stradling vs mirage_IN

How it swung

The one slip

8...e5 cost 3.0 pawns. ♘b4 would have held it.

The position went from winning to level.

The point: 9.O-O ♗xc2 10.♕e1 ♘d3

The score

1. 1. e4 d5
2. 2. exd5 Nf6
3. 3. Nc3 Nxd5
4. 4. Nxd5 Qxd5
5. 5. Be2 Nc6
6. 6. Bf3 Qa5
7. 7. Ne2 Bf5
8. 8. b3 e5
9. 9. Bb2 e4
10. 10. Bc3 Qc5
11. 11. Bxe4 Bxe4
12. 12. f3 Bg6
13. 13. d4 Qg5
14. 14. Ng3 Bb4
15. 15. Bxb4 Nxb4
16. 16. O-O O-O-O
17. 17. c3 Nc2
18. 18. Rc1 Ne3
19. 19. Ne4 Nxd1
20. 20. Nxg5 Ne3
21. 21. Rfe1 Nd5
22. 22. c4 Nf4
23. 23. d5 Nd3
24. 24. Re7 Nxc1
25. 25. Nxf7 Bxf7
26. 26. Rxf7 Ne2+
27. 27. Kf2 Nc3
28. 28. a3 g6
29. 29. Ke3 Nd1+
30. 30. Kd4 h5
31. 31. h4 Rde8
32. 32. c5 Re3
33. 33. Kc4 a6
34. 34. a4 Nb2+
35. 35. Kd4 Nd1
36. 36. b4 Ra3
37. 37. a5 Ra4
38. 38. Kc4 Ne3+
39. 39. Kb3 Rxb4+
40. 40. Kxb4 Nxd5+
41. 41. Kc4 Ne3+
42. 42. Kd4 Nxg2
43. 43. f4 Nxh4
44. 44. f5 Nxf5+
45. 45. Kd5 Rd8+
46. 46. Ke6 Nd4+
47. 47. Ke7 Nb5
48. 48. Rg7 Rd7+
49. 49. Kf6 Rxg7
50. 50. Kxg7 b6
51. 51. Kxg6 bxa5
52. 52. Kxh5 a4
53. 53. Kg6 a3
54. 54. Kf7 a2
55. 55. Ke7 a1=Q
56. 56. Ke6 a5
57. 57. Kd5 Qc3
58. 58. Kc6 Qd4
59. 59. Kxb5 Kd7
60. 60. c6+ Kc8
61. 61. Kxa5 Qb6+
62. 62. Ka4 Qxc6+
63. 63. Kb4 Qb6+
64. 64. Kc4 c5
65. 65. Kd5 Kc7
66. 66. Kc4 Qc6
67. 67. Kc3 c4
68. 68. Kc2 Kd6
69. 69. Kc3 Kd5
70. 70. Kc2 Kd4
71. 71. Kc1 Kd3
72. 72. Kd1 Qh1#