[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/XsC0Hxmi"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "AnishGiri"] [Black "Almanthebatook"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "XsC0Hxmi"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "13:02:26"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "1452"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C87"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed, Averbakh Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 { C87 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Averbakh Variation } 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 b4? { (0.87 → 2.50) Mistake. d5 was best. } (14... d5 15. Nhf5 h6 16. a4 dxe4 17. axb5 axb5 18. dxe4 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Qxd1 20. Rxd1) 15. Ba4 d5 16. Nhf5 dxe4? { (2.17 → 3.83) Mistake. Rfe8 was best. } (16... Rfe8 17. Bg5 bxc3 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. bxc3 dxe4 21. dxe4 Qxd1 22. Rexd1) 17. Bxc6 Qxc6? { (3.86 → 7.50) Mistake. Qe6 was best. } (17... Qe6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bf3 e4 22. Bh5 f4 23. Bxg6) 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 Rxd3 20. Qa4 bxc3 21. Nxe5 cxb2 22. Bxb2 Rd2 23. Bc3 Rdd8 24. Nxg6+ fxg6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nxe4 f5 27. Ng5 Rd6? { (9.27 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c6 was best. } (27... c6 28. Ne6 f4 29. f3 g5 30. Red1 g4) 28. Qh4 Rd7?! { (10.02 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } (28... h5 29. Qb4 Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kh6 31. Qxc7 Rd2 32. Ne6 Rf7 33. Qxf7) 29. Rad1 Rfd8? { (9.78 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg7 was best. } (29... Rg7 30. Qd4 Kg8 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. f3 h6 33. Qh4 Kg8 34. Qxh6 f4 35. Ne6) 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Qxh7+ { Black resigns. } 1-0