[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wGnEvE01"] [Date "2024.05.06"] [White "mr_mojo_risin"] [Black "the_puzzles"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.05.06"] [UTCTime "18:50:56"] [WhiteElo "2407"] [BlackElo "2266"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 { C10 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense } 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 O-O 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. c3 Qa5 20. a3?? { (0.00 → -2.21) Blunder. Nc4 was best. } (20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Ne5 Bc6 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. Qc2 Rd5 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Be2 Rdd8) 20... Ba4 21. Nc4? { (-2.15 → -3.61) Mistake. b3 was best. } (21. b3 Qxc3 22. Bc4 Bc6 23. Nb1 Qa1 24. Qe3 a6 25. a4 Ne4 26. Be2 Qb2) 21... Rxc4?? { (-3.61 → -0.02) Blunder. Bxd1 was best. } (21... Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Na5 Nf6 25. Nxb7 Rd7 26. Kf1 Rxb7 27. Ba6) 22. Bxc4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qc7 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Bf3 b6 27. Qd3 Ke7 28. b4 Qd6 29. Qe3 { White offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2