[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4ls6RE7a"] [Date "2026.04.13"] [Round "-"] [White "richardhowardwells"] [Black "thenk2"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "4ls6RE7a"] [UTCDate "2026.04.13"] [UTCTime "22:35:05"] [WhiteElo "1154"] [BlackElo "1177"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "St. George Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... a6 { [%eval 0.44] } { B00 St. George Defense } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.35] } 2... h6?! { (0.35 → 0.99) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } { [%eval 0.99] } (2... e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nxd5) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.86] } 3... b5?! { (0.86 → 1.73) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } { [%eval 1.73] } (3... e6 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O Nc6 6. a4 Nf6 7. c3 g6 8. a5) 4. c4?! { (1.73 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval 0.96] } (4. Bd3 e6 5. a4 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8) 4... b4?! { (0.96 → 1.68) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } { [%eval 1.68] } (4... e6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. cxb5 Bb4 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3) 5. a3 { [%eval 1.78] } 5... e6 { [%eval 1.85] } 6. d5?! { (1.85 → 1.13) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval 1.13] } (6. Bd3 bxa3 7. Nxa3 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. O-O Nge7 11. d5 Ne5) 6... Nf6?! { (1.13 → 2.27) Inaccuracy. bxa3 was best. } { [%eval 2.27] } (6... bxa3 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nfd2 exd5 9. cxd5 axb2 10. Bxb2 Nf6 11. Bc4 O-O) 7. Bd3 { [%eval 2.26] } 7... a5 { [%eval 2.14] } 8. O-O { [%eval 2.09] } 8... Bb7 { [%eval 2.0] } 9. axb4 { [%eval 1.74] } 9... Bxb4 { [%eval 1.75] } 10. Bd2 { [%eval 1.27] } 10... Bc5?! { (1.27 → 2.43) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.43] } (10... d6 11. dxe6 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Nxe5+ Kg8 15. Bf5 Ra6 16. Bxb4) 11. Nc3?! { (2.43 → 1.70) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.7] } (11. e5 Ng8 12. Rxa5 Rxa5 13. Bxa5 Na6 14. Qa4 Ne7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nc3 O-O) 11... Bb4?! { (1.70 → 2.82) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.82] } (11... d6 12. Qb3 Bb4 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bg6+ Ke7 16. Na2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3) 12. Nb5?! { (2.82 → 1.87) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.87] } (12. e5 Nh7 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Be4 Na6 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6) 12... Bxd2 { [%eval 2.0] } 13. Qxd2 { [%eval 1.98] } 13... c6?? { (1.98 → 5.63) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 5.63] } (13... O-O 14. e5 Ne8 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nfd4 Qe7 17. Bb1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4) 14. Nd6+ { [%eval 5.59] } 14... Ke7 { [%eval 5.88] } 15. Nxb7 { [%eval 6.14] } 15... Qb6 { [%eval 5.97] } 16. d6+ { [%eval 5.81] } 16... Ke8 { [%eval 6.18] } 17. Nxa5 { [%eval 6.02] } 17... c5 { [%eval 6.02] } 18. e5 { [%eval 6.24] } 18... Ng4 { [%eval 6.64] } 19. h3 { [%eval 6.65] } 19... Nxe5 { [%eval 6.83] } 20. Nxe5 { [%eval 7.03] } 20... f6 { [%eval 8.54] } 21. Bg6+ { [%eval 8.49] } 21... Kf8 { [%eval 7.69] } 22. Nxd7+ { [%eval 7.47] } 22... Nxd7 { [%eval 8.04] } 23. Rfe1 { [%eval 7.51] } 23... e5? { (7.51 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (23... Kg8 24. Rxe6 Nf8 25. Re8 Rxe8 26. Bxe8 Kh7 27. Nc6 Rg8 28. Re1 Qb3 29. Qd5) 24. Bf5? { (Mate in 2 → 7.42) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd5 was best. } { [%eval 7.42] } (24. Qd5 Rxa5 25. Qf7#) 24... Rd8 { [%eval 7.32] } 25. Be4 { [%eval 6.57] } 25... Ra8 { [%eval 8.31] } 26. Bxa8 { [%eval 8.65] } 26... Kf7 { [%eval 9.21] } 27. Bd5+ { [%eval 9.26] } 27... Kg6 { [%eval 9.43] } 28. Nc6 { [%eval 9.15] } 28... Re8? { (9.15 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (28... f5 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Be6 Rf8 31. Bxd7 g6 32. Be6 Qb7 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qd5) 29. Be4+? { (Mate in 10 → 9.29) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne7+ was best. } { [%eval 9.29] } (29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qb8 31. Be4+ Kf7 32. Qxd7 Qe8 33. Bd5+ Kg6 34. Qxe8+ Kg5) 29... f5 { [%eval 8.99] } 30. Ne7+ { [%eval 9.66] } 30... Rxe7 { [%eval 9.44] } 31. dxe7 { [%eval 9.18] } 31... Nf6 { [%eval 10.77] } 32. Bc2 { [%eval 7.95] } 32... e4 { [%eval 9.1] } 33. Qf4 { [%eval 9.1] } 33... Qxb2? { (9.10 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe6 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (33... Qe6 34. g4 Kf7 35. Ra7 Qxe7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Qc7+ Kf8 38. Qxc5+ Kf7 39. Qxf5) 34. Ra6 { [%eval #7] } 34... Qxc2 { [%eval #3] } 35. e8=Q+ { [%eval #2] } 35... Kh7 { [%eval #2] } 36. Qxf5+ { [%eval #1] } 36... g6 { [%eval #1] } 37. Qfxg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0