[Event "15th Capablanca Cup Chess Championship -"]
[White "Panchol,James Madol"]
[Black "Shile,Lenny Mataiga"]
[Site "Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Forest "]
[Round "4.1"]
[Annotator "USER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "157"]
{A very famous quote. "I was completely winning. If I don't kill myself tonight, I'm gonna live a thousand years" ~ Ivan Sokolov, Tata Steel 2013. Lenny put this up on his social media feed - 'That's exactly how it feels to lose such. Panchol played incredible chess in the endgame.'} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. dxc5 e6 7. Be3 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 11. Ba4 Nf5 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. O-O b5 14. Bb3 Nxe5 15. Qe2 Nc4 16. a4 Ng3 17. Qe1 Nxf1 18. Kxf1 Nxd2+ 19. Qxd2 b4 20. Nxd5 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qe5 f6 25. Qb8+ Kf7 26. Qd8 Qxc2 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Qe8+ Kh6 29. g4 g6 {??} ({Lenny missed a golden chance to win the game.} 29... Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bc5+ 31. Kf3 Rxe8 )30. Qxe6 Qxb2 31. Qe3+ g5 32. h4 Qe5 33. hxg5+ Qxg5 34. Qh3+ Kg6 35. Qd3+ Kh6 36. Qf3 Bc5 37. Rd5 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qc3 39. Qf4+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 {White has a massive advantage +20.} 41. Qe4 Qb3 42. g5 Bf8 43. gxf6 Qf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Qe5 {??} Kg6 46. f4 h6 47. Kf3 h5 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Ke4 Rh6 50. Qd5+ Kxf6 51. Qd4+ Kf7 52. Kf5 {White has thrown away all his advantage.} h4 {According to Fritz the game is drawn.} 53. Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg8 55. Qc4+ Kg7 56. Qd4+ Kg8 57. Qd5+ Kg7 58. Qg2+ Kf7 59. Qh3 Rf6+ 60. Ke4 Rh6 61. f5 Kg7 62. Kf4 Bd6+ 63. Kg4 Bf8 64. Kf4 Bd6+ 65. Ke4 Bf8 66. Kf3 Kf7 67. a5 Be7 68. Kg4 Bf8 69. Kg5 Kg7 {Black should have activated his Bishop with Bg7.} 70. Qe3 h3 71. f6+ Kf7 72. Qb3+ Ke8 73. Qe6+ Kd8 74. Qf7 (74. Qd5+ Kc8 (74... Ke8 75. Qc6+ Kd8 76. Qa8+ )75. Qa8+ )Rh8 75. Qd5+ Ke8 76. f7+ Ke7 77. Qe5+ Kxf7 78. Qxh8 Be7+ 79. Kf5 1-0