2021-04-06 - Reekie-Black, Matthew 1-0 Walsh, Shaun

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/UpAQcxcO"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [White "Mattblackmatt2"] [Black "shaun001"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.04.06"] [UTCTime "18:30:10"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "1683"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+28"] [BlackRatingDiff "-26"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Two Knights Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Two Knights Variation } Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bg5?! { (0.00 → -0.70) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (6. Ne2 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nf4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6) 6... Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Na4 Qa5?? { (-0.75 → 5.26) Blunder. Bxf2+ was best. } (9... Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2) 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne4 13. bxa5 O-O 14. Bd3 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 a6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Rb4 Bc6 20. O-O g6 21. Re1 Kg7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Rfd8 24. Ne4?! { (8.28 → 5.27) Inaccuracy. Bxe6 was best. } (24. Bxe6) 24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd1+ 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Rbd4?! { (5.32 → 3.71) Inaccuracy. Rec4 was best. } (27. Rec4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. Ra4 Rxe5 30. g3 Rd5 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. Rb4 Rd2 33. a4 Rd7) 27... Ra1 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Red4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxa2 31. Rd7 Rxa5 32. Rxb7 Rxe5 33. Bxa6 Re1+ 34. Bf1 g5 35. g3 Kg6 36. Kg2 g4 37. Rb4 f5 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. h4 gxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Be2 Rd2 43. Kf3 Rd6 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. Rxg4 e5 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Bc4 Ra6?? { (3.86 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf6 was best. } (47... Kf6 48. Rg8) 48. f3?? { (Mate in 14 → 4.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxa6 was best. } (48. Bxa6 Ke6 49. Ke4 Kf6 50. Bc4 Ke7 51. Kxe5 Kd7 52. Rg6 Kc7 53. Rd6 Kb8 54. f4 Ka7) 48... Ra4 49. Bd3 Ra1 50. Be4 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Ra1 53. Kh4 Rh1+?! { (3.91 → 5.38) Inaccuracy. Kf7 was best. } (53... Kf7 54. Kh5) 54. Kg5 Kd6 55. Kf6 Rh6+ 56. Rg6 Rxg6+? { (4.73 → 62.98) Mistake. Rh5 was best. } (56... Rh5) 57. Kxg6 Ke7 58. Kf5 { Black resigns. } 1-0

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