[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5HdfQWts"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "ChessTheory64"] [Black "Hard-Defenderr"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5HdfQWts"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:16:54"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2296"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+15"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 { D35 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation } Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 c6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Nhf6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxh5 Nxh5 19. Bxe4 Qb4 20. d5 Nf6 21. dxc6 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qb6+ 23. Qf2 Qxc6 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qd4 Ne6 26. Qd7 Rb8 27. Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd7 Nc5 29. Rc7 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Nd3+ 31. Kg3 Nxb2 32. Rxb7 Rc1 33. Ne4 Rc2 34. Rxa7 Nd3 35. a4 Ne1 36. a5 Rxg2+ 37. Kf4 Rxh2 38. a6 Ra2 39. Nc5 Ra3 40. Re7 Rxf3+?! { (0.29 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Nc2 was best. } (40... Nc2 41. Re4 Ra5 42. Ra4 Rxc5 43. a7 Rc8 44. a8=Q g5+ 45. Ke4 Rxa8 46. Rxa8+) 41. Kg4?? { (0.96 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke4 was best. } (41. Ke4 Ra3 42. Kd4 Nf3+ 43. Kc4 g5 44. a7 g4 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. a8=Q Rxa8) 41... Ra3?? { (Mate in 7 → 2.81) Lost forced checkmate sequence. f5+ was best. } (41... f5+ 42. Kh5 Kh7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ne6+ Kf6 45. Nf4 Rxf4 46. a7 Ng2 47. Kxh6) 42. Rxe1 { Black resigns. } 1-0