[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0zwBgNQX"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "-"] [White "melech77"] [Black "rjedwards105"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "0zwBgNQX"] [UTCDate "2026.05.14"] [UTCTime "22:56:20"] [WhiteElo "1044"] [BlackElo "902"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Qf6?! { (0.18 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.06] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Nc3 { [%eval 1.08] } 3... Bc5?! { (1.08 → 2.04) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.04] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2) 4. d3? { (2.04 → 0.42) Mistake. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.42] } (4. Nd5 Qd8 5. Nxe5 d6 6. Nc4 c6 7. Nf4 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6) 4... Nc6 { [%eval 0.94] } 5. Be2?! { (0.94 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } { [%eval 0.21] } (5. Bg5 Qg6 6. Nd5 Bd6 7. h4 f6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. h5 Qf7) 5... d6 { [%eval 0.67] } 6. Nd5 { [%eval 0.64] } 6... Qd8 { [%eval 0.86] } 7. Bg5?! { (0.86 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval 0.1] } (7. c3 a6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Ba7 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Nf4 d5) 7... f6 { [%eval 0.46] } 8. Bh4?! { (0.46 → -0.12) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -0.12] } (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 Nh6 10. d4 O-O 11. c3 Kh8 12. O-O Ne7) 8... Bg4?! { (-0.12 → 0.90) Inaccuracy. Nge7 was best. } { [%eval 0.9] } (8... Nge7 9. c3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 g5) 9. O-O { [%eval 0.37] } 9... Bxf3?! { (0.37 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Nge7 was best. } { [%eval 0.93] } (9... Nge7 10. d4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Bh5+ Ng6 13. c3 Ne6 14. Qg4 Nf4 15. Nxf4) 10. Bxf3 { [%eval 0.93] } 10... Nd4? { (0.93 → 2.57) Mistake. Nce7 was best. } { [%eval 2.57] } (10... Nce7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. c3 g5 14. Bg3 Nh6 15. Qb3 Nf7 16. h3) 11. c3?? { (2.57 → 0.61) Blunder. Bh5+ was best. } { [%eval 0.61] } (11. Bh5+ g6 12. c3 c6 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Ne3 gxh5 15. Nf5 Kd7 16. Nxd4 exd4) 11... Nxf3+ { [%eval 0.62] } 12. Qxf3 { [%eval 0.6] } 12... g5? { (0.60 → 1.90) Mistake. c6 was best. } { [%eval 1.9] } (12... c6 13. d4 cxd5 14. dxc5 Ne7 15. Rad1 dxc5 16. exd5 Qd7 17. d6 Nf5 18. Bg3) 13. Bg3?! { (1.90 → 1.14) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 1.14] } (13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Bg3 h5 16. Rad1 c5 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Rh7) 13... c6 { [%eval 1.21] } 14. Ne3 { [%eval 0.98] } 14... Bxe3 { [%eval 0.83] } 15. Qxe3 { [%eval 0.37] } 15... Nh6 { [%eval 0.74] } 16. d4 { [%eval 0.73] } 16... Ng4 { [%eval 1.1] } 17. Qf3 { [%eval 0.91] } 17... Nh6 { [%eval 0.85] } 18. dxe5 { [%eval 0.61] } 18... dxe5 { [%eval 0.57] } 19. Rad1 { [%eval 0.66] } 19... Qb6?? { (0.66 → 8.82) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 8.82] } (19... Qe7 20. Rd3 O-O 21. h4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Nf7 23. hxg5 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Nxg5 25. Qg4) 20. Qxf6 { [%eval 8.75] } 20... Nf7? { (8.75 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (20... Qc5 21. Qxh8+ Qf8 22. Qxe5+ Qe7 23. Qh8+ Qf8 24. Qxh7 Nf7 25. e5 Qh8 26. Qf5) 21. Bxe5?? { (Mate in 5 → 6.56) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe6+ was best. } { [%eval 6.56] } (21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Rd7 Qxf2+ 23. Bxf2 Kg7 24. Qxf7+ Kh6 25. Rd6#) 21... O-O?? { (6.56 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc5 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (21... Qc5 22. Bd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 O-O 24. Re6 Rae8 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Rd8 27. Kh1) 22. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0