[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.11.30"] [Round "?"] [White "MAXMIL_90"] [Black "ZenPractice"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "2056"] [BlackElo "2125"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2249751389982720"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "180+2"] {[%evp 0,84,14,24,18,-15,-10,-27,-27,-36,-21,-36,-33,-33,-31,-39,-36,-44,-33,-63,-75,-77,-111,-119,-129,-118,-101,-142,-127,-297,-305,-320,-265,-299,-293,-299,-273,-274,-270,-282,-260,-283,-256,-314,-339,-339,-345,-382,-285,-521,-468,-545,-512,-993,-929,-935,-935,-937,-411,-915,-1019,-1056,-924,-1343,-1183,-1044,-2105,-1200,-1457,-1450,-826,-882,-923,-951,-1108,-1207,-1161,-1074,-1232,-1225,-1352,-1279,-29986,-29997,-29986,-2285,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 {B21 Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack} d5 3. e5 $6 {A sideline used less than half of the time. ed5 is much more natural as the pawn push creates a dark-squared barrier for white's c1 bishop to navigate.} Nc6 4. Nf3 Bf5 (4... Bg4 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. a4 a6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 h5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bf2 h4 14. O-O Be7 15. Qd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra5 b4 18. Rfa1 O-O 19. Qe1 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Ra8 21. Qa1 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 c4 23. d4 b3 24. c3 Qb7 25. Qa4 Kf8 26. Kf1 Qc8 27. Ke2 Kg8 28. Kd1 Qd8 29. Ke2 g5 30. fxg5 Bxg5 31. Qa1 Kh7 32. Nh2 Qg8 33. Ng4 Qg6 34. Kf1 {0-1 Murzin,V (2658)-Carlsen,M (2833) Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (8)}) 5. d3 e6 6. Be2 h5 7. O-O Nh6 8. h3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 {So far, all theory and fully analyzed by Stockfish 17.1.} (8... Bg6 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 h4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. c3 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Re1 b5 15. d4 c4 16. Nf1 a5 17. Ne3 b4 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. b3 bxc3 21. bxc4 Nxe5 22. Qxd7+ Nxd7 23. c5 f6 24. Rxc3 Bd6 25. Nxh4 Rxh4 26. Bxh4 Bxf4 27. Rb3 g5 28. Bf2 Rb8 29. Bb5 Kd8 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Rxb8 Bxb8 32. Re2 e5 33. Rb2 Bc7 34. Rb7 Kc6 35. Ra7 Bc8 36. h4 gxh4 37. Bxh4 exd4 38. Bxf6 {1-0 Horvath,Z (2111)-Farkas,A (2045) HUN-chT2 Maroczy 0607 Hungary 2006 (3)}) 9. Kh1 {A reasonable idea to get out of check but White should be more focused on development.} (9. b3 {A flexible move that protects the b2 pawn but also lends itself to developing the bishop to b2 or a3.} Be7 {Much of this line dedicates itself to castling short, playing h4 and securing space on the kingside. Sometimes in chess, it's all about controlling a part of the board to create problems for your opponent.} 10. Be3 Bg6 11. a3 Nf5 12. Bf2 O-O 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Ne3 Ng3 17. Rfe1 Bh5 18. Bd1 c4 19. dxc4 (19. Bxg3 hxg3 20. dxc4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rfd8 24. Red1 Nd4 25. Ne4 Nxc2 26. Rac1 Nd4 27. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rxc8 $11) 19... Ne4 20. Qd3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 dxc4 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Nxc4 b6 $15) 9... Be7 10. b3 $6 Bg6 (10... Bg4 $1 {A sneaky way of vacating the f5 square for the knight.} 11. Kh2 (11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 g3 13. Nf3 Nf5+ 14. Kg1 c4+ $19) 11... Nf5 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Na3 f6 $1 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nc2 Kb8 16. Ne3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nd4 $17) 11. c3 (11. Be3 {This is better as it covers the dark squares and provides some pressure on the diagonal.} Nf5 12. Bf2 h4 13. Nbd2 O-O-O $17) 11... Nf5 12. Kh2 d4 $6 {The problem with this move is that it weakens e4 and allows the simple Nbd2-e4. Black is still better but more to the point was f6, weakening the center and the b8-h2 diagonal to the king.} (12... f6 13. Qe1 h4 14. Rf2 O-O 15. Nbd2 Qc7 16. Kg1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 {Black simply wins a pawn.}) 13. c4 Rd8 14. Nbd2 $2 Ne3 {White cannot afford to give up the exchange.} 15. Qe1 Nc2 $1 16. Qd1 Nxa1 17. Bb2 Nxb3 (17... Nb4 $1 {Preparing to protect the knight with Nac2 while threatening to take on d3.} 18. Qxa1 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Re1 Qa5 21. a4 a6 22. Qa3 Bf5 $19) 18. axb3 Nb4 19. Nb1 {[#]} O-O 20. g4 Qc7 21. Kg3 f6 $1 {[%csl Yg3][%CAl Gc7g3]} 22. Bc1 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Be8 24. g5 Bd6 (24... Bxg5 25. Bxh5 Bxh5 26. Qxh5 Rf5 27. Qe2 Rdf8 $19) 25. Bxh5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qxe5+ 27. Bf4 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Qxg5+ 29. Rg4 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Bxh5 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qxh5 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Rf8 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ Ke7 37. Qxc5+ Kd8 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. Qxe6+ Kb8 40. Qd6+ Ka8 41. h4 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Rf3+ {White resigns.} 0-1