[Event "casual classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4l0CtXjs"] [Date "2025.12.29"] [Round "-"] [White "kbethards01"] [Black "lichess AI level 3"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "4l0CtXjs"] [UTCDate "2025.12.29"] [UTCTime "23:36:20"] [WhiteElo "1244"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "3600+0"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Old Benoni"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.61] } { A43 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni } 2. e3 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... cxd4 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. exd4 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.18] } 4. Bf4 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.14] } 5. Bxb8 { [%eval -0.24] } 5... Rxb8 { [%eval -0.22] } 6. Bb5+ { [%eval -0.29] } 6... Qd7?? { (-0.29 → 5.53) Blunder. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 5.53] } (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. c3 e6 9. Nf3 b5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nbd2) 7. Bxd7+ { [%eval 5.57] } 7... Bxd7 { [%eval 5.71] } 8. Nc3 { [%eval 5.26] } 8... Bg4 { [%eval 5.5] } 9. f3 { [%eval 5.5] } 9... Be6 { [%eval 5.58] } 10. Nge2 { [%eval 5.46] } 10... Rc8 { [%eval 5.82] } 11. Qd3 { [%eval 5.43] } 11... Nd7 { [%eval 5.94] } 12. Qb5 { [%eval 5.7] } 12... Rb8 { [%eval 6.49] } 13. O-O-O { [%eval 5.75] } 13... Bf5 { [%eval 6.06] } 14. Ng3 { [%eval 6.03] } 14... Be6 { [%eval 6.26] } 15. Rhe1 { [%eval 5.8] } 15... Rg8 { [%eval 7.55] } 16. Qa5 { [%eval 6.81] } 16... Nb6 { [%eval 7.32] } 17. Qxa7 { [%eval 7.15] } 17... Ra8 { [%eval 8.97] } 18. Qxb6 { [%eval 8.89] } 18... Rb8 { [%eval 9.55] } 19. Nb5 { [%eval 9.49] } 19... h6 { [%eval 11.07] } 20. Nc7+ { [%eval 11.01] } 20... Kd7 { [%eval 11.24] } 21. Nxe6 { [%eval 11.08] } 21... fxe6 { [%eval 10.95] } 22. Rxe6 { [%eval 10.02] } 22... Re8 { [%eval 11.36] } 23. Qxb7+ { [%eval 9.71] } 23... Kxe6 { [%eval 7.78] } 24. Re1+ { [%eval 7.63] } 24... Kf7 { [%eval 7.74] } 25. a4 { [%eval 7.72] } 25... Rh8 { [%eval 7.84] } 26. a5 { [%eval 7.49] } 26... Rd8 { [%eval 8.4] } 27. a6 { [%eval 8.34] } 27... Rh7 { [%eval 8.7] } 28. a7 { [%eval 8.69] } 28... Re8 { [%eval 9.56] } 29. a8=Q { [%eval 10.12] } 29... Rxa8?! { (10.12 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (29... g6 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Kd1 h5 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Qxd5+ Kg7 34. Ne4 Kh6 35. Qe5) 30. Qxa8? { (Mate in 10 → 9.66) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxd5+ was best. } { [%eval 9.66] } (30. Qxd5+ Ke8 31. Qxa8+ Kd7 32. Qxf8 g6 33. Qg8 Rh8 34. Qxh8 e6 35. Qf6 Kc6) 30... e6? { (9.66 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (30... g6 31. Qxd5+ Kg7 32. Kd1 Kh8 33. Qe6 Kg7 34. c3 Rh8 35. Ne4 Rg8 36. Nd2) 31. b4? { (Mate in 7 → 9.15) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb7+ was best. } { [%eval 9.15] } (31. Qb7+ Be7 32. Nf5 exf5 33. Qxe7+ Kg6 34. g4 fxg4 35. Qe6+ Kg5 36. Re5+ Kh4) 31... Bxb4? { (9.15 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (31... g6 32. Qc8 e5 33. Rxe5 Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Qa6 Kf7 36. Kb2 Bxb4 37. Qb7+) 32. Re5? { (Mate in 7 → 9.41) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb7+ was best. } { [%eval 9.41] } (32. Qb7+ Be7 33. Nf5 exf5 34. Qxe7+ Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kxh4 37. Qg6 Rh8) 32... Kf6? { (9.41 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (32... g6 33. Qc8 Be7 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qb7 Ke8 37. Qc6+ Kf8 38. Qa8+) 