[Event "Road to Sharjah 2024 - Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5pfNjtFi"] [Date "2024.03.30"] [White "blank37"] [Black "eskeropouloss"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.30"] [UTCTime "15:31:11"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2661"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-27"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "E36"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 { E36 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation } Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7?! { (0.00 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (7... c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O) 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Nf3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Kg7 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qe7 15. O-O g4 16. Nd2 f5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qc7 Rf7 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Qe5 Kg8 21. Rc3 Nd7 22. Qf4 Qg5?! { (0.93 → 1.98) Inaccuracy. Nf8 was best. } (22... Nf8 23. Rfc1 Qd8 24. Rc5 h5 25. Bb5 a6 26. Ba4 b5 27. Bb3 Rh7 28. Qe5 Rf7 29. Rc6) 23. Rfc1 Rf8 24. Qd6 Nb6 25. a4 Rd8 26. Qe5 Qg7 27. Qf4 a5? { (1.73 → 3.69) Mistake. Qg5 was best. } (27... Qg5 28. Qe5 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. a5 Nd7 31. Rc7 Kf6 32. Bb5 Nf8 33. Nb3 Rb8 34. Nc5) 28. Bb5 Qf6 29. Rc7 Rb8 30. Nb3 Ra8 31. Nc5 Rf8 32. Qd6 Rd8?! { (4.34 → 6.31) Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. } (32... Nc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd8 35. Qb6 h5 36. Rc1 Qh6 37. Re7 Qf8 38. Qc7 Re8 39. Rxe8) 33. Qxb6 { Black resigns. } 1-0