[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qn2Ce8BH"] [Date "2024.02.29"] [White "ZionD"] [Black "steva23"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.02.29"] [UTCTime "21:50:58"] [WhiteElo "1743"] [BlackElo "1787"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 3. Bd3?! { (0.45 → -0.40) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe1 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Qe3? { (-0.89 → -2.33) Mistake. Re1 was best. } (8. Re1 a6) 8... a6?! { (-2.33 → -1.69) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (8... d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nd1 Qc7 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. h3 c4 14. Bf1 Nb4 15. Qc3) 9. Qg5? { (-1.69 → -3.39) Mistake. e5 was best. } (9. e5 Ng4 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Qe2 d5 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Rd1 Nd4) 9... h6?! { (-3.39 → -2.21) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } (9... Nxe4 10. Qe3 Nf6 11. b3 d5 12. Nd1 Bd6 13. Bb2 d4 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. g3 Ndb4 16. Ne1) 10. a3?? { (-2.21 → -6.12) Blunder. Qf4 was best. } (10. Qf4 e5 11. Qe3 Nd4 12. b3 Ng4 13. Qe1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Nf6 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. a4 Bg5) 10... hxg5 11. Ra2 g4 12. g3 gxf3 13. Be2 Nd4 14. Bd3 b5 15. b3 e5 { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2