[Event "Mewing May Mayhem Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/eni9UtzL"] [Date "2024.05.17"] [White "leslieabc"] [Black "Pokemarkuz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.05.17"] [UTCTime "19:35:57"] [WhiteElo "1257"] [BlackElo "1256"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+10"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional } 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qe2?! { (0.17 → -0.84) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (6. e5) 6... d6 7. O-O-O?! { (-0.49 → -1.62) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (7. g3 e5) 7... Bd7 8. Ng5? { (-1.14 → -2.42) Mistake. e5 was best. } (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nd4 10. Qe1 b5 11. g3 Rc8 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Kb1 Be8) 8... e5 9. Nb5?? { (-2.09 → -4.70) Blunder. Bd2 was best. } (9. Bd2 Nd4 10. Qe1 b5 11. Kb1 h6 12. Nf3 b4 13. Ne2 Nb5 14. c4 bxc3) 9... Nd4?? { (-4.70 → -1.99) Blunder. a6 was best. } (9... a6 10. Nxd6+ Bxd6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. h4 b5 13. Kb1 a5 14. g4 Nd4 15. Qe1) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. c3?? { (-1.94 → -5.21) Blunder. Bd2 was best. } (11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f4 O-O 14. Nf3 Rc5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Rg1 Rb5) 11... exf4 12. cxd4 Rc8+ 13. Qc2?! { (-4.73 → -6.19) Inaccuracy. Kb1 was best. } (13. Kb1 O-O 14. g3 g6 15. Bh3 h6 16. Nf3 Bxh3 17. gxf4 Kg7 18. Rdg1) 13... Rxc2+ 14. Kxc2 Qc7+ 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Rc1 d5 17. h4 Ba3 18. Kc2?? { (-6.17 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc2 was best. } (18. Rc2 Ba4 19. Rd2 h6 20. e5 hxg5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. g3 Bb4 23. Re2+ Kf8) 18... Qc6+?? { (Mate in 4 → -6.04) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxb2+ was best. } (18... Qxb2+ 19. Kd1 Ba4+ 20. Rc2 Qxc2+ 21. Ke1 Bb4#) 19. Kd2 Bb4+ 20. Kd1 Bd6?! { (-7.19 → -4.39) Inaccuracy. Qa4+ was best. } (20... Qa4+ 21. Ke2 Qxa2 22. Kf3 dxe4+ 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Qb3+ 25. Rc3 Qxb2 26. Rd3) 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2