[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/46NJ5yJT"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "zakariaefara"] [Black "Riya-Thiyagarajan"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "46NJ5yJT"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1220"] [BlackElo "1219"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-145"] [BlackRatingDiff "+38"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Alapin Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Ne2 { [%eval -0.09] } { C20 King's Pawn Game: Alapin Opening } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.1] } 3. g4?? { (0.10 → -2.18) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.18] } (3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5) 3... Nf6 { [%eval -1.66] } 4. Na3?! { (-1.66 → -2.82) Inaccuracy. Bg2 was best. } { [%eval -2.82] } (4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nbc3 Be6 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd7) 4... Nxg4?! { (-2.82 → -2.03) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -2.03] } (4... d5 5. h3 h5 6. gxh5 Be6 7. c3 Nxh5 8. d4 Bxa3 9. bxa3 dxe4 10. Be3) 5. b4?? { (-2.03 → -5.13) Blunder. h3 was best. } { [%eval -5.13] } (5. h3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bxa3 7. bxa3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Nde7) 5... Nxb4?? { (-5.13 → -2.54) Blunder. Qf6 was best. } { [%eval -2.54] } (5... Qf6 6. f4 exf4 7. d3 Nce5 8. Nxf4 Bxb4+ 9. Ke2 g5 10. h3 d6 11. Nb5) 6. Rb1? { (-2.54 → -4.24) Mistake. h3 was best. } { [%eval -4.24] } (6. h3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d5 8. exd5 Bc5 9. Nc4 e4 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nfxd5) 6... g6? { (-4.24 → -2.29) Mistake. Qf6 was best. } { [%eval -2.29] } (6... Qf6 7. f4 exf4 8. d4 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 Nf2 10. Qe1 Nxe4+ 11. Kd1 Qxe1+ 12. Kxe1) 7. Rxb4? { (-2.29 → -4.29) Mistake. h3 was best. } { [%eval -4.29] } (7. h3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. d4 exd4 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bg5 d6 12. f4 h6) 7... Bxb4 { [%eval -3.58] } 8. Bh3 { [%eval -4.41] } 8... Nf6 { [%eval -3.68] } 9. Nb5?! { (-3.68 → -4.69) Inaccuracy. Bg2 was best. } { [%eval -4.69] } (9. Bg2 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. f5 Rb8 13. d4 b5 14. c4 c6) 9... Nxe4 { [%eval -4.32] } 10. Rg1 { [%eval -4.82] } 10... a6 { [%eval -4.45] } 11. Rg4 { [%eval -5.57] } 11... Nf6?! { (-5.57 → -3.81) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -3.81] } (11... d5 12. Nbc3 Bxg4 13. Bxg4 h5 14. Bh3 Ng5 15. Bg2 c6 16. Kf1 d4 17. Na4) 12. Rxb4 { [%eval -3.94] } 12... axb5 { [%eval -4.09] } 13. Rxb5 { [%eval -4.39] } 13... O-O { [%eval -4.5] } 14. Rxe5 { [%eval -4.9] } 14... d6 { [%eval -5.02] } 15. Rg5 { [%eval -6.16] } 15... Ne4 { [%eval -5.45] } 16. d3 { [%eval -6.7] } 16... Nxg5 { [%eval -6.59] } 17. Qd2 { [%eval -8.52] } 17... Nf3+ { [%eval -8.19] } 18. Kf1? { (-8.19 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd1 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (18. Kd1 Nxd2 19. Bg2 Bg4 20. Bxd2 Bxe2+ 21. Kc1 Qh4 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. Kb2 Qh6) 18... Nxd2+?! { (Mate in 1 → -10.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxh3# was best. } { [%eval -10.24] } (18... Bxh3#) 19. Bxd2 { [%eval -10.37] } 19... Bxh3+ { [%eval -10.24] } 20. Kg1?! { (-10.24 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke1 was best. } { [%eval #-6] } (20. Ke1 Re8 21. Be3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 Qf2 24. e4 Bg4 25. Kc1 Qxe2) 20... Qh4 { [%eval #-6] } 21. Nc3 { [%eval #-2] } 21... Qxf2+? { (Mate in 2 → -7.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg4+ was best. } { [%eval -7.3] } (21... Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qg2#) 22. Kxf2 { [%eval -7.4] } 22... f5 { [%eval -7.16] } 23. Kg3 { [%eval -7.37] } 23... Bf1 { [%eval -7.06] } 24. Nd5 { [%eval -7.63] } 24... Rxa2 { [%eval -7.41] } 25. Bb4 { [%eval -8.22] } 25... Rxc2 { [%eval -8.18] } 26. Ne7+ { [%eval -9.02] } 26... Kf7 { [%eval -8.59] } 27. Nd5 { [%eval -8.98] } 27... Rg2+ { [%eval -7.94] } 28. Kh4? { (-7.94 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf3 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (28. Kf3 Rb2 29. Kf4 Rxb4+ 30. Nxb4 Ke6 31. Nc2 Bxd3 32. Ne1 g5+ 33. Kxg5 Bf1) 28... g5+ { [%eval #-3] } 29. Kh5 { [%eval #-3] } 29... Rg8 { [%eval #-4] } 30. Be1 { [%eval #-2] } 30... Rxh2+ { [%eval #-1] } 31. Bh4 { [%eval #-1] } 31... Rxh4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1