[Event "Titled Arena December '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7494hK8l"] [Date "2024.12.21"] [Round "-"] [White "nihalsarin2004"] [Black "samisahi"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "7494hK8l"] [UTCDate "2024.12.21"] [UTCTime "19:46:21"] [WhiteElo "3322"] [BlackElo "3000"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation } a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Be2 c4? { (0.24 → 1.43) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } (9... Qb6 10. Nd1) 10. O-O?! { (1.43 → 0.83) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 bxc3 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. O-O O-O 15. Ng5 h6) 10... g6 11. Kh1 Be7 12. g4 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Ng5 Rh8 15. Bg4 Bxg5?! { (0.45 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (15... b4 16. Ne2) 16. fxg5 Ne7 17. Qf2 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nxd5?? { (0.69 → -4.44) Blunder. e6 was best. } (19. e6) 19... Bb7 20. Qg2 Rb8 21. Kg1 Kf8 22. Rad1 Nb6 23. Nf6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd5 25. Bd2 Nxf6 26. gxf6 Qd5+ 27. Kg3 Ke8?! { (-7.02 → -4.68) Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best. } (27... Qe4 28. Rf4 Qe2 29. Bb4+ Ke8 30. Rd2 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qxf4 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kf1) 28. Bf4 Kd7 29. c3?! { (-5.56 → -7.82) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (29. Bg5 Qe4 30. h4 Qg4+ 31. Kf2 Rxh4 32. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 33. Ke2 Qe4+ 34. Kd2 Rh8) 29... Rh5?! { (-7.82 → -5.78) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (29... g5 30. e6+ Qxe6 31. Bxb8 f4+ 32. Rxf4 gxf4+ 33. Bxf4 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Qxf6 35. Kf3) 30. h4 Rbh8 31. Bg5?? { (-6.07 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rh1 was best. } (31. Rh1 g5 32. Bxg5 f4+ 33. Bxf4 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Qe4 35. Bg5 Rgxg5 36. hxg5 Rxh1) 31... Qe4 32. Rf4 Qe3+ 33. Rf3 Rxg5+ 34. hxg5 Qxg5+ { White resigns. } 0-1