[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://live.chess-online.com/0BhjfsJx"] [Date "2026.09.03"] [White "stepssq"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "0BhjfsJx"] [UTCDate "2026.09.03"] [UTCTime "15:05:17"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Borg Defense: Borg Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "live.chess-online.com"] 1. d4 g5?? { (0.18 → 2.26) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { A40 Borg Defense: Borg Gambit } (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3) 2. g4?? { (2.26 → 0.34) Blunder. Bxg5 was best. } (2. Bxg5 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 d5 7. Nbd2 f6) 2... d6?! { (0.34 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2... d5) 3. Bxg5 f6 4. Bc1 e5 5. c3? { (1.58 → 0.29) Mistake. Bg2 was best. } (5. Bg2) 5... c5? { (0.29 → 1.49) Mistake. Bxg4 was best. } (5... Bxg4 6. Qb3) 6. e3?! { (1.49 → 0.76) Inaccuracy. Bg2 was best. } (6. Bg2 exd4) 6... Nc6? { (0.76 → 1.97) Mistake. h5 was best. } (6... h5 7. gxh5) 7. h3? { (1.97 → 0.36) Mistake. d5 was best. } (7. d5 Nce7 8. e4 h5 9. g5 fxg5 10. Bxg5 Bh6 11. Qxh5+ Kd7 12. h4 Kc7) 7... h5? { (0.36 → 1.68) Mistake. d5 was best. } (7... d5) 8. gxh5? { (1.68 → 0.40) Mistake. d5 was best. } (8. d5 Nce7 9. gxh5 f5 10. c4 Nf6 11. Be2 b5 12. Nf3 bxc4 13. Nc3 e4) 8... Rxh5?? { (0.40 → 6.07) Blunder. d5 was best. } (8... d5 9. Nf3) 9. Qxh5+ Kd7 10. Qh8 Bh6 11. Qh7+ Nce7 12. Qc2 exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. exd4 Ke8 15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. f4?! { (5.68 → 4.36) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Nge2 Qa5 19. Qd2 Nhf5 20. Rg1 Kf7 21. Bd3 Rc8) 16... Bf5 17. Bd3 Qa5+ 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qxc8+?? { (4.06 → -1.51) Blunder. Qb3 was best. } (19. Qb3 Kf8 20. Ne2 Rc6 21. Qb5 Qd8 22. Kf2 Rb6 23. Qc4 Rxb2 24. Qc3 Nd5) 19... Nxc8 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. a4?? { (-1.48 → -3.78) Blunder. h4 was best. } (21. h4) 21... Nxd4 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. Ne2?! { (-3.57 → -4.76) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (23. h4 Nb3 24. Rc2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Nc4 26. Rh2 Qb4 27. h5 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Qxf4) 23... Qxa4? { (-4.76 → -2.44) Mistake. Nf3+ was best. } (23... Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxd2 25. h4 Ne4+ 26. Ke3 d5 27. Kf3 Nc4 28. Nc3 Qc5 29. Nxe4) 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rc7 Qd5?? { (-3.36 → -0.01) Blunder. Kd8 was best. } (25... Kd8 26. Rc3 Na4 27. Rb3 Nc5 28. Rf3 Qxb2 29. Rhf1 Qc2 30. Rg3 Ne6 31. Nb3) 26. Rg1 a5 27. Rg8+?? { (0.39 → -6.37) Blunder. Rgg7 was best. } (27. Rgg7 Kf8) 27... Qxg8 28. Rxb7 Qg1+ 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. f5 Nxb2?! { (-7.10 → -4.97) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (30... Ne3 31. Ke2 Qg2+ 32. Kxe3 Qxb7 33. Ng3 Qxb2 34. h4 Qc3+ 35. Kf4 Qc4+ 36. Ke3) 31. Rxb2 a4 32. Re2+ Kd7 33. Re4 a3 34. Rb4 Kc6 35. Rb1 a2 36. Ra1 Qg2 37. h4 d5 38. h5? { (-8.49 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxa2 was best. } (38. Rxa2 Qxa2 39. Nd2 d4 40. Ke2 Qa3 41. Nc4 Qa6 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Ke2 Qxc4+) 38... d4 39. h6 d3 40. h7 d2+?? { (Mate in 1 → -3.90) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe2# was best. } (40... Qe2#) 41. Nxd2 Qxd2+?? { (-2.88 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qh1+ was best. } (41... Qh1+ 42. Nf1 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qd4+ 44. Ne3 Qxa1 45. h8=Q Qb2+ 46. Kf3 Kb7 47. Qg7+) 42. Kxd2 Kd5 43. h8=Q Ke5 44. Rxa2 Kxf5 45. Qh5+ Ke6 46. Ra7 f5 47. Ra6+ Ke5 48. Qh1 f4 49. Qf1 Ke4 50. Re6+ Kf5 51. Re8 Kg4 52. Ke2 f3+ 53. Qxf3+ Kh4 54. Rg8?? { (Mate in 2 → 0.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg2 was best. } { Draw by stalemate. } (54. Qg2 Kh5 55. Rh8#) 1/2-1/2