2020-10-20 - Bui, Kyan 0-1 Thompson, Robert

Game of the Month October 2020

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/u4cAUSu5"] [Date "2020.10.20"] [White "DudeMediocre"] [Black "Fmlyhm"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.10.20"] [UTCTime "18:30:01"] [WhiteElo "1902"] [BlackElo "1916"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-44"] [BlackRatingDiff "+45"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 { B07 Pirc Defense } e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Be3 Ke7 10. O-O a6 11. a3 h6 12. h3 Nc6 13. Nd2 Nd4 14. Rac1 b5 15. f3 c5 16. Kf2 Rac8 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. c3?? { (-0.35 → -2.50) Blunder. Ng1 was best. } (18. Ng1 Rhd8) 18... Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Ng3+ 20. Kf2 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 c4 22. Bf2 Rhd8 23. Ke2 Bc5 24. Bxc5+?! { (-2.59 → -3.44) Inaccuracy. Bh4+ was best. } (24. Bh4+) 24... Rxc5 25. Nf1 Rc6 26. Ne3 Rcd6 27. Rc2 h5 28. g3 g5 29. a4 Rc6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd2?! { (-4.48 → -6.18) Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best. } (31. Rc1 Rcd6 32. Nf1 Ra6 33. Ne3 Rd3 34. Rb1 Ra8 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Ra6 37. Rc1 Ra2) 31... Rxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Rd6+ 33. Ke2 Rd3 34. Nc2 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Ne1 gxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Kf6? { (-4.33 → -2.71) Mistake. Kd6 was best. } (37... Kd6) 38. g4 b4?? { (-2.27 → -0.21) Blunder. Ke7 was best. } (38... Ke7 39. Nxe5 Rh3 40. Nf3 Rg3 41. Nd4 Rxg4 42. Kf3 Rg5 43. Kf4 Rh5 44. e5 Kd7 45. Ke4) 39. g5+ Kg7 40. Nxe5 bxc3 41. Nxd3 cxd3+ 42. Kxd3 cxb2 43. Kc2 Kg6 44. Kxb2 Kxg5 45. Kc1?? { (0.00 → Mate in 19) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc3 was best. } (45. Kc3 e5 46. Kc4 Kg4 47. Kc3) 45... Kf4 46. Kd2 Kxe4 47. Ke2 e5 { White resigns. } 0-1

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