[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/j9TD8zav"] [Date "2023.07.23"] [White "thunderbird28"] [Black "danielcusati"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.23"] [UTCTime "23:13:40"] [WhiteElo "1698"] [BlackElo "1633"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+78"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1500+20"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } d6 4. h3 Be6?! { (0.26 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (4... c5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O h6 9. Bd2) 5. d3? { (0.98 → -0.15) Mistake. d4 was best. } (5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6) 5... c6?! { (-0.15 → 0.41) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (5... c5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O h6 8. Nh2 O-O 9. Ng4 Nc6 10. a4) 6. d4 Be7?! { (0.46 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. Nbd7 was best. } (6... Nbd7 7. Bd3) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Nxe5 Bc7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. O-O b5 14. a3 c5?? { (1.10 → 3.33) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } (14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nd1 f6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. Rfd1 Bf8 21. Be2) 15. Bxb5 Ba5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1?! { (3.56 → 2.62) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Red8 19. Rab1 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. b4 Bb6 22. Bc6 Rab8 23. c4 Kf8) 17... Rad8? { (2.62 → 4.46) Mistake. Bxc3 was best. } (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Red8 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Rd6 Be6 21. Rfd1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rb8 23. Rc6 Rb5 24. Kf1) 18. Rd2?? { (4.46 → 1.37) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } (18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxf6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. b3 Bc3 23. Nd5 Bb2 24. Nd2 f5) 18... h6?? { (1.37 → 5.19) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } (18... Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxd2 20. Nf3 Red8 21. Nxd2 Rxd2 22. Rc1 c4 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. a4 Bb6 25. Nd1) 19. Rfd1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Re7 21. Nh4 Kh7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rg8 24. Rxd7 Re5 25. Rxf7+ Kh8? { (7.13 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg7 was best. } (25... Rg7 26. Rxf6 Re4 27. Rfd6 c4 28. Bc6 Rf4 29. Re6 Rc7 30. f6 Rf7 31. Be4+ Rxe4 32. Rxe4) 26. Rdd7 Rb8 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rdg7+ Kf8 29. Bd7? { (Mate in 6 → 8.06) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc4 was best. } (29. Bc4 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rh1+ 31. Kxh1 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re6 33. Bxe6 a6 34. Rg8#) 29... Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Re2? { (9.29 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb7 was best. } (30... Rb7 31. Rg6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Rxf5 33. Rxh6 Kg8 34. Rhh7 Rg5 35. Rxa7 Rd5 36. a4 c4 37. Rhc7) 31. Be6 Rxf2 32. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0