[Event "Blitz Titled Arena October '25"] [Site "https://lichess.org/MD031pzB"] [Date "2025.10.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Black "RebeccaHarris"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "MD031pzB"] [UTCDate "2025.10.11"] [UTCTime "19:38:53"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2842"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteBerserk "true"] [BlackBerserk "true"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C58"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ { C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line } Bd7 7. Bxd7+?! { (0.33 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nf3 Nxd5 9. Nxe5 c6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nf4) 7... Qxd7 8. Qe2 Qxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. d4 Qxd4 12. Rd1 Qg4 13. Qb5 Bd6?? { (-0.74 → 4.42) Blunder. Qb4 was best. } (13... Qb4) 14. Qxb7 Kd7 15. Nxf7 Nd4 16. h3?! { (4.54 → 3.05) Inaccuracy. Nxh8 was best. } (16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Be3 a6 18. h3 Qh4 19. Qxa6 Re8 20. Qa4+ Kd8 21. Rd3) 16... Rhb8 17. Qa6 Qe6 18. Ng5 Qg8?! { (2.49 → 3.85) Inaccuracy. Qf5 was best. } (18... Qf5 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. Nf7 Ke7 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Kf7 24. Nd1) 19. Be3 Nxc2? { (3.40 → 6.57) Mistake. c5 was best. } (19... c5 20. b3 h6 21. Nge4 Qe6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qc4 Ke8 24. Na4 Rb4 25. Qd3) 20. Rac1? { (6.57 → 3.90) Mistake. Qa4+ was best. } (20. Qa4+ Ke7 21. Qxc2 Rb4 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. b3 h6 24. Nge4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qh7) 20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qc8?! { (3.81 → 5.00) Inaccuracy. Rb6 was best. } (21... Rb6 22. Qa4+) 22. Qc4 Qg8 23. Nd5 Nxd5?! { (4.96 → 6.52) Inaccuracy. Kd8 was best. } (23... Kd8 24. Nxc7 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Ke7 26. Nxa8 h6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxb2 29. Rg4) 24. Rxd5 Ke7 25. Qe4 Rb4?? { (6.45 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a5 was best. } (25... a5 26. Rxe5+) 26. Rxe5+ Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kd8 28. Ne6+ Ke7? { (9.97 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxe6 was best. } (28... Qxe6 29. Qxe6 Rb6 30. Qd5+ Kc8 31. Qxa8+ Kd7 32. Qf8 c5 33. Rd1+ Kc6 34. Qe8+) 29. Rxc7+ Ke8 30. Nxg7+ Kd8 31. Qd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0