2021-02-23 - Stubbs, Oliver 1-0 MacQueen, Stuart
Game of the Month February 2021
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[Event "Rated Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/RhkfeSiK"]
[Date "2021.02.23"]
[White "Unagi5"]
[Black "NotMaximeLagrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2021.02.23"]
[UTCTime "19:30:03"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+10"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-7"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "2700+15"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 { D00 Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Variation } Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 g6?? { (0.40 → 2.09) Blunder. cxd4 was best. } (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qd3 e5 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. O-O exd4 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Bf5) 13. dxc5 Bxg3?! { (2.00 → 2.87) Inaccuracy. bxc5 was best. } (13... bxc5) 14. hxg3 Bb7 15. cxb6?! { (3.25 → 2.14) Inaccuracy. Qe3 was best. } (15. Qe3 Rad8 16. Ng5 h5 17. g4 Ne5 18. gxh5 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Ng5 Rfe8 21. cxb6 axb6) 15... axb6 16. O-O Ra5 17. a3 Ba6 18. Bd3?! { (2.27 → 1.42) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (18. c4 Ne5 19. b4 Bxc4 20. Rfc1 Ra7 21. Qb2 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 b5 23. a4 Qe7 24. Bc6 Qg5) 18... Bb7?! { (1.42 → 2.17) Inaccuracy. Bxd3 was best. } (18... Bxd3) 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. Rad1 Nd5? { (1.75 → 3.22) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (20... Bxf3) 21. Ne5 Nf6 22. Bb5 Ne4 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Qc4 Nc5?! { (3.95 → 6.01) Inaccuracy. Qxc4 was best. } (24... Qxc4 25. Bxc4) 25. b4 Rxb5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qxb5 Bc6 28. Qc4 Kxf6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qh4+ g5 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qxg5+ f6 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. bxc5+ Kxc5 35. Qxh7 Qd5 36. Qe7+ Kb5 37. c4+ Qxc4 38. Qxe6 Bd5?? { (6.69 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd5 was best. } (38... Qd5 39. Rb1+) 39. Rb1+ Ka6 40. Qxb6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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