[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/98PnTKTM"] [Date "2024.02.18"] [White "Tower_of_Power"] [Black "chessmonkey_durban"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.18"] [UTCTime "19:29:05"] [WhiteElo "1922"] [BlackElo "1928"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+52"] [BlackRatingDiff "-25"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "3600+15"] [ECO "A25"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { A25 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian } 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 exd4?! { (0.55 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. Bb6 was best. } (10... Bb6 11. dxe5) 11. exd4 Bb6 12. Bg5 h6?! { (1.00 → 1.59) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (12... Re8 13. a4 h6 14. Bh4 a5 15. Nd5 Nb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Nh4 c6 19. d5) 13. Bh4 Bh7 14. Nd5 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5? { (1.21 → 2.94) Mistake. Nxd5 was best. } (15... Nxd5 16. Nf3) 16. Bxg5 Bxd4 17. b4 Qd7?? { (2.60 → 6.50) Blunder. Bb2 was best. } (17... Bb2 18. b5) 18. Bxf6 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Rae8? { (8.38 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd8 was best. } (19... Qd8 20. Qc1 Qxf6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Qa1 Ne5 24. f4 Kh6 25. fxe5 Bg6 26. Nf6) 20. b5?? { (Mate in 6 → 6.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc1 was best. } (20. Qc1 Qf5 21. gxf5 Nd4 22. Qg5+ Bg6 23. Qh6 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 a6 25. Qg7#) 20... Nb8?? { (6.33 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nb4 was best. } (20... Nb4 21. Nxb4 Re6 22. Bxb7 d5 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Qc3 Rb8 25. Bc6 a6 26. c5 Qf8 27. Qc1) 21. Qc1 { Black resigns. } 1-0