[Event "Yearly Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/kjYXv1Mm"] [Date "2023.04.13"] [White "ILikeBlitz"] [Black "Albertosic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.04.13"] [UTCTime "17:00:23"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2734"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+29"] [BlackRatingDiff "-54"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation } Be7 { Black offers draw } 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Kb1?! { (0.46 → -0.17) Inaccuracy. Nxc6 was best. } (13. Nxc6 Bxc6) 13... Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. b3 Ne3 20. Re1 Nxf1 21. Rhxf1 g6 22. Re3 Ke7 23. Kb2 Bd7 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Kxc3 Rc8+? { (0.67 → 1.95) Mistake. a5 was best. } (25... a5 26. a3 h6 27. g3 Rc8+ 28. Kd2 g5 29. Kd3 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Rb1 gxf4 32. gxf4) 26. Kb4 Rc7 27. Ka5 Bc8 28. Rf3 h5 29. g3 Kd7 30. h3 Bb7 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rc8 33. Rh3 Rf8 34. Rh7 Kc8?! { (4.24 → 5.64) Inaccuracy. Bc8 was best. } (34... Bc8 35. Kb6 Ke8 36. a3 Bd7 37. Kxa6 Ke7 38. Ka5 g5 39. fxg5 Ra8+ 40. Kb4 Rg8 41. Nf3) 35. Kb6 Kb8 { Black offers draw } 36. a3 Ka8 37. Kc7 g5 38. fxg5 Rg8 39. Rxf7 Rxg5?? { (6.47 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka7 was best. } (39... Ka7 40. Nxe6 Rc8+ 41. Kd7 Rg8 42. Nc5 Kb6 43. Nxb7 Kxb7 44. e6 Rxg5 45. a4 Rg6 46. a5) 40. Kb6 Rxg4 41. Rf8+ { Black resigns. } 1-0