[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage Two CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/3M3TRXm9"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ArjunMaruboina"] [Black "muhammadzayy"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "3M3TRXm9"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "13:15:12"] [WhiteElo "1239"] [BlackElo "1026"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian Defense: Paleface Attack, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Deferred"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.15] } 2. f3?! { (0.15 → -0.46) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -0.46] } (2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6) 2... d5 { [%eval -0.58] } 3. e4 { [%eval -0.58] } { A45 Indian Defense: Paleface Attack, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Deferred } 3... dxe4 { [%eval -0.5] } 4. fxe4 { [%eval -0.65] } 4... Nxe4 { [%eval -0.48] } 5. Qe2? { (-0.48 → -2.05) Mistake. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -2.05] } (5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Qe2 Nd6 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6) 5... f5? { (-2.05 → -0.47) Mistake. Qxd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.47] } (5... Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qd5 7. Na3 e5 8. Qb5+ Qxb5 9. Nxb5 Bd6 10. Bd3) 6. h3?? { (-0.47 → -3.60) Blunder. c3 was best. } { [%eval -3.6] } (6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2 Qd5 8. Ngf3 e5 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5) 6... h6?? { (-3.60 → 5.53) Blunder. e6 was best. } { [%eval 5.53] } (6... e6 7. Be3 Ng3 8. Qb5+ Nc6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qa4 Bd6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. d5) 7. g4?? { (5.53 → -3.12) Blunder. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval -3.12] } (7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxg6+ Kd7 9. Qxf5+ e6 10. Qxe4 Bd6 11. Nf3 Qf6 12. Kd1 Kd8) 7... b5?? { (-3.12 → 0.81) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } (7... e5) 8. gxf5 { [%eval 0.74] } 8... Bxf5 { [%eval 0.55] } 9. Qxb5+?! { (0.55 → -0.37) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -0.37] } (9. Nd2) 9... Qd7 { [%eval 0.28] } 10. Qxf5?? { (0.28 → -5.37) Blunder. Qb7 was best. } { [%eval -5.37] } (10. Qb7 Qxd4 11. Nd2 Qf2+ 12. Kd1 Nxd2 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxa8 cxb5 15. Bxd2 Qb6) 10... Qxf5 { [%eval -5.23] } 11. h4?? { (-5.23 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be3 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (11. Be3 Nc6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bg2 Nc4 15. Bxc6+ Kd8 16. Nf3 Nxe3) 11... Qa5+?? { (Mate in 2 → -4.48) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf2+ was best. } { [%eval -4.48] } (11... Qf2+ 12. Kd1 Qxf1#) 12. Bd2 { [%eval -4.85] } 12... Qd5 { [%eval -4.55] } 13. Bg2?! { (-4.55 → -5.79) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -5.79] } (13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Kd8 15. Rf1 Qe6 16. Kd1 Rb8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe4) 13... Qxd4 { [%eval -6.23] } 14. Nf3?! { (-6.23 → -8.61) Inaccuracy. Kd1 was best. } { [%eval -8.61] } (14. Kd1 Nf2+) 14... Ng3?? { (-8.61 → 4.86) Blunder. Qf2+ was best. } { [%eval 4.86] } (14... Qf2+ 15. Kd1 Qxg2 16. Re1 Qxf3+ 17. Kc1 Nc6 18. Nc3 Nxd2 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Kxd2) 15. Nxd4 { [%eval 4.96] } 15... Nxh1 { [%eval 4.86] } 16. Bxh1 { [%eval 5.12] } 16... c6 { [%eval 5.07] } 17. Nxc6 { [%eval 4.92] } 17... Nxc6?! { (4.92 → 6.38) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } { [%eval 6.38] } (17... Nd7 18. Na3 e6 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nbxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Ra4 22. b4 Be7 23. Nxe7) 18. Bxc6+ { [%eval 6.41] } 18... Kd8 { [%eval 6.65] } 19. Bxa8 { [%eval 6.58] } 19... g5 { [%eval 6.59] } 20. hxg5 { [%eval 6.26] } 20... hxg5 { [%eval 6.31] } 21. Bxg5 { [%eval 6.15] } 21... Rh5 { [%eval 6.47] } 22. Be3 { [%eval 6.56] } 22... Rh3 { [%eval 6.33] } 23. Bxa7 { [%eval 6.31] } 23... Kc8 { [%eval 6.51] } 24. Bg2 { [%eval 6.34] } 24... Rh2 { [%eval 6.55] } 25. Kf1 { [%eval 6.58] } 25... e6 { [%eval 6.74] } 26. Bg1 { [%eval 6.6] } 26... Rh8 { [%eval 6.67] } 27. a3 { [%eval 6.63] } 27... Bd6 { [%eval 6.59] } 28. a4 { [%eval 5.25] } 28... Kd7 { [%eval 6.52] } 29. a5 { [%eval 5.16] } 29... Ra8? { (5.16 → 9.79) Mistake. Rf8+ was best. } { [%eval 9.79] } (29... Rf8+ 30. Ke2 Rg8 31. Nc3 Rxg2+ 32. Bf2 Bg3 33. Ne4 Bxf2 34. Nxf2 Kc6 35. Ra3) 30. a6 { [%eval 6.78] } 30... Kc7?? { (6.78 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8+ was best. } { [%eval #10] } (30... Rf8+ 31. Ke1 Rg8 32. Bf2 Rxg2 33. a7 Bb4+ 34. c3 Bc5 35. Bxc5 Rg8 36. a8=Q) 31. Bxa8 { [%eval #11] } 31... Kb8 { [%eval #8] } 32. Be4 { [%eval #7] } 32... Bc7 { [%eval #6] } 33. a7+ { [%eval #5] } 33... Kc8 { [%eval #5] } 34. a8=Q+ { [%eval #4] } 34... Kd7 { Black offers draw } { [%eval #4] } 35. Kg2 { [%eval #5] } 35... Kd6 { [%eval #4] } 36. Bh2+ { [%eval #4] } 36... Kd7 { [%eval #4] } 37. Bxc7 { [%eval #3] } 37... Kxc7 { [%eval #3] } 38. Ra7+ { [%eval #3] } 38... Kb6 { [%eval #2] } 39. c4 { [%eval #3] } { Black resigns. } 1-0