[Event "Blitz Titled Arena April '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZrkxVV7V"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [White "kpio91"] [Black "Reti_Chesspert"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.13"] [UTCTime "20:46:09"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2561"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } exd5 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. c4 O-O 7. c5 Re8+ 8. Be2 Bf8 9. O-O b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3 c6 15. a3 Bf5?! { (-1.07 → -0.34) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (15... Nd7) 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 g5? { (0.03 → 1.35) Mistake. Ra8 was best. } (22... Ra8 23. Nd1 Rc8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ne3 h5 26. g3 g6 27. g4 Rc7 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. dxe5) 23. Kf1? { (1.35 → 0.23) Mistake. Na4 was best. } (23. Na4 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Re2 27. b3 Rb2 28. Nd4 Ne4 29. Rxd5 Nxf2) 23... Kg7? { (0.23 → 1.67) Mistake. Ra8 was best. } (23... Ra8) 24. Nd1? { (1.67 → 0.25) Mistake. Na4 was best. } (24. Na4 b5 25. Nb6 Ne4 26. Rxc6 h5 27. g3 Re6 28. Nd7 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Nh4 Nd2+) 24... c5 25. Ne3 Kg6 26. g4 h5 27. gxh5+ Kxh5 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. b4 Kg6 31. Ne3 cxb4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Rc6 Re6 34. Rc8 Ba5 35. Nd4 Rb6 36. Ndf5 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Ne7+ Kg7?? { (-0.01 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } (38... Kh7 39. N3xd5 Nxd5 40. Nxd5 Rb2 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kf8 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. Nd5+ Ke6 45. Nxb6) 39. N3f5+ Kh7 40. Rf8 Ne4 41. Rxf7+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. Rg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0