[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5CBnqYNQ"] [Date "2026.02.19"] [Round "-"] [White "gcoutand"] [Black "Aronstorm"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5CBnqYNQ"] [UTCDate "2026.02.19"] [UTCTime "12:11:04"] [WhiteElo "1112"] [BlackElo "1122"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-54"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Bc4?! { (0.34 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O) 3... Nc6?! { (-0.48 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.1] } { C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. d4) 4. O-O { [%eval -0.2] } 4... a6?! { (-0.20 → 0.89) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.89] } (4... Nxe4 5. Bd5 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. d4 Be6 9. Nc3) 5. d3?! { (0.89 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 0.16] } (5. d4 exd4 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Bb3 h6 8. f4 Nc4 9. Bxc4 hxg5) 5... b5?! { (0.16 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.88] } (5... Bc5 6. a4 d6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 a5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3) 6. Bb3 { [%eval 0.47] } 6... Bc5 { [%eval 0.51] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.5] } 7... Nd4?! { (0.50 → 1.38) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.38] } (7... d6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Rb8 12. h3) 8. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.95] } 8... Bxd4 { [%eval 0.87] } 9. Qe2 { [%eval 0.32] } 9... O-O { [%eval 0.37] } 10. Be3 { [%eval 0.35] } 10... Bxe3 { [%eval 0.34] } 11. Qxe3 { [%eval 0.23] } 11... d6 { [%eval 0.35] } 12. Nd5 { [%eval -0.05] } 12... Ng4 { [%eval 0.17] } 13. Qg3 { [%eval 0.08] } 13... c6 { [%eval 0.09] } 14. Ne3 { [%eval 0.01] } 14... d5?? { (0.01 → 4.36) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 4.36] } (14... Nf6 15. c3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Qg5 17. d4 g6 18. a4 Rb8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. g3) 15. Nxg4 { [%eval 4.27] } 15... Bxg4 { [%eval 4.6] } 16. Qxg4 { [%eval 4.42] } 16... dxe4 { [%eval 4.71] } 17. Qxe4 { [%eval 4.69] } 17... Qe7 { [%eval 4.9] } 18. Qxc6 { [%eval 4.7] } 18... Rfc8 { [%eval 5.0] } 19. Qf3 { [%eval 5.0] } 19... Qc5 { [%eval 5.63] } 20. Rae1 { [%eval 5.09] } 20... Re8?! { (5.09 → 7.37) Inaccuracy. Ra7 was best. } { [%eval 7.37] } (20... Ra7 21. Qg3 Re7 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qh4 Rec7 24. d4 exd4 25. Qf4) 21. Bxf7+ { [%eval 7.25] } 21... Kf8? { (7.25 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (21... Kh8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. c3 Qe7 24. Qe4 Qe6 25. d4 Qxa2 26. Qc6 Re7 27. dxe5) 22. Bxe8+? { (Mate in 3 → 9.46) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Be6+ was best. } { [%eval 9.46] } (22. Be6+ Ke7 23. Qf7+ Kd8 24. Qd7#) 22... Kxe8 { [%eval 9.86] } 23. Qxa8+ { [%eval 9.73] } 23... Kd7 { [%eval 9.79] } 24. Qxa6 { [%eval 9.54] } 24... Qxc2? { (9.54 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (24... g6 25. Qb7+ Qc7 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Rxe5 b4 28. Re3 Kb7 29. Rfe1 Kc7 30. Kf1) 25. Qxb5+ { [%eval #9] } 25... Kd6 { [%eval #6] } 26. Qxe5+ { [%eval #5] } 26... Kc6 { [%eval #5] } 27. Qe6+ { [%eval #7] } 27... Kb5 { [%eval #4] } 28. Qe5+ { [%eval #7] } 28... Kb4 { [%eval #2] } 29. Qxg7 { [%eval #5] } 29... Qxb2 { [%eval #4] } 30. Rb1 { [%eval #4] } 30... Ka3 { [%eval #2] } 31. Qxb2+ { [%eval #1] } 31... Ka4 { [%eval #1] } 32. Qb4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0