[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/eHWvNvQ6"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "MPat"] [Black "destroyernumber1"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "eHWvNvQ6"] [UTCDate "2026.02.24"] [UTCTime "19:02:27"] [WhiteElo "2265"] [BlackElo "2511"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-24"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+5"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } Nc6 4. Bg2 Qc7 5. Nge2 a6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4?! { (0.22 → 0.82) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (7... Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1) 8. Qxd4 Nf6?! { (1.02 → 2.16) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (8... b5 9. Bf4 Qc5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Rfe1 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3) 9. Bf4 Bc5? { (2.29 → 4.49) Mistake. Qc5 was best. } (9... Qc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Ng8 12. Ne4 Bb4+ 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Be3) 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Bxc7 d6 12. Na4 b5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bd6 c4 15. e5 Ra7 16. exf6 h5 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. Be7 h4 19. h3 hxg3 20. fxg3 a5 21. Rd4 e5 22. Rd6 Rh5? { (8.31 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e4 was best. } (22... e4 23. Bxe4 Rh5 24. Bc6 Re5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rd1 Rxe7 27. fxe7 Kxe7 28. Rxd7+) 23. g4?! { (Mate in 6 → 10.63) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rb6 was best. } (23. Rb6 Rc7 24. Rb8+ Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bc6+ Bd7 27. Rd1 Bxc6 28. Rd8#) 23... Rg5?! { (10.63 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rh6 was best. } (23... Rh6 24. Bc6 Rxf6 25. Bxf6 c3 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rd1 cxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Kf8 29. Rxd7) 24. Rhd1? { (Mate in 6 → 9.11) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rb6 was best. } (24. Rb6 Rc7 25. Rb8+ Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bc6+ Bd7 28. Rd1 Bxc6 29. Rd8#) 24... e4 25. Bxe4 Re5 26. Bc6 Rxe7 27. fxe7 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Kxe7 29. h4 a4 30. a3 Kf8 31. h5 Re7 32. Rh1 Re4 33. g5 Rg4 34. g6 fxg6 35. Rxg6 Rf4 36. h6 Kf7 37. Rg2 b4 38. axb4 a3 39. bxa3 c3? { (8.30 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd4 was best. } (39... Rd4 40. h7 Rd8 41. h8=R Rxh8 42. Rxh8 Ke6 43. c3 Kf6 44. Kb2 Ke7) 40. h7 Rc4 41. h8=Q Rc7 42. Rh6 Ke7 43. Rg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0