A Sparc of Genius

[Event "Saitek Sparc - Fidelity Avant G"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V11"]
[Black "Saitek Sparc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 ({Theoretical move is
Relevant:} 5... Bb4+ $1) ({Relevant:} 5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. e3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15.
Rac1 a5 16. Bg3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 18. Ra1 Rfa8 19. Rxa3 Rxa3 20. Qb2 Ra8 21. h3
Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bxc7 h6 26. Be5 Re8 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Bc4 Rc7 30. f3 Bc8 31. Kf2 Be6 32. Kg3 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Kg7
34. Kf4 Rc6 35. Ke4 {55.96/0 0-1, Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V11 - Saitek
Sparc (rev.512A) (mess, Saitek Sparc (rev.512A) (mess 0.220)-Fid (2),}) 6. exf6
$1 Qxf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. e3 Be6 {[#]} 11. Rb1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Nge5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg3 Na5 15. Bxe5 dxe5
16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bc6 18. f3 Qg5 19. Qc1 Rad8 20. Ra2 Rd6 21. e4 Qh4 22. g3
Rg6 23. Rf2 Bxe4 24. Rg2 Qf6 25. fxe4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Rgf6 27. b4 h5 28. Qg1 Qd6
29. Qe3 h4 30. gxh4 Rf4 31. Rd2 Qh6 32. Qg1 R8f7 33. h5 Rxe4 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35.
Rd7 Rxe2 36. Rdxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxe2 Qxg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rxe5 Rf3 40. Re7+ Kh6
{Van Scheltinga,T-Larsen,B Beverwijk 1961 1-0}) 11... Na5 $2 {Stockfish 15: +2.
89/30 2.89/30 Stockfish 15:} (11... b6 {Stockfish 15: +1.60/32 1.60/32
Stockfish 15:} 12. c5 Nge5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. Nxe5+ dxe5 16. O-O g6
17. cxb6 axb6 18. a4 Rhd8 19. Qb2 Kg7 20. Ra1 h5 21. Rfd1 Bd5 22. h3 Be4 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf1 Rd7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Qa2 h4 27. Qxa5) 12. c5 $1 Qf5 $2 {
Stockfish 15: +3.97/36 3.97/36 Stockfish 15:} (12... O-O {Stockfish 15: +2.52/
31 2.52/31 Stockfish 15:} 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Be2 Ne5 15. O-O h6 16. Qxd6 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Rad8 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 b6 20. Bd4 Bxa2 21. Rb4 Bd5 22. Be2 Rc8 23.
Rfb1 Bc4 24. Bg4 Rc6 25. f3 Bf7 26. Bd7 Rc7 27. Bb5 Re7 28. Kf2) 13. Rb5 Nc4
14. Qd1 $1 O-O 15. Nd4 Qf6 16. Rxb7 $2 {Stockfish 15: 0.00/37 0.00/37
Stockfish 15:} (16. Bxc4 {Stockfish 15: +3.37/29 3.37/29 Stockfish 15:} Bxc4
17. Qxg4 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nd4 dxc5 20. Ne2 Qf7 21. O-O Qxa2 22. Ng3 Qf7 23.
Be5 Qg6 24. Qc4+ Rf7 25. Qd5 c6 26. Qxc5 a5 27. e4 Qe6 28. Bd4 a4 29. Ra1 Ra6
30. f4 a3 31. Qb4 c5 32. Qxc5 a2 33. f5 Qb3 34. Qc8+ Rf8 35. Qd7 Rf7) 16...
Nxf2 $1 17. Kxf2 $4 {Stockfish 15: -3.87/31 -3.87/31 Stockfish 15:} (17. Qb3 {
Stockfish 15: 0.00/41 0.00/41 Stockfish 15:} Nxh1 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4+ Kh8
20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qc7 Rac8 22. Qxd6 Qh4+ 23. g3 Qxh2 24. Rxg7 Qf2+ 25. Kd1 Qf1+
26. Kd2 Qg2+ 27. Ne2 Kxg7 28. Be5+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kg6 30. Qg4+ Kf7) 17... Nxe3 $1
18. Kxe3 $2 {Stockfish 15: -6.88/29 -6.88/29 Stockfish 15:} (18. Qf3 {
Stockfish 15: -3.66/34 -3.66/34 Stockfish 15:} Bd5 19. Qxe3 Rae8 20. Qd2 Bxb7
21. Bc4+ d5 22. Bb5 Re4 23. Ne2 g5 24. Rf1 gxf4 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. a4 Bxb5 27.
axb5 Qe7 28. c6 Re8 29. h3 Qe5 30. Rd1 Re3 31. Kf1 Qe4 32. Nf3 Qc4+ 33. Kg1
Qxb5 34. Nd4 Qc5 35. Qf2 Qxc3 36. Kh2 R3e7 37. Nf5) 18... Qxf4+ 19. Kd3 dxc5 $2
{Stockfish 15: -2.50/36 -2.50/36 Stockfish 15:} (19... Bd5 {Stockfish 15: -5.
66/28 -5.66/28 Stockfish 15:} 20. c6 Be4+ 21. Kc4 Bxc6 22. Rb4 a5 23. Kb3 axb4
24. Nxc6 Ra3+ 25. Kb2 Rxc3 26. g4 Qf2+ 27. Kb1 Rxc6 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxc6 Qe1+
30. Qc1 Qe4+ 31. Bd3 Qxd3+ 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Rf2+ 34. Kb3 Kg8 35. h3 Kf7
36. Kxb4 Rxa2 37. Rc1 Rb2+ 38. Kc4 Rd2 39. Rc3 c6 40. Rb3 Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kf6) 20.
Nxe6 Rad8+ $1 21. Nd4 $4 {Stockfish 15: -9.01/30 -9.01/30 Stockfish 15:} (21.
Nxd8 {Stockfish 15: -2.34/34 -2.34/34 Stockfish 15:} Rxd8+ 22. Kc2 Qa4+ 23. Rb3
Qxa2+ 24. Rb2 Qa4+ 25. Rb3 Rxd1 26. Bc4+ Qxc4 27. Rxd1 Qe4+ 28. Kc1 Qxg2 29.
Rd2 Qf1+ 30. Kb2 Qf4 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Rbd8 g5 33. h4 Qxh4 34. Rc8 Qf4 35. Rd7+
Ke6 36. Rdxc7 h5 37. Rxc5 h4 38. R8c6+ Kd7 39. Rc4 Qd2+ 40. Kb3 h3 41. Rh6)
21... cxd4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Kc2 dxc3 $1 24. Bc4 Qe4+ 25. Kxc3 Qxg2 26. Qb1 Qc6
27. Kb2 Qxb7+ 28. Ka1 Qc6 $1 29. Rc1 Rf2 30. Qb4 Qf6+ 31. Kb1 Qf5+ $1 32. Ka1
Qe5+ 33. Kb1 Qe4+ 34. Ka1 Rc2 35. Rf1 Qd4+ $1 36. Kb1 c5 37. Kxc2 cxb4 38. Bb5
Qc5+ 39. Kb1 Qxb5 40. Rc1 b3 $1 41. Kb2 Rd2+ 42. Kc3 Rd3+ 43. Kb2 Qe5+ $1 44.
Kb1 bxa2+ 45. Kxa2 Qxh2+ 46. Kb1 Rb3+ 47. Ka1 Qb2# {White loses 0.3 pawn per
move (2 blunders, 2 mistakes), Black loses 0.1 pawn per move (3 mistakes).} 0-1