[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wPGiNyNI"] [Date "2023.07.17"] [White "SergeyNovitsky"] [Black "MykolaBalakin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.17"] [UTCTime "11:11:24"] [WhiteElo "1608"] [BlackElo "1550"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [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. d4 Nf6?! { (0.06 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } (5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bf4) 6. Bg5?! { (0.62 → -0.17) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8) 6... Be7 7. c4?! { (0.28 → -0.63) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qf3 Rb8) 7... Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. d5?? { (-0.67 → -2.53) Blunder. O-O was best. } (9. O-O Bg4 10. Qd3 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qe6) 9... cxd5?? { (-2.53 → 1.30) Blunder. Rb8 was best. } (9... Rb8 10. b3 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb7 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Ne1 g5 16. f3) 10. cxd5?? { (1.30 → -2.37) Blunder. Qxd5 was best. } (10. Qxd5 Nc5 11. Qc6+ Qd7 12. Qxa8 O-O 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Qd2 e4 15. Nd4 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 f5) 10... Bb7?? { (-2.37 → 2.40) Blunder. O-O was best. } (10... O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd3 Nc5 13. Qe3 f5 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 e4 17. Rad1) 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxe4 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qxb2 14. Qa4+ Ke7?? { (2.41 → 5.00) Blunder. Kd8 was best. } (14... Kd8) 15. Qh4+?? { (5.00 → -0.46) Blunder. O-O was best. } (15. O-O Rab8 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17. Rbc1 Qxc1 18. Rxc1 Rhc8 19. Qa5 Kf8 20. h4 c6 21. Rb1 cxd5) 15... f6 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Qg4 Kf7?? { (-0.39 → 5.86) Blunder. Rhf8 was best. } (18... Rhf8 19. Nd4 Rf7 20. Ne6 Rc8 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Qh3 Qxa2 23. Nxc7 Kf8 24. Qe6 Qa3 25. Ra1) 19. Qd7+ Kg6 20. Rxc7 Ba6?? { (6.20 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxc7 was best. } (20... Qxc7 21. Qxc7 Bc8 22. h3 Kh6 23. Qxd6 Rd8 24. Qa3 Rxd5 25. Rc1 e4 26. Qe3+ g5 27. Qxe4) 21. Qxg7+ Kf5 22. Nh4+ Ke4 23. Qg4+ Kxd5 24. Rd1+ Bd3 25. Rxd3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0