[Event "MultiversX Christmas Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/s74aZB3C"] [Date "2023.12.23"] [White "chessmaster2006"] [Black "KontraJaKO"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.23"] [UTCTime "18:00:49"] [WhiteElo "3237"] [BlackElo "3228"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "60+1"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 { B50 Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6 } Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. c4 b4 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rd6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne3 a5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 c4 22. Ba4 Bg5 23. Bc6 Rxc6?! { (-0.87 → -0.03) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (23... c3 24. Rad1 Bd2 25. Rf1 h5 26. h4 Rfd8 27. Ba4 Rc8 28. g3 Bh6 29. Qc2 Bd2 30. Qd3) 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Rd5 c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qc2 Rb8 29. Rd3 Bd2 30. Rxd2 cxd2 31. Qxd2 a4 32. h4 { White offers draw } 32... h5 33. g3 Kg7 34. Qa5 Qb5 35. Qc7 Rb6 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. Qc2 Qb4 38. Re3 Qd4 39. Ra3 Ra6 40. Rf3 Ra7 41. a3 Qd6 42. Qc4 f6 43. Rd3 Qc7 44. Qb5 Qb7 45. Qc4 Qc7 46. Qe6 Qb7 47. Rd5 Qe7 48. Qb6 Qf7 49. Qc6 Qc7 50. Qe8 Qf7 51. Qb5 Qc7 52. Rc5 Qe7?! { (0.68 → 1.40) Inaccuracy. Qb7 was best. } (52... Qb7 53. Qd3 Kh7 54. Qe3 Ra8 55. Qf3 Rf8 56. Rc4 Qb3 57. Rc7+ Kg8 58. Rc3 Qb1 59. Qe2) 53. Qc4 Qd6 54. Rc8 Rf7? { (1.46 → 3.33) Mistake. Qxa3 was best. } (54... Qxa3 55. Qg8+ Kh6 56. Qh8+ Rh7 57. Qxf6 Qe7 58. Qb6 Rf7 59. Rc6 Rg7 60. Rc4 a3 61. Qe3+) 55. Qxa4 Qd3?? { (3.18 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re7 was best. } (55... Re7 56. Qa8 Qe6 57. Qb8 f5 58. Rc7 Rxc7 59. Qxc7+ Kf6 60. Qc5 Kf7 61. Qa7+ Kg8 62. Qa8+) 56. Qa8?? { (Mate in 7 → 4.35) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe8 was best. } (56. Qe8 Qxe4+ 57. Kh2 Qg2+ 58. Kxg2 g5 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. Qxf7 gxh4 61. Qxf6+ Kh7 62. Rh8#) 56... f5 57. Rg8+ Kf6?? { (4.21 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh6 was best. } (57... Kh6 58. Rf8 Rxf8 59. Qxf8+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh8 61. exf5 Qe4+ 62. Kh2 gxf5 63. Qxh5+ Kg7 64. Qg5+) 58. Qc6+ Ke7 59. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0