[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/25bMbcBw"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [White "SergeyNovitsky"] [Black "MykolaBalakin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2023.08.04"] [UTCTime "09:08:43"] [WhiteElo "1594"] [BlackElo "1534"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. b4? { (0.25 → -0.86) Mistake. d4 was best. } (5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O-O c5) 5... Ba6?! { (-0.86 → -0.05) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (5... d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. d4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Bd6 9. O-O Bxe5 10. dxe5) 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3?! { (0.15 → -0.58) Inaccuracy. Nbd2 was best. } (7. Nbd2 Bb7) 7... d5 8. exd5? { (-0.55 → -1.71) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (8. Nxe5 dxe4) 8... Qxd5?? { (-1.71 → 0.03) Blunder. e4 was best. } (8... e4 9. dxe4) 9. O-O Bxb4 10. a3 Bd6 11. c4 Qe6 12. Nc3? { (0.13 → -1.34) Mistake. Qa4 was best. } (12. Qa4 Bb7 13. d4 e4 14. Re1 O-O 15. c5 Qf5 16. Qc2 Rae8 17. Nh4 Qh5 18. cxd6 Qxh4) 12... O-O 13. Be3 c5 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. Nd5?! { (-1.49 → -2.20) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (15. Qf3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nxc5 Bc8 20. Nb7 Bxb7 21. Qxb7 f4) 15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 h6?! { (-2.25 → -1.48) Inaccuracy. Qb5 was best. } (16... Qb5 17. Qh5) 17. Ne4 Qb5 18. Nf6+?? { (-1.18 → -5.35) Blunder. Qh5 was best. } (18. Qh5) 18... gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Qxd3 21. Qxh6+ Qh7 22. Qxf6+ Qg7 23. Qh4+ Qh7 24. Qf6+ Qg7 25. Qh4+ Qh7?? { (-5.33 → 0.00) Blunder. Kg8 was best. } (25... Kg8) 26. Qf6+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2