[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/20tqnWEr"] [Date "2026.03.07"] [Round "-"] [White "franknsimmons"] [Black "Alimeteyildiz2018"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "20tqnWEr"] [UTCDate "2026.03.07"] [UTCTime "08:16:08"] [WhiteElo "774"] [BlackElo "740"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Bc5?! { (0.18 → 1.28) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.28] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Qe2? { (1.28 → -0.37) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.37] } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O h6) 3... Nf6 { [%eval -0.3] } 4. Nxe5 { [%eval -0.38] } 4... Qe7? { (-0.38 → 1.21) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval 1.21] } (4... O-O 5. c3 Re8 6. d4 Bf8 7. Bg5 d5 8. Qd1 c5 9. Bb5) 5. f4? { (1.21 → -0.32) Mistake. Nd3 was best. } { [%eval -0.32] } (5. Nd3 Bb6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 Nc6 9. Bd2 O-O) 5... Qd6?? { (-0.32 → 2.40) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 2.4] } (5... O-O 6. Nd3 Re8 7. Nxc5 Qxc5 8. d3 d5 9. Qf2 Qxf2+ 10. Kxf2 dxe4 11. h3) 6. Nd3 { [%eval 2.18] } 6... Bb4?? { (2.18 → 5.50) Blunder. Qc6 was best. } { [%eval 5.5] } (6... Qc6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nxc5 Qxc5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Qe4 Nxc3 11. dxc3 d5 12. Qd3) 7. e5 { [%eval 5.31] } 7... Qd4 { [%eval 6.13] } 8. c3 { [%eval 6.24] } 8... Qd5 { [%eval 7.27] } 9. cxb4?! { (7.27 → 5.50) Inaccuracy. Nxb4 was best. } { [%eval 5.5] } (9. Nxb4 Qe4 10. exf6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 g6 12. d4 Kd8 13. O-O Re8 14. Bf3 d6) 9... Ne4 { [%eval 5.5] } 10. Nc5 { [%eval 5.3] } 10... d6 { [%eval 6.21] } 11. Nxe4 { [%eval 6.37] } 11... dxe5 { [%eval 6.32] } 12. g3 { [%eval 5.35] } 12... Bf5 { [%eval 6.12] } 13. d3 { [%eval 5.63] } 13... Qb5 { [%eval 6.46] } 14. Bd2 { [%eval 6.07] } 14... Bxe4 { [%eval 6.99] } 15. Qxe4 { [%eval 6.4] } 15... f6 { [%eval 7.48] } 16. Na3 { [%eval 7.31] } 16... Qa4 { [%eval 7.26] } 17. Qxb7 { [%eval 7.25] } 17... Qc6 { [%eval 8.93] } 18. Qc8+?! { (8.93 → 6.16) Inaccuracy. Bg2 was best. } { [%eval 6.16] } (18. Bg2 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Kd7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Bxa8 Nc6 22. Bxc6+ Kxc6 23. Be3 Rd8) 18... Kf7 { [%eval 6.57] } 19. Qxh8 { [%eval 6.34] } 19... Qxh1 { [%eval 7.79] } 20. O-O-O { [%eval 7.57] } 20... a5 { [%eval 9.81] } 21. bxa5 { [%eval 7.72] } 21... Na6 { [%eval 7.63] } 22. Qxh7 { [%eval 7.64] } 22... Rb8 { [%eval 9.54] } 23. Bc3 { [%eval 8.26] } 23... Nb4 { [%eval 7.74] } 24. fxe5 { [%eval 7.58] } 24... Qf3 { [%eval 8.32] } 25. exf6 { [%eval 8.39] } 25... Qe3+ { [%eval 10.32] } 26. Bd2 { [%eval 9.87] } 26... Nxa2+ { [%eval 10.14] } 27. Kb1 { [%eval 9.31] } 27... Qd4? { (9.31 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxb2+ was best. } { [%eval #6] } (27... Rxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Qd4+ 29. Kxa2 Kxf6 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. dxe4 Kf7 32. Bc3 c6) 28. Kxa2?? { (Mate in 6 → Mate in 1) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxg7+ was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (28. Qxg7+ Ke6 29. Qe7+ Kf5 30. Bh3+ Qg4 31. Rf1+ Kg6 32. Qg7+ Kh5 33. Bxg4#) 28... Qd5+?? { (Mate in 1 → 12.06) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxb2# was best. } { [%eval 12.06] } (28... Qxb2#) 29. Nc4 { [%eval 10.91] } 29... Kxf6?! { (10.91 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg8 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (29... Rg8 30. Kb1 Kxf6 31. Qh4+ Kg6 32. Qg4+ Kf6 33. Qf4+ Ke7 34. Qxc7+ Kf6 35. Qf4+) 30. b3?! { (Mate in 8 → 14.23) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc3+ was best. } { [%eval 14.23] } (30. Bc3+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Ke8 32. Re1+ Kd8 33. Bh3 Rxb2+ 34. Bxb2 Qe6 35. Rxe6 Kc8) 30... Qb5?! { (14.23 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg8 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (30... Qg8 31. Bc3+) 31. Bc3+ { [%eval #5] } 31... Ke6 { [%eval #5] } 32. Bxg7?? { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 3) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bh3+ was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (32. Bh3+ Ke7 33. Re1+ Qe5 34. Qxg7+ Ke8 35. Rxe5+ Kd8 36. Qd7#) 32... Qxb3+ { [%eval #-2] } 33. Ka1 { [%eval #-2] } 33... Qa4+ { [%eval #-1] } 34. Na3 { [%eval #-1] } 34... Qxa3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1