Endgame difficulties Tim Hayward 2 January, 2021 [Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/1pkqp9LM"] [Date "2020.12.03"] [White "AnimatedGIF"] [Black "Locken"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.03"] [UTCTime "20:44:38"] [WhiteElo "1367"] [BlackElo "1364"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Beverwijk Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Beverwijk Variation } 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Qe2 d4 8. Na4 Qd6 9. b3 a6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. h3 h6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Ba3 {[#] I think Locken did not see Bxf8 when playing Qc3 } Qc3 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Rac1 Qc5 18. Ng4 Qg5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qf3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qxb7 c5 23. g4 Bc8 24. Qf3 f5 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Qxc5 Bd7 27. Qxd4 fxg4 28. Qe3 Rf4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Rfe1 Bh3+ 31. Qg3 Bg4 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. dxe4 Qxc1+ 34. Kh2 h5 35. f3 Qxc2+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qxb3 38. fxg4 Qxa4 39. gxh5+ Kh8 40. Qg6 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qd1+ 42. Kf4 Qd2+ 43. Kf5 Qf2+ 44. Kg5 Qg2+ 45. Kh6 Qxg6+ 46. hxg6 Kg8 47. g7 a5 48. e5 a4 49. e6 a3 50. e7 Kf7 51. Kh7 Kxe7 52. g8=Q Kd6 53. Qa2 Kc5 54. Qxa3+ Kd4 55. Qa5 Ke4 56. Kg6 Kd4 57. Kf5 Ke3 58. Qa4 Kf3 59. Qa3+ Ke2 60. Ke4 Kd2 61. Kf3 Kc2 62. Ke2 Kb1 63. Qd3+ Kb2 64. Kd2 Ka2 65. Kc2 Ka1 66. Qc3+ Ka2 67. Qb2# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.