 Qa3 60. a5 Qb4 61. Ka7 Qxa5+ 62. Kb7 Qc5 63. Kb8 d5 64. Ka8 d4 65. Kb7 d3 66. Ka8 d2 67. Kb8 d1=Q 68. Ka8 Qdd6 69. Kb7 Qdc7+ 70. Ka8 Q5a7# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1