Here is the game that Michael and I played this morning. It ended in a friendly draw.
https://lichess.org/lOOBgMCd/white
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"]
[Site "
https://lichess.org/lOOBgMCd"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mephisto Almeria 68000 (Spaciousmind)"]
[Black "Mephisto Vancouver 68000 (kblaubaer)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[UTCDate "2017.12.30"]
[UTCTime "14:01:09"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Symmetrical Line"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 { D14 Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Symmetrical Line } 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Rxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd3 16. Qd1 Be4 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Qb3 Bb4? { (0.11 → 1.27) Mistake. Best move was Qxb3. } (18... Qxb3 19. Nxb3 Bd3 20. Kf1 Bb5 21. Na5 c5 22. Nb7 c4 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Nb6 25. Bc5) 19. Nf3?! { (1.27 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bc7. } (19. Bc7 Qxc7 20. Qxb4 f6 21. Qc3 Nb8 22. Nb3 O-O 23. Nc5 Re8 24. a4 e5 25. b4 Qe7) 19... c5?! { (0.70 → 1.55) Inaccuracy. Best move was O-O. } (19... O-O 20. a3 Be7 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rxc6 Nc4 23. Rxa6 Nxb2 24. Ra7 Bd3 25. Nc1 Rc8 26. Nxd3) 20. a3 Ba5 21. Qa4?! { (1.15 → 0.29) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qxb6. } (21. Qxb6 Bxb6 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. b4 Na4 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Ne5 Nb6 26. Rb8 Nd7 27. Nxg6 hxg6) 21... Bd3? { (0.29 → 3.15) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (21... c4 22. b4 cxb3 23. Ne5 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Rxb3 Rc8 28. Rxb5) 22. dxc5 Qxb2 23. c6 Bxe2 24. cxd7+ Ke7 25. Qc6 Bxf3 26. Bd6+? { (3.00 → 1.62) Mistake. Best move was gxf3. } (26. gxf3 Bd8) 26... Kf6 27. gxf3 Rd8?! { (1.43 → 2.11) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bd8. } (27... Bd8) 28. f4 Qb5 29. Be5+ Kg6 30. Bc7? { (1.85 → -0.08) Mistake. Best move was Qc2+. } (30. Qc2+ f5 31. a4 Qb7 32. Qc8 Rxd7 33. Qe8+ Kh6 34. Qxe6+ g6 35. Bd4 Bd8 36. Rc6 Qb1+) 30... Bxc7 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. Rxc7 Kf6 33. Rb7 Ke7 34. Rxb5 Rxd7 35. Rb4 Rc7 36. a4 Rc4 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Ra7 d4 39. a5 Ra4 40. Kg2 d3 41. Rd7 Rxa5 42. Rxd3 Ra7 43. Kf3 Rc7 44. Rd2 Kf5 45. h4 Kg6 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
Lichess Evaluation
Mephisto Almeria 68,000
2 Inaccuracies
2 Mistakes
0 Blunders
15 Average centipawn loss
Mephisto Vancouver 68,000
2 Inaccuracies
2 Mistakes
0 Blunders
15 Average centipawn loss
But the game really should not have ended in a friendly draw. Mephisto Almeria missed a couple of golden opportunities to take another high flying scalp! Here is the best of those opportunities.
Missed Opportunity
[fen]7r/3Pkppp/p1Q1p3/b2p4/5B2/P3Pb2/1q3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 26[/fen]
In this position Mephisto Almeria played 26. Bd6? it was not the best move. The natural move 26. gxf3! was much better. Almeria had all sorts of threats going on in this position. So in the end you could say that Vancouver was the lucky recipient of this draw
Well surprisingly Almeria gets a win and a loss against Berlin 68000 and a draw and a loss against Vancouver 68000.
Bit of a surprise really that it gets anything when you consider that Almeria was the oldest of these 68,000 Lang's playing in this tournament.
Perhaps the improvement differences were not that great after all.
Anyway Almeria still has to play Portorose, Lyon and London.
Best regards