[Event "Blitz Titled Arena May '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/bA4ZCpmZ"] [Date "2024.05.18"] [White "MatthewG-p4p"] [Black "gsoppe"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.18"] [UTCTime "19:31:39"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2407"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. f4 { A02 Bird Opening } c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. e4 O-O 8. c3 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. h3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. g4 b4 13. Qe1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Kh2 Bb7 16. Qh4?! { (-0.58 → -1.21) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (16. Be3 Ra8 17. Na3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Na3 Ba6 21. Qe3) 16... e6 17. Qg3 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. f5 Nce5 20. g5?? { (-0.32 → -2.78) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (20. Nxe5 Bxe5) 20... exf5 21. exf5 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Be5?! { (-2.70 → -1.57) Inaccuracy. Bxf3 was best. } (22... Bxf3 23. f6 Ne5 24. Bf4 Be2 25. Rf2 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 27. Nd2 Re8 28. Qxf3) 23. Bf4 Bxf3?! { (-1.62 → -1.00) Inaccuracy. Qa2+ was best. } (23... Qa2+) 24. Qxf3 Qa2+ 25. Kh1 Rb8?! { (-1.26 → -0.24) Inaccuracy. gxf5 was best. } (25... gxf5 26. Nd2 Re8 27. Nc4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Re2 29. Qg3 Ne5 30. Ne3 f4 31. Qxf4) 26. Nd2 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qd5+ 28. Qe4 Qxe4+ 29. Nxe4 Ne5 30. Nxd6 Nxd3 31. f6 Ne5?! { (0.00 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. Rd8 was best. } (31... Rd8 32. Nb7 Rd7 33. Rf3 h6 34. h4 hxg5 35. hxg5 c4 36. Na5 Ne5 37. Re3) 32. Ra1?! { (0.94 → 0.06) Inaccuracy. Kg2 was best. } (32. Kg2 h6 33. Re1 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 Rd2 35. h4 Rxd6 36. Rxe5 Rd3+ 37. Kg4 Rxc3) 32... h6 33. h4 hxg5 34. hxg5 Nf3 35. Ne4?? { (-0.11 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg2 was best. } (35. Kg2 Nxg5 36. Ra6 Rd8 37. Kf1 Kh7 38. Ke2 Kh6 39. Ke3 Rd7 40. c4 Nh7) 35... Re8?? { (Mate in 5 → -0.02) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rb2 was best. } (35... Rb2 36. Nd2 Rxd2 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39. c4 Rh2#) 36. Ra4 Re5 37. Kg2 Nxg5 38. Nd6? { (-0.78 → -2.36) Mistake. Nf2 was best. } (38. Nf2 Re2 39. Kg3 Re6 40. Kh4 Nf3+ 41. Kg3 Nd2 42. Ra2 Nb1 43. Ng4 Nxc3) 38... Rd5? { (-2.36 → -0.89) Mistake. Re2+ was best. } (38... Re2+) 39. Nc8 Rd2+?! { (-0.80 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (39... Kh8 40. Ra6) 40. Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2?? { (-0.08 → -3.17) Blunder. Kg4 was best. } (41. Kg4 Nf3 42. Kf4 Kh7 43. Ra7 Kh6 44. Rxf7 Ng5 45. Rf8 Ne6+ 46. Ke4 Nxf8) 41... Rxc3?? { (-3.17 → -0.98) Blunder. Rf3+ was best. } (41... Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Rxf6 43. Rg4 Ne6 44. Re4 Kf8 45. Re5 Kg7 46. Kg3 Rf1 47. Nd6) 42. Ne7+ Kh7?? { (-1.25 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } (42... Kh8) 43. Rh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0