Event: Round 1: Gardiner, Harry - Lees, Nicholas
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/staffordshire-chess-congress-2025-open/round-1/t7XRQnyf/ao4CuhDi
White: Gardiner, Harry
WhiteElo: 2001
Black: Lees, Nicholas
Result: 0-1
ECO: D63
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Pillsbury Variation
Variant: Standard

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:50:19] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:49:18] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:50:25] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:47:02] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:50:23] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:46:45] } 4. Bg5 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 1:50:06] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:45:29] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:50:12] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:45:05] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:50:19] } 6... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:42:37] } 7. Rc1 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:49:47] } 7... b6 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:37:54] } 8. cxd5 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:48:29] } 8... exd5 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:34:07] } 9. Bd3 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:45:24] } 9... Bb7 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:32:07] } 10. O-O { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:42:47] } 10... c5 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:17:14] } 11. Bxf6?! { [%eval -0.32] } { Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } { [%clk 1:11:51] } 11... Nxf6 { [%eval -0.27] [%clk 0:59:59] } 12. Qc2?! { [%eval -0.94] } { Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } { [%clk 1:00:49] } 12... Bd6?! { [%eval -0.31] } { Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%clk 0:30:03] } 13. Nb5 { [%eval -0.56] [%clk 0:43:27] } 13... c4 { [%eval -0.53] [%clk 0:21:51] } 14. Nxd6 { [%eval -0.53] [%clk 0:38:35] } 14... Qxd6 { [%eval -0.55] [%clk 0:21:33] } 15. Be2 { [%eval -0.5] [%clk 0:27:29] } 15... Ne4 { [%eval -0.35] [%clk 0:18:59] } 16. Nd2 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:22:32] } 16... f5 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:17:23] } 17. Nf3 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 0:20:40] } 17... Rae8 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:14:17] } 18. Ne5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:16:39] } 18... f4 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 0:08:07] } 19. f3 { [%eval -0.27] [%clk 0:05:16] } 19... Ng5 { [%eval -0.28] [%clk 0:06:24] } 20. Qd2? { [%eval -1.41] } { Mistake. Qc3 was best. } { [%clk 0:04:11] } 20... Ne6 { [%eval -1.16] [%clk 0:04:15] } 21. Ng4?! { [%eval -1.93] } { Inaccuracy. Rc3 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:57] } 21... h5 { [%eval -1.87] [%clk 0:03:29] } 22. Nf2?? { [%eval -5.89] } { Blunder. Ne5 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:00] } 22... fxe3 { [%eval -5.7] [%clk 0:03:28] } 23. Qxe3 { [%eval -6.67] [%clk 0:01:07] } 23... Nf4 { [%eval -6.54] [%clk 0:03:17] } 24. Ne4 { [%eval -6.67] [%clk 0:01:06] } 24... dxe4 { [%eval -6.96] [%clk 0:03:18] } 25. Bxc4+ { [%eval -6.87] [%clk 0:01:10] } 25... Kh8 { [%eval -6.23] [%clk 0:03:00] } 26. fxe4 { [%eval -6.93] [%clk 0:00:42] } 26... Rxe4 { [%eval -6.66] [%clk 0:02:59] } 27. Qf3 { [%eval -7.98] [%clk 0:00:20] } 27... Qxd4+ { [%eval -7.82] [%clk 0:02:50] } 28. Kh1 { [%eval -7.37] [%clk 0:00:29] } 28... Re7 { [%eval -6.28] [%clk 0:02:31] } 29. Qxh5+?? { [%eval #-10] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf2 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:18] } 29... Nxh5 { [%eval #-9] [%clk 0:02:31] } 30. Rxf8+ { [%eval #-9] [%clk 0:00:27] } 30... Kh7 { [%eval #-15] [%clk 0:02:33] } 31. Bg8+ { [%eval #-8] [%clk 0:00:33] } 31... Kh6 { [%eval #-7] [%clk 0:02:29] } 32. Bb3 { [%eval #-6] [%clk 0:00:41] } 32... Bxg2+ { [%eval #-7] [%clk 0:02:27] } 33. Kxg2 { [%eval #-7] [%clk 0:00:32] } 33... Qd3? { [%eval -7.35] } { Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd2+ was best. } { [%clk 0:02:28] } 0-1