[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4WzM892o"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Thayir-Saadham"] [Black "lichess AI level 3"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "4WzM892o"] [UTCDate "2026.04.12"] [UTCTime "16:29:32"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Beverwijk Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. Bb5 { [%eval 0.15] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.17] } 4. O-O { [%eval 0.11] } 4... Bc5 { [%eval 0.36] } { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Beverwijk Variation } 5. Bxc6 { [%eval 0.19] } 5... bxc6?! { (0.19 → 1.19) Inaccuracy. dxc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.19] } (5... dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3) 6. Nc3?! { (1.19 → 0.19) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.19] } (6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Qxe4 f6 9. Re1 fxe5 10. Qxe5 Qxe5) 6... Ng4?! { (0.19 → 1.26) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.26] } (6... d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Na4 Bb6 10. b3 O-O 11. f3) 7. h3 { [%eval 1.69] } 7... Bxf2+ { [%eval 2.04] } 8. Rxf2 { [%eval 1.99] } 8... Nh6?? { (1.99 → 5.76) Blunder. Nxf2 was best. } { [%eval 5.76] } (8... Nxf2 9. Kxf2 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Re1) 9. Nxe5 { [%eval 5.13] } 9... O-O { [%eval 5.4] } 10. d4 { [%eval 5.27] } 10... d5 { [%eval 6.19] } 11. Nxc6 { [%eval 5.9] } 11... Qe8 { [%eval 6.71] } 12. exd5 { [%eval 6.11] } 12... Kh8 { [%eval 6.56] } 13. Bxh6 { [%eval 6.32] } 13... Bxh3 { [%eval 7.83] } 14. gxh3 { [%eval 7.12] } 14... Qxc6 { [%eval 9.21] } 15. dxc6 { [%eval 9.39] } 15... gxh6 { [%eval 9.31] } 16. d5 { [%eval 9.24] } 16... Kg7? { (9.24 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rae8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (16... Rae8 17. Rg2 f6 18. Qg4 Rf7 19. Kf1 h5 20. Qxh5 Ref8 21. d6 f5 22. d7) 17. d6?! { (Mate in 5 → 11.45) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg2+ was best. } { [%eval 11.45] } (17. Rg2+ Kh8 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qd4+ f6 20. Qxf6+ Rg7 21. Qxg7#) 17... Rfd8?! { (11.45 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (17... Kh8 18. dxc7 f6 19. Rg2 Rg8 20. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 21. Qg4 Rxg4+ 22. hxg4 Kg8 23. c8=Q+) 18. Rg2+ { [%eval #6] } 18... Kf8 { [%eval #6] } 19. d7 { [%eval #5] } 19... Rab8 { [%eval #4] } 20. Qh5 { [%eval #3] } 20... Rxd7 { [%eval #3] } 21. cxd7 { [%eval #3] } 21... f5 { [%eval #2] } 22. Re1 { [%eval #1] } 22... a5 { [%eval #1] } 23. Re8+ { [%eval #1] } 23... Rxe8 { [%eval #1] } 24. dxe8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0