[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4D2XlA0Q"] [Date "2026.04.29"] [Round "-"] [White "vasudevam"] [Black "will_steel"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "4D2XlA0Q"] [UTCDate "2026.04.29"] [UTCTime "10:45:13"] [WhiteElo "755"] [BlackElo "753"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.44] } 2. Bb5 { [%eval 0.0] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish Variation } 2... a6 { [%eval -0.01] } 3. Bxc6 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... dxc6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.09] } 5. e5 { [%eval -0.09] } 5... Ne4?? { (-0.09 → 2.96) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 2.96] } (5... Nd5 6. c4 Nb6 7. c5 Nd5 8. Qb3 b6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Nc3) 6. Be3?? { (2.96 → 0.52) Blunder. f3 was best. } { [%eval 0.52] } (6. f3 Nd6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Ne2 Bf5 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nd2 Qd5 11. f4 e6) 6... e6?? { (0.52 → 2.50) Blunder. c5 was best. } { [%eval 2.5] } (6... c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 f6 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2) 7. Nf3?? { (2.50 → 0.41) Blunder. f3 was best. } { [%eval 0.41] } (7. f3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. Bf2 Qh5 10. Bxg3 c5 11. Qd3 b6 12. dxc5 Bxc5) 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.93] } 8. O-O { [%eval 0.5] } 8... b5 { [%eval 0.85] } 9. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.44] } 9... Qd5 { [%eval 0.59] } 10. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.44] } 10... Qxe4 { [%eval 0.5] } 11. Qd3 { [%eval 0.16] } 11... Qd5?! { (0.16 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Qxd3 was best. } { [%eval 0.75] } (11... Qxd3 12. cxd3 Bb7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nb3 g5 15. Rac1 c5 16. Nxc5 Bd5 17. f3) 12. b3 { [%eval 0.67] } 12... a5 { [%eval 0.98] } 13. c4 { [%eval 0.98] } 13... bxc4 { [%eval 1.18] } 14. bxc4 { [%eval 1.22] } 14... Qd6?? { (1.22 → 6.79) Blunder. Ba6 was best. } { [%eval 6.79] } (14... Ba6 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qd8 17. h3 Rb8 18. Rc3 Rb2 19. Qe4 h6 20. a3) 15. exd6 { [%eval 6.83] } 15... Bxd6 { [%eval 7.23] } 16. c5 { [%eval 7.21] } 16... Be7 { [%eval 7.3] } 17. Ne5 { [%eval 7.06] } 17... f6 { [%eval 7.69] } 18. Nxc6 { [%eval 7.44] } 18... Bf8 { [%eval 8.26] } 19. Bf4 { [%eval 8.07] } 19... Ba6 { [%eval 8.9] } 20. Qe3 { [%eval 7.95] } 20... Bxf1? { (7.95 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (20... Bc4 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Rfd1 Kf7 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qf3 h6 25. Qxd5+ Kg6 26. Qd3+) 21. Qxe6+ { [%eval #1] } 21... Be7 { [%eval #1] } 22. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0