33. Qb8? { (Mate in 5 → 8.44) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe8 was best. } { [%eval 8.44] } (33. Qe8 Ba3+ 34. Kd1 g6 35. Rxe6+ Kg5 36. Rxg6+ Kh4 37. Rg4#) 33... Be7? { (8.44 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (33... g6 34. Qxb4 Re7 35. f4 Kf7 36. Qa3 Rc7 37. Ne2 g5 38. f5 exf5 39. Ng3) 34. Nh5+ { [%eval #9] } 34... Kf7 { [%eval #9] } 35. f4 { [%eval #9] } 35... Bf6 { [%eval #12] } 36. Nxf6 { [%eval #11] } 36... gxf6 { [%eval #11] } 37. Qb7+? { (Mate in 11 → 8.51) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re3 was best. } { [%eval 8.51] } (37. Re3 Rg7 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxe6 Kg6 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8) 37... Kg6 { [%eval 8.57] } 38. Re2?? { (8.57 → 3.80) Blunder. Qxh7+ was best. } { [%eval 3.8] } (38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 39. Rxe6 Kg6 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Rb6 Kxf4 42. Rxf6+ Kg5 43. Rf1 h5) 38... Rxb7 { [%eval 3.6] } 39. Rxe6 { [%eval 3.67] } 39... Ra7 { [%eval 4.15] } 40. Rd6 { [%eval 3.86] } 40... Kf5 { [%eval 4.66] } 41. Rxd5+ { [%eval 4.61] } 41... Kxf4 { [%eval 4.34] } 42. Rd6 { [%eval 4.14] } 42... Ra8 { [%eval 4.97] } 43. Rxf6+ { [%eval 4.96] } 43... Ke3 { [%eval 5.24] } 44. Rxh6 { [%eval 4.99] } 44... Ra5 { [%eval 5.5] } 45. g4 { [%eval 5.61] } 45... Kxd4 { [%eval 5.6] } 46. Rh4 { [%eval 4.99] } 46... Kc4?! { (4.99 → 6.63) Inaccuracy. Rg5 was best. } { [%eval 6.63] } (46... Rg5 47. Kd2 Rg8 48. c3+ Kd5 49. h3 Rd8 50. Kc2 Ke4 51. c4 Rf8 52. g5+) 47. g5+ { [%eval 6.58] } 47... Kd5 { [%eval 6.48] } 48. g6 { [%eval 6.33] } 48... Ke6 { [%eval 6.71] } 49. g7?! { (6.71 → 4.53) Inaccuracy. Rg4 was best. } { [%eval 4.53] } (49. Rg4 Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra8 51. h4 Kf5 52. Rg2 Rd8+ 53. Kc1 Kf6 54. g7 Rg8) 49... Kf7?! { (4.53 → 6.43) Inaccuracy. Rg5 was best. } { [%eval 6.43] } (49... Rg5 50. Rh7 Kf7 51. Kb2 Rf5 52. Kb3 Kg8 53. Rh4 Kxg7 54. c4 Rf2 55. Kb4) 50. Rg4 { [%eval 6.15] } 50... Ra8?! { (6.15 → 77.46) Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval 77.46] } (50... Kg8 51. h4 Rh5 52. c4 Ra5 53. Kc2 Rh5 54. Kc3 Ra5 55. Kb4 Rf5 56. c5) 51. h4?! { (77.46 → 6.51) Inaccuracy. g8=Q+ was best. } { [%eval 6.51] } (51. g8=Q+ Rxg8 52. Rxg8 Kxg8 53. Kd2 Kf7 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Kd6 56. Kd4 Ke6) 51... Rg8 { [%eval 6.9] } 52. c4 { [%eval 6.78] } 52... Rxg7?! { (6.78 → 10.11) Inaccuracy. Kf6 was best. } { [%eval 10.11] } (52... Kf6 53. Kb2 Kf5 54. Rg1 Re8 55. Kc3 Re3+ 56. Kb4 Kf6 57. h5 Rh3 58. Rg6+) 53. Rxg7+ { [%eval #16] } 53... Kxg7 { [%eval #18] } 54. Kc2 { [%eval #18] } 54... Kf7 { [%eval #18] } 55. Kc3 { [%eval #24] } 55... Ke6 { [%eval #14] } 56. Kb4 { [%eval #14] } 56... Kd6 { [%eval #14] } 57. h5 { [%eval #13] } 57... Ke6 { [%eval #15] } 58. c5 { [%eval 5.21] } 58... Kd5?? { (5.21 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf6 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (58... Kf6 59. h6 Kg6 60. Kc4 Kxh6 61. c6 Kg5 62. c7 Kf4 63. Kd5 Kf3 64. Ke5) 59. h6 { [%eval #8] } 59... Ke4 { [%eval #8] } 60. h7 { [%eval #7] } 60... Ke5 { [%eval #7] } 61. h8=Q+ { [%eval #6] } 61... Kf4 { [%eval #6] } 62. c6 { [%eval #5] } 62... Kg5 { [%eval #5] } 63. c7 { [%eval #4] } 63... Kf4 { [%eval #4] } 64. c8=Q { [%eval #3] } 64... Kf3 { [%eval #3] } 65. Qc4 { [%eval #2] } 65... Kg2 { [%eval #2] } 66. Qf8 { [%eval #2] } 66... Kh3 { [%eval #2] } 67. Qff4 { [%eval #1] } 67... Kg2 { [%eval #1] } 68. Qe3 { [%eval #2] } 68... Kh2 { [%eval #2] } 69. Qc2+ { [%eval #1] } 69... Kh1 { [%eval #1] } 70. Qe1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0