[Event "2021 West Michigan Championship U1200"]
[Site "Grand Rapids Chess Center"]
[Date "2021-10-17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smith, R. Daniel"]
[Black "Bliss, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "472"]
[BlackElo "-"]
[TimeControl "G/90;d5"]
[Termination "normal"]
[Board "20"]
[Annotator "Smith, R. Daniel & Lichess"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line"]

1. e4 { [%eval 0.28] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.13] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.46] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.54] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.36] } 3... dxe4 { [%eval 0.21] } 4. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... e6?! { [%eval 0.93] } { Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } (4... Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8. Nf4 c5 9. h4) 5. c3 { [%eval 0.89] } 5... Nf6?! { [%eval 1.73] } { Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (5... Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ne5) 6. Bd3?! { [%eval 0.94] } { Inaccuracy. Nxf6+ was best. } (6. Nxf6+) 6... Be7 { [%eval 1.36] } 7. Nf3 { [%eval 1.22] } 7... O-O?! { [%eval 2.25] } { Inaccuracy. Nbd7 was best. } (7... Nbd7) 8. O-O?! { [%eval 1.18] } { Inaccuracy. Nxf6+ was best. } (8. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 8... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.99] } 9. Nxf6+ { [%eval 1.26] } 9... Bxf6 { [%eval 1.34] } 10. Re1 { [%eval 1.21] } 10... h6? { [%eval 2.6] } { Mistake. c5 was best. } (10... c5 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. b3) 11. Bf4 { [%eval 2.58] } 11... Qb6 { [%eval 3.27] } 12. b4?! { [%eval 2.03] } { Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (12. Qe2 Be7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rd8 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bxh6 Qxb2) 12... a5 { [%eval 1.98] } 13. a3 { [%eval 2.08] } 13... Be7 { [%eval 2.63] } 14. Bc2?! { [%eval 1.89] } { Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (14. Qd2 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Rd8 17. h3 Bf8 18. Ra8 Be7 19. Bg3 Rf8 20. Bc2 Nf6) 14... Nf6 { [%eval 1.99] } 15. Ne5 { [%eval 1.54] } 15... Nd5?! { [%eval 2.63] } { Inaccuracy. axb4 was best. } (15... axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. Qb2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rd8 21. h3 f6 22. Bg3) 16. Qd3 { [%eval 2.74] } { This defends against ...Nxc3, but appears to ignore the more obvious threat of ...Nxf4. However, Black cannot take the bishop because of Qh7#, which luckily my opponent missed. } 16... Nxf4?? { [%eval #1] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } (16... f5 17. Ng6) 17. Qh7# 1-0


