[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zlxR8HI0"] [Date "2024.05.11"] [White "Ricorov"] [Black "Julius_77"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.11"] [UTCTime "04:31:58"] [WhiteElo "1706"] [BlackElo "1810"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-23"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. O-O c6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5?? { (-0.07 → -2.06) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } (9. Nc3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Bg5 a6) 9... h6? { (-2.06 → -0.53) Mistake. Bxb2 was best. } (9... Bxb2 10. Nd2 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 d5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Qd6 15. Rf3) 10. Bh4? { (-0.53 → -1.93) Mistake. Bxf6 was best. } (10. Bxf6 Qxf6) 10... Bxb2 11. Nd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 d6?! { (-2.10 → -1.46) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (12... d5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Qc7 16. Rf1 Nh7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4) 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 g5?? { (-1.35 → 4.83) Blunder. Qb6+ was best. } (14... Qb6+ 15. Rf2 Nh7 16. Be7 Be6 17. Bxd6 Rfe8 18. e5 Rad8 19. a4 Rd7 20. Qc3) 15. Rxf6 d5 16. Rxh6 d4?? { (4.70 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (16... f6 17. Bxg5 dxc4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qe7 20. Nxc4 Qg7 21. Qe5 Bxh3 22. Ne3) 17. Bf2?? { (Mate in 10 → 3.75) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd1 was best. } (17. Qd1 Qd6 18. Rxd6 Bf5 19. exf5 Rfd8 20. Qh5 Rxd6 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Bxg5 a5) 17... c5? { (3.75 → 6.45) Mistake. Kg7 was best. } (17... Kg7 18. Rh5 b5 19. Bb3 Kg6 20. g4 c5 21. Nf3 f6 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. Qc1) 18. Nb3?! { (6.45 → 4.43) Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best. } (18. Qd1 g4 19. Bh4 Qb6 20. Rxb6 axb6 21. hxg4 b5 22. Bf6 bxc4 23. g5 Bg4) 18... Kg7 19. Rh5 Kg6 20. g4 f5?! { (3.66 → 4.75) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (20... Qe7 21. Qd1 f6 22. Bd5 a5 23. Qf3 a4 24. Nd2 Ra5 25. e5 Qxe5 26. h4) 21. exf5+ Bxf5 22. Nxc5 b6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 Qf6 25. Bf5+ { Black resigns. } 1-0