2020-05-05 - Woolgar, Steven 0-1 Thompson, Robert

Game of the Month May 2020

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sqTJg3nf"] [Date "2020.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Knightskies"] [Black "Fmlyhm"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.05.05"] [UTCTime "18:31:24"] [WhiteElo "1220"] [BlackElo "1633"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-30"] [BlackRatingDiff "+34"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] [ECO "E63"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6?! { (0.00 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Ndb5) 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 { E63 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation } 8. a3 Rb8 9. Qd3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Nd7 12. b4 f5 13. Bg5?! { (0.75 → 0.01) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (13. Ng5) 13... h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rae1 f4 17. Nf3 g5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nh2 h5 20. Ne2?! { (-0.60 → -1.55) Inaccuracy. gxf4 was best. } (20. gxf4 exf4 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Nh7 23. Ree1 Bf5 24. Be4 Rbd8 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5) 20... Qg6 21. f3 fxg3 22. Nxg3 h4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qh7 25. Ng4 Nh5 26. Ne3 Ng3 27. Rf2 Nxf5 28. Ng4?! { (-1.02 → -1.64) Inaccuracy. Bf1 was best. } (28. Bf1 Ng3 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bd3+ Kh6 31. c5 Rf4 32. Kg2 Rbf8 33. Ng4+ Kh5 34. Be4 R8f7) 28... Nd4 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Re3 Rf4 31. Nh2? { (-1.23 → -2.41) Mistake. Bf1 was best. } (31. Bf1 a5) 31... Nf5 32. Re4 Ng3 33. Rxf4?? { (-2.50 → -6.96) Blunder. Bf1 was best. } (33. Bf1 Nxe4 34. Bd3 Bf8 35. Bxe4+ Kg7 36. Ng4 Ra8 37. a4 a5 38. b5 Kf7 39. Ne3 Ke8) 33... exf4 34. Rd2 Re8? { (-6.93 → -4.08) Mistake. Bd4+ was best. } (34... Bd4+ 35. Rxd4 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxd4 37. Bf1 a5 38. Bd3+ Kg7 39. b5 Re8 40. Ng4 Nb3 41. Bc2) 35. Kf2?! { (-4.08 → -5.71) Inaccuracy. Bf1 was best. } (35. Bf1 Re1) 35... Bc3 36. Rc2?? { (-5.52 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ng4 was best. } (36. Ng4 Kg6) 36... Bd4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1

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