[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://live.chess-online.com/bVL8bgEV"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [White "maxon_24"] [Black "v_immrtl_n"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "bVL8bgEV"] [UTCDate "2026.04.08"] [UTCTime "13:24:57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "live.chess-online.com"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. e5 a6 4. d4 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3?! { (-0.45 → -1.08) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (10. Bd3) 10... Nc6 11. Na4?! { (-1.10 → -1.99) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (11. Be2 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Na4 O-O 15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Bb6 Qe8) 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qa5 13. Bxb4? { (-1.46 → -3.13) Mistake. b3 was best. } (13. b3) 13... Qxb4+ 14. Nc3 Qxb2 15. Qc1 Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1 O-O?? { (-3.02 → -0.57) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (16... Nxe5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bd3 Ke7 21. Kd2 Rhb8 22. Rb1) 17. Be2?? { (-0.57 → -2.70) Blunder. Nxd5 was best. } (17. Nxd5 Nxe5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Be2 g5 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Rc7 Nf6 22. O-O Bd7) 17... Nd4?! { (-2.70 → -1.69) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (17... Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Kd2 Ne7 21. Rb1 d4 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Bf3) 18. Bg4 f5?! { (-1.97 → -1.04) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (18... a5 19. O-O Nc6 20. Rfe1 Nb4 21. Be2 Ba6 22. a3 Bxe2 23. axb4 Bd3 24. bxa5) 19. Bh3?? { (-1.04 → -3.35) Blunder. exf6 was best. } (19. exf6) 19... Bd7?! { (-3.35 → -2.08) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (19... g5 20. g3 Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Nxe5 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Ng6 24. Ke3 d4+ 25. Kxd4) 20. O-O? { (-2.08 → -3.78) Mistake. Ne2 was best. } (20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Kd2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Bb5+ 24. Kd2 Bc4 25. a4 g5) 20... Bb5?? { (-3.78 → -1.31) Blunder. Rfc8 was best. } (20... Rfc8 21. Rcd1 Bb5 22. Rfe1 Nc2 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Re2 Rxa2 25. g4 f4 26. Red2) 21. Nxb5?? { (-1.31 → -4.05) Blunder. Rfd1 was best. } (21. Rfd1) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1?! { (-3.22 → -4.68) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (23. Nd4 Nxa2) 23... axb5 24. a4 Rxa4 25. Rc4?? { (-5.79 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb1 was best. } (25. Rb1 Rb8 26. f3 g6 27. g3 b4 28. g4 Kh8 29. Rb3 Raa8 30. Kg2 Ra1) 25... Rxc4?! { (Mate in 2 → -10.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ra1+ was best. } (25... Ra1+ 26. Rc1 Rxc1#) 26. Bxf5?! { (-10.67 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g3 was best. } (26. g3 b4 27. Kg2 b3 28. Kf3 b2 29. Bf1 b1=Q 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kh3 Qh1) 26... Rfc8? { (Mate in 1 → -7.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc1# was best. } (26... Rc1#) 27. Bxe6+ Kf8 28. Bxc8? { (-7.04 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g3 was best. } (28. g3 Rd8 29. Kg2 g6 30. f4 Ke7 31. f5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 b4 33. Bxh7 Rf8) 28... Rc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1