[Event "Titled Arena December '25"] [Site "https://lichess.org/N71da8CF"] [Date "2025.12.13"] [Round "-"] [White "daaleksandrov"] [Black "UntilItIsOtherwise"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "N71da8CF"] [UTCDate "2025.12.13"] [UTCTime "21:01:39"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2863"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "NM"] [WhiteFideId "4133650"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 { B21 Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack } e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bd2 f5 12. Bc3 Rg8 13. Kh1 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Rg4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5?! { (-0.80 → -1.39) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (16. h3) 16... Rdg8 17. Rf2?! { (-1.40 → -2.34) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (17. g3 h5) 17... h5?? { (-2.34 → -0.20) Blunder. Bh4 was best. } (17... Bh4) 18. h3 h4?? { (-0.28 → 3.24) Blunder. Rg3 was best. } (18... Rg3 19. Qxh5) 19. hxg4 Rxg4 20. Qf3 Rg3 21. Qh5 h3?! { (3.11 → 4.81) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } (21... Qe8 22. Kh2 Qf8 23. Re1 Rg4 24. Rfe2 a6 25. Qh8 Rg8 26. Qh7 f6) 22. gxh3 Qd5+ 23. Kh2 Rg6 24. Rg1 Rxg1 25. Kxg1 Qxa2 26. Qh8+ Kd7 27. Qb8 Qxb2?? { (5.88 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (27... f6 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 a5 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Qxb7+ Kd6 33. Kh2) 28. Bxb2? { (Mate in 9 → 9.17) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc7+ was best. } { Black resigns. } (28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Qc8+ Bd8 30. Bxb2 e5 31. Re2 f6 32. Qe6+ Be7 33. Rg2 Kd8) 1-0