[Event "April 3rd week Sat Tournament Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0LVA2OdA"] [Date "2026.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "sakthipriyagreat"] [Black "ponlakshmanan11"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "0LVA2OdA"] [UTCDate "2026.04.18"] [UTCTime "13:50:01"] [WhiteElo "1125"] [BlackElo "722"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nh6?! { (0.18 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.94] } { B00 Hippopotamus Defense } (1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5) 2. d3?! { (0.94 → 0.27) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.27] } (2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Bf4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf5 6. Nf3 Nd6) 2... e5?! { (0.27 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.96] } (2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Nf5 6. Nf3 g6 7. d4) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.73] } 3... Ng4?! { (0.73 → 1.30) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.3] } (3... Nc6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxh6 gxh6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nd5 O-O 8. Qd2) 4. h3 { [%eval 1.24] } 4... Ne3?? { (1.24 → 4.60) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 4.6] } (4... Nf6 5. Nxe5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. c3 Bd6 9. d4) 5. fxe3 { [%eval 4.33] } 5... c5 { [%eval 4.71] } 6. d4 { [%eval 4.24] } 6... c4?! { (4.24 → 5.67) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } { [%eval 5.67] } (6... f5 7. exf5 e4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bc4 exf3 10. Qxf3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh6 12. Bd2) 7. dxe5 { [%eval 4.84] } 7... Nc6 { [%eval 5.07] } 8. Nd4?! { (5.07 → 3.30) Inaccuracy. Bxc4 was best. } { [%eval 3.3] } (8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bxb5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd3 Nxe5 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. O-O Nxf3+) 8... Nb4?! { (3.30 → 4.72) Inaccuracy. Qh4+ was best. } { [%eval 4.72] } (8... Qh4+ 9. Ke2 b5 10. Nf3 Qh5 11. Kf2 Bb7 12. Kg1 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Nd5) 9. a3 { [%eval 4.18] } 9... Nd3+?! { (4.18 → 5.75) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 5.75] } (9... Nc6 10. Be2 d5 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 dxe4 14. Nc3 Qf6+ 15. Nf3) 10. cxd3 { [%eval 5.73] } 10... Bb4+?! { (5.73 → 7.76) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 7.76] } (10... d6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. d4 b5 13. Nc3 dxe5 14. g3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7) 11. axb4 { [%eval 7.67] } 11... a5 { [%eval 7.81] } 12. bxa5 { [%eval 8.09] } 12... Rxa5 { [%eval 8.05] } 13. Bd2?! { (8.05 → 4.80) Inaccuracy. Rxa5 was best. } { [%eval 4.8] } (13. Rxa5 Qxa5+ 14. Nc3 f6 15. Nf3 fxe5 16. Be2 cxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 18. Qb5 O-O) 13... Rxa1 { [%eval 4.65] } 14. Nb5?! { (4.65 → 3.20) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } { [%eval 3.2] } (14. Be2 d6 15. O-O dxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 cxd3 18. Bh5 O-O 19. Bc3 e4) 14... Ra4?? { (3.20 → 8.48) Blunder. Qh4+ was best. } { [%eval 8.48] } (14... Qh4+ 15. Ke2 cxd3+ 16. Kxd3 O-O 17. Be2 b6 18. Nd6 Ba6+ 19. Kd4 b5 20. Bxb5) 15. dxc4?! { (8.48 → 5.90) Inaccuracy. Nd6+ was best. } { [%eval 5.9] } (15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Qxa4 b5 17. Qxb5 h5 18. Kd1 Kg8 19. dxc4 Rh6 20. Nc3 Qh4) 15... Rxc4?! { (5.90 → 9.65) Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best. } { [%eval 9.65] } (15... Ra1 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Ke2 b6 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Qc2 Qa6) 16. Bxc4 { [%eval 7.74] } 16... Qb6 { [%eval 9.98] } 17. N1c3 { [%eval 8.73] } 17... Qd8? { (8.73 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O was best. } { [%eval #10] } (17... O-O 18. Qf3 d6 19. exd6 h6 20. O-O Qc5 21. Be2 Bd7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. e5) 18. Rf1? { (Mate in 10 → 8.45) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd6+ was best. } { [%eval 8.45] } (18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nd5+ Kf8 20. Qh5 Qh4+ 21. Qxh4 f6 22. exf6 h5 23. fxg7+ Kg8) 18... Qh4+ { [%eval 8.39] } 19. Ke2 { [%eval 8.41] } 19... Qxe4 { [%eval 11.67] } 20. Nxe4 { [%eval 11.38] } 20... d5?! { (11.38 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O was best. } { [%eval #5] } (20... O-O 21. Nbd6 b5 22. Bxb5 Bb7 23. Nxb7 d5 24. Ned6 Ra8 25. Rxf7 h5 26. Qb1) 21. Bxd5?! { (Mate in 5 → 11.50) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 11.5] } (21. Bb4 Be6 22. Bxd5 Bg4+ 23. hxg4 f6 24. Be6 fxe5 25. Nc7#) 21... O-O { [%eval 11.34] } 22. Nc7 { [%eval 11.21] } 22... Bg4+ { [%eval 12.26] } 23. Rf3 { [%eval 10.76] } 23... Bxf3+ { [%eval 10.78] } 24. gxf3 { [%eval 10.65] } 24... Ra8 { [%eval 12.41] } 25. Nxa8 { [%eval 12.01] } 25... b5?! { (12.01 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (25... g6 26. Bb4 Kg7 27. Kd3 h5 28. Nc7 b6 29. Qe1 Kh7 30. Ng5+ Kg7) 26. Nd6 { [%eval #5] } 26... g6 { [%eval #5] } 27. Bxf7+ { [%eval #5] } 27... Kg7 { [%eval #5] } 28. Bc3 { [%eval #4] } 28... Kh6 { [%eval #4] } 29. e6 { [%eval #3] } 29... g5 { [%eval #1] } 30. e7 { [%eval #2] } 30... b4 { [%eval #1] } 31. Bxb4 { [%eval #3] } 31... g4 { [%eval #3] } 32. hxg4 { [%eval #3] } 32... Kg5 { [%eval #3] } 33. e8=Q { [%eval #2] } 33... h5 { [%eval #2] } 34. Qe5+ { [%eval #2] } 34... Kh4 { [%eval #1] } 35. Qh1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0