[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0C0VHli5"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "retal_ahmed"] [Black "Zainbot1"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "0C0VHli5"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:07:57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-246"] [BlackRatingDiff "+247"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.03] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.11] } { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. h4? { (0.11 → -1.25) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -1.25] } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a5 7. Bg5 c6) 3... Nxe4 { [%eval -1.31] } 4. h5? { (-1.31 → -2.58) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -2.58] } (4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 c6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Be3 d5 8. Bb3 h5) 4... Nd6? { (-2.58 → -1.32) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval -1.32] } (4... d5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Be2 Ne6 8. c3 Bc5 9. d4 exd4 10. h6) 5. Bb3 { [%eval -1.31] } 5... f6?? { (-1.31 → 0.58) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.58] } (5... Nc6 6. h6 g6 7. Nc3 a5 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. d4 Nfxd4 10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. Nxc6) 6. Rh4?? { (0.58 → -2.22) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.22] } (6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Na3 c6) 6... Nf5 { [%eval -2.12] } 7. Rf4? { (-2.12 → -4.31) Mistake. Rh1 was best. } { [%eval -4.31] } (7. Rh1 d5 8. c3 Nc6 9. d4 Be6 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Ba4 a6 12. Nd2 h6) 7... d6? { (-4.31 → -2.69) Mistake. exf4 was best. } { [%eval -2.69] } (7... exf4 8. d4 d5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. g4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nh4 13. Bg3) 8. Re4 { [%eval -3.25] } 8... Qe7? { (-3.25 → -1.66) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval -1.66] } (8... d5 9. Ra4 Be7 10. c4 d4 11. Qf3 c6 12. d3 Na6 13. g4 Nh4 14. Qg3) 9. Ne2?! { (-1.66 → -2.49) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -2.49] } (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 Qf7 13. Ne3) 9... Nc6 { [%eval -2.12] } 10. Na3 { [%eval -2.46] } 10... Be6 { [%eval -2.4] } 11. Ba4?! { (-2.40 → -3.82) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval -3.82] } (11. Nf4 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nfd4 13. c3 f5 14. Re3 Qh4 15. Nh3 f4 16. cxd4 fxe3) 11... g6? { (-3.82 → -2.07) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval -2.07] } (11... d5 12. Rg4 g6 13. Ng3 Qf7 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Rg3 Bd7 16. d4 f4 17. Rc3) 12. h6? { (-2.07 → -3.60) Mistake. Rb4 was best. } { [%eval -3.6] } (12. Rb4 Bc8 13. d4 Kd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Qd3 gxh5 17. Nc4 d5) 12... Bxh6 { [%eval -3.76] } 13. Nb5?! { (-3.76 → -4.91) Inaccuracy. d3 was best. } { [%eval -4.91] } (13. d3 Bg7 14. Rb4 O-O 15. Rxb7 Nd8 16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb4 a5 18. Rb5 Nh4) 13... Bd5?! { (-4.91 → -3.15) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -3.15] } (13... d5 14. d4 Bxc1 15. dxe5 O-O 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxc1 Re8 19. Nc3) 14. d4?! { (-3.15 → -4.53) Inaccuracy. d3 was best. } { [%eval -4.53] } (14. d3 Bxc1 15. Nbc3 Be6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qxc1 O-O 18. Qd2 d5 19. Ra4 a5) 14... Bxe4 { [%eval -4.32] } 15. d5 { [%eval -5.16] } 15... Nb4?? { (-5.16 → -1.81) Blunder. Bxc1 was best. } { [%eval -1.81] } (15... Bxc1 16. Nec3 Bxg2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qg4 Bh1 19. Qh3 O-O 20. Rxc1 Bd5 21. Nxd5) 16. c3?? { (-1.81 → -5.66) Blunder. Nxd6+ was best. } { [%eval -5.66] } (16. Nxd6+ Kd8 17. Nxe4 Bxc1 18. Nxc1 Rb8 19. c3 b5 20. Bb3 Na6 21. Nd3 Nd6) 16... Nd3+ { [%eval -5.06] } 17. Kf1 { [%eval -6.14] } 17... Nxc1?! { (-6.14 → -4.36) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -4.36] } (17... O-O 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Kg1 Nf5 21. Bd1 a6 22. b4 axb5 23. bxc5) 18. Qxc1?! { (-4.36 → -6.86) Inaccuracy. Nxd6+ was best. } { [%eval -6.86] } (18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxe4 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 b6 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. Qa6 Nd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6) 18... Bxc1 { [%eval -6.42] } 19. Rxc1 { [%eval -8.37] } 19... a6?! { (-8.37 → -5.93) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -5.93] } (19... O-O 20. Kg1 Bd3 21. Re1 Bxe2 22. Bb3 Kh8 23. Rxe2 a6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4) 20. Re1?! { (-5.93 → -8.85) Inaccuracy. Nxd6+ was best. } { [%eval -8.85] } (20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21. Nxe4 Kg7 22. g4 Nh6 23. Nd4 exd4 24. cxd4 Rhf8 25. Nc5 Kh8) 20... axb5 { [%eval -8.78] } 21. Bxb5+ { [%eval -8.65] } 21... Kf8 { [%eval -8.18] } 22. Rd1 { [%eval -8.44] } 22... Rxa2 { [%eval -8.45] } 23. Nc1 { [%eval -8.82] } 23... Rxb2 { [%eval -8.76] } 24. Nb3 { [%eval -9.52] } 24... Rxb3 { [%eval -9.79] } 25. c4 { [%eval -10.24] } 25... Bd3+ { [%eval -9.9] } 26. Kg1 { [%eval -10.1] } 26... Rb1 { [%eval -9.96] } 27. Kh2 { [%eval -11.91] } 27... Rxd1 { [%eval -11.74] } 28. Ba4 { [%eval -11.77] } 28... Rd2 { [%eval -11.48] } 29. Bb5?! { (-11.48 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g4 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (29. g4 Bxc4 30. gxf5 Bxd5 31. Kg1 g5 32. Kh2 Qd8 33. Kg1 Rd4 34. f4 Rxa4) 29... Qg7 { [%eval #-3] } 30. Bd7 { [%eval #-2] } 30... Qh6+ { [%eval #-1] } 31. Kg1 { [%eval #-1] } 31... Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1