2020-09-08 - Thompson, Robert 1-0 Marsh, Sean

Game of the Month September 2020

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FXxuDQIQ"] [Date "2020.09.08"] [White "Fmlyhm"] [Black "Noel_Coward"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.09.08"] [UTCTime "18:29:11"] [WhiteElo "1849"] [BlackElo "1593"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+24"] [BlackRatingDiff "-52"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 { A07 King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation } 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Re1 Be7 9. e4 h6 10. c4 O-O 11. b3?! { (0.51 → -0.01) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (11. e5 Nh7 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. a4 a5 14. Qe3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bg6) 11... Bb4 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe1 14. Qxe1 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5 16. Bb2 Rfe8?! { (0.22 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. Bxf3 was best. } (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3) 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe3 Qd8 19. Nd2 h5 20. Qg3 Rc8? { (1.04 → 2.49) Mistake. hxg4 was best. } (20... hxg4 21. hxg4) 21. gxh5 Bxh5 22. Ne4 Rb8?! { (2.39 → 3.49) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } (22... Rf8) 23. Nd6?! { (3.49 → 2.15) Inaccuracy. Kh2 was best. } (23. Kh2) 23... Re7 24. Qg5 Bg6 25. h4 Nf8 26. h5 Bh7 27. c5 Rd7 28. Qg3 f6 29. Bc3 fxe5 30. dxe5 Kh8 31. Bh3 b6 32. Kh2 bxc5 33. Rg1 c4 34. b4 Rb5?! { (2.14 → 3.26) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (34... Qc7 35. Bd2) 35. h6 g6?! { (3.30 → 4.58) Inaccuracy. Bg6 was best. } (35... Bg6 36. Bg2) 36. Bf1 a5 37. Bxc4 axb4 38. Bxb5 bxc3 39. Bxc6 Rc7 40. Rc1 Qb8? { (4.75 → 14.13) Mistake. g5 was best. } (40... g5 41. Rxc3) 41. Rxc3 Qb6? { (8.80 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd8 was best. } (41... Qd8 42. Be8 Rxc3 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nxd8 Rxg3 45. Kxg3 Kh8 46. a4 g5 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48. Nxg5) 42. Qf3 Kg8 43. Ne8?! { (Mate in 6 → 17.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Be8 was best. } (43. Be8 Qxd6 44. exd6 g5 45. Qf6 g4 46. dxc7 g3+ 47. Rxg3+ Bg6 48. Qg7#) 43... Qd4 44. Nxc7 Qxe5+ 45. Qg3 Qh5+ 46. Kg2 g5 47. Bf3 Qxh6 48. Bg4 Ng6 49. Nxe6 { Black resigns. } 1-0

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