[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HyEFvxz9"] [Date "2024.06.11"] [White "JacoVanNiekerk"] [Black "MeRoDa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.06.11"] [UTCTime "14:25:26"] [WhiteElo "1659"] [BlackElo "1657"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 d6?! { (-0.02 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (5... h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Na4 a6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Bd5 Nd4 10. c3) 6. Nf3?! { (0.63 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal Variation } (6. Nd5 Be6 7. c3 Bxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7) 6... O-O?! { (0.00 → 0.76) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O) 7. O-O?! { (0.76 → 0.14) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (7. Nd5 Be6 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bh6 Re8 10. Nh4 Kh8 11. Qh5 Rg8) 7... Bg4?! { (0.14 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (7... h6 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Kh1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Ne2) 8. h3?! { (0.81 → 0.26) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Kh1 c6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh6 d5 12. c3 Ne6) 8... Bh5? { (0.26 → 1.89) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3) 9. Nd5 a6 10. Nxf6+?! { (2.41 → 1.78) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (10. c3 Ba7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 Re8 13. Nh4 Nb8 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6 c6) 10... gxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Kh1 f5?! { (1.61 → 2.24) Inaccuracy. Na5 was best. } (12... Na5 13. Qe1 Nxc4 14. g4 Bg6 15. dxc4 b5 16. h4 bxc4 17. h5 d5 18. hxg6) 13. exf5 Qf6 14. Bd2 Nd4? { (2.20 → 4.02) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 Nxf5 19. g4 Ng7 20. Bxf7) 15. g4 Bxg4 16. hxg4?! { (4.32 → 3.44) Inaccuracy. Rg1 was best. } (16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Rxg4 Qxf5 18. Ng5 Re7 19. c3 Ne6 20. d4 Rg8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6) 16... h5?! { (3.44 → 4.38) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (16... e4 17. dxe4) 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. g5 Qxf5 19. Qxh5 Kg7? { (4.13 → 9.47) Mistake. Rad8 was best. } (19... Rad8 20. Kg2 d5 21. Bb3 e4 22. Qh3 Qxh3+ 23. Kxh3 exd3 24. cxd3 Re2 25. Bf4) 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. g6 Qf3+ 22. Kh2 d5 23. gxf7+? { (9.62 → 4.23) Mistake. Rg1 was best. } (23. Rg1 e4 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxd5+ Ke7 26. Qe6+ Kd8 27. Bg5+ Bf6 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6) 23... Qxf7?? { (4.23 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kxf7 was best. } (23... Kxf7 24. Rg1 Ke7 25. Rg7+ Kd8 26. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 27. Rg2 Qf8 28. c3 Bc5 29. b4) 24. Rg1+ { Black resigns. } 1-0