floxssy vs spartantiger2025

How it swung

The one slip

32.♔f5 cost 1.8 pawns. ♘b5+ would have held it.

The position went from better to level.

The point: 32...♔c5 33.♘xa7 ♘c7 34.♘c8

The score

1. 1. d4 c5
2. 2. c3 cxd4
3. 3. cxd4 d5
4. 4. Nc3 Nc6
5. 5. e4 dxe4
6. 6. d5 Ne5
7. 7. Nxe4 e6
8. 8. dxe6 Bxe6
9. 9. Bb5+ Bd7
10. 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7
11. 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7
12. 12. Nf3 Ngf6
13. 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6
14. 14. Bg5 Be7
15. 15. O-O-O O-O
16. 16. Rhe1 Rac8+
17. 17. Kb1 Rfe8
18. 18. Ne5 Nd5
19. 19. Bxe7 Nxe7
20. 20. Nd7 Nc6
21. 21. Nc5 Rxe1
22. 22. Rxe1 b6
23. 23. Ne4 Nd4
24. 24. Rc1 Rxc1+
25. 25. Kxc1 f5
26. 26. Nc3 Kf8
27. 27. f3 Ke7
28. 28. Kd2 Kd6
29. 29. Ke3 Ne6
30. 30. g4 f4+
31. 31. Ke4 g5
32. 32. Kf5 a6
33. 33. Ne4+ Ke7
34. 34. Nxg5 Nd4+
35. 35. Kxf4 Ne2+
36. 36. Ke3 Nc1
37. 37. Nxh7 Nxa2
38. 38. h4 Nb4
39. 39. g5 Kf7
40. 40. h5 Nd5+
41. 41. Ke4 Ne7
42. 42. Nf6 Kg7
43. 43. Ng4 Nc6
44. 44. f4 b5
45. 45. f5 a5
46. 46. Kd5 Nb4+
47. 47. Ke6 Nd3
48. 48. f6+ Kf8
49. 49. Ne5 Nf4+
50. 50. Kf5 Nxh5
51. 51. Ng6+ Kf7
52. 52. Ne5+ Kf8
53. 53. g6 Ng3+
54. 54. Ke6 Nh5
55. 55. Nd7+ Kg8
56. 56. f7+ Kg7
57. 57. f8=Q+ Kxg6
58. 58. Qf3 Ng7+
59. 59. Ke7 Kh7
60. 60. Ne5 Nh5
61. 61. Qf7+ Kh6
62. 62. Qg6#