[Event "Battle Royale Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Hy6DTwzW"] [Date "2023.10.07"] [White "aaryan_varshney"] [Black "Statham_13"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.10.07"] [UTCTime "20:56:07"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2525"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "E10"] [Opening "Blumenfeld Countergambit: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5?! { (0.00 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (3... d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a3) 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5?! { (0.84 → 0.26) Inaccuracy. dxe6 was best. } { E10 Blumenfeld Countergambit: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation } (5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 7. e3 d5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O) 5... exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 h6?? { (0.44 → 2.41) Blunder. a6 was best. } (7... a6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5) 8. Bxb5+ Bd7 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxd7+?! { (2.18 → 1.25) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Bd3 Be7 12. e5 O-O 13. O-O Be8 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. Qd3 g6 16. e6 Nb6) 10... Nxd7 11. Nc3 Be7?! { (1.04 → 1.69) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (11... g6 12. Nb5 Rb8 13. Nxa7 Bg7 14. Nc6 Rxb2 15. O-O O-O 16. a4 Qf4 17. a5 Qxe4 18. Ra4) 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rab8 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Nd1 Rb4 18. b3 Rc8?? { (0.00 → 2.04) Blunder. Re8 was best. } (18... Re8 19. f3 Qf4 20. Rf1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 f5 22. exf5 Re5 23. Nf2 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 a5 25. Kg1) 19. Nb2 Qc3 20. Qe2 a5?! { (2.18 → 3.46) Inaccuracy. Rd4 was best. } (20... Rd4 21. Nc4 Rd8 22. g3 g6 23. Kg2 h5 24. Rbc1 Qb4 25. Red1 Qb5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. h4) 21. Nc4 Be5 22. Rbc1 Qd4 23. Red1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. f4 f6 27. g3 Re8 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Kf3 f5 30. exf5 Kf6 31. Re4 Rb8 32. g4 Bd4 33. h4 a4 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 axb3 37. axb3 Rxb3+ 38. Kg4 Bf2 39. g6+ Kf8 40. f6 gxf6 41. Kf5 Kg7?! { (10.62 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rh3 was best. } (41... Rh3 42. Rxf6+ Kg8 43. Ra1 Rh5+ 44. Ke6 Rh6 45. f5 Rh1 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rf7+ Kh6 48. Rh8+) 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Rh1 c4 45. Rd7 Bb6 46. Rb7 Rb5 47. Rb8+ Bd8 48. Rxd8+ Kg7 49. Rh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0