[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2023.08.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Pranav Nair"] [Black "lichess AI level 7"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. e4 {I play with the engine to practise openings as I can set the opening position and play the game.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. h3 Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 (11... Nc6 {This was the move that was played in the only game I found.} 12. Qe2+ Be6 13. Ngf3 O-O {and Black went on to win the game.}) 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 {Here I was thinking what the plan was. I thought about doubling the rooks along the d-file.} 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. Rad1 Rad8 {Now I acheived the first goal but had to find a plan to continue. I thought for long time deciding whether g4 worked or not.} 18. Rfe1 {Then I found a simpler option and went forward with it.} (18. g4 $5 {The idea was that I want to play Rd2 and Rfd1 but Nf4 is there and I also was thinking what to do about the bishop on h2 which was doing nothing so I thought to move the knight back and try to continue.} Nf6 19. Be5 {[%csl Rg1][%CAl Ge5d4,Gd1d2,Gf1d1,Gd4e3] The bishop pins the knight as black cannot afford to give up his bishop weaknening the dark square around the king and exchanging the one minor piece. But somehow I was to afraid to weaken the king.}) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rc8 $6 {I did not understand this move at all.} 20. Be5 a6 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 {Finally white achieved a lot of things. Firstly he got rid of his useless bishop on h2 for blacks active bishop by still keeping the weak pawn for black. Secondly white got the e-file and can enter through the e-file. I thought this was better for white.} 22. Re7 Nf5 23. Nd4 Qc4 $2 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rxb7 {I won a pawn with a clear advantage.} Kg7 27. Kf1 a5 28. Rb5 d4 29. cxd4 a4 30. d5 Kf6 31. d6 Ke6 32. Rd5 $1 Kd7 (32... Kxd5 $2 33. d7 {and white promotes.}) 33. Ke2 Rc2+ 34. Rd2 Rc4 35. b3 Re4+ 36. Kd1 axb3 37. axb3 f4 38. f3 Re5 39. Kc2 h5 40. b4 Re3 41. Kb2 h4 42. Ka2 Rc3 43. b5 Re3 44. b6 Re8 45. b7 Rb8 46. Rb2 Kxd6 47. Kb1 Kc7 48. Kc2 Rxb7 49. Rxb7+ Kxb7 50. Kd3 Kb6 51. Ke4 Kc5 52. Kxf4 Kd4 53. Kg4 Kc5 54. Kxh4 Kd4 55. Kg5 Kd3 56. h4 f6+ 57. Kxf6 Ke3 58. h5 Kf2 59. h6 Kf1 60. h7 Kxg2 61. h8=Q Kxf3 62. Qh4 Ke2 63. Qg3 Kd2 64. Qf3 Ke1 65. Qg2 Kd1 66. Ke5 Ke1 67. Kd4 Kd1 68. Kd3 Ke1 69. Qe2# {Normal White wins by checkmate.} 1-0