[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage Two CDL 2026 A Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5nujfVXP"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "thomast3"] [Black "Tarish_Alkarrani"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5nujfVXP"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "12:56:12"] [WhiteElo "1331"] [BlackElo "1067"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.44] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.13] } 2... Nh6?! { (0.13 → 1.19) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.19] } (2... e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 1.06] } 3... e5 { [%eval 1.13] } 4. Bc4 { [%eval 0.98] } 4... Qe7? { (0.98 → 2.51) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.51] } (4... d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ng4 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6) 5. O-O?! { (2.51 → 1.71) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 1.71] } (5. Nd5 Qc5 6. d3 Nb4 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. c3 Nxd5 9. d4 Qb6) 5... Qf6? { (1.71 → 3.42) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval 3.42] } (5... Nd4 6. Nd5 Qd8 7. d3 c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Re1 d6 10. Bxh6) 6. d3?! { (3.42 → 2.35) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 2.35] } (6. d4 Qd8 7. dxe5 Be7 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh8) 6... Bd6?! { (2.35 → 3.49) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 3.49] } (6... Qd8 7. d4 d6 8. h3 Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd2) 7. Bg5?! { (3.49 → 2.41) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 2.41] } (7. Nd5 Qg6 8. Nh4 Qg4 9. Bxh6 Qxd1 10. Raxd1 gxh6 11. Nf5 Rb8 12. a4 b6) 7... Qg6 { [%eval 2.24] } 8. Nd5?! { (2.24 → 1.45) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval 1.45] } (8. Nb5 a6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. Nh4 Na5 11. Bd5 c6 12. Qd2 b6 13. Bb3 Nxb3) 8... Ne7?? { (1.45 → 4.48) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 4.48] } (8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh8 10. Bxh6 Qxh6 11. Qxh6 gxh6 12. c3 Nd8 13. d4 c6 14. Nf6) 9. Qd2?? { (4.48 → 1.57) Blunder. Bxe7 was best. } { [%eval 1.57] } (9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 d5 12. Bxd5 Bh3 13. Ne1 Kc8 14. d4 Kb8) 9... Nxd5 { [%eval 1.51] } 10. Bxd5?! { (1.51 → 0.92) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.92] } (10. exd5 f6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Re4 f5 14. Rh4 Kg7 15. Re1 Qf6) 10... Qh5?! { (0.92 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%eval 2.0] } (10... f6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Bc4 Bc7 13. Bg3 d6 14. a4 Nf7 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. Qe1) 11. h3?! { (2.00 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 1.04] } (11. d4 f6 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bh4 Rf8 14. Bg3 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Bc5 16. b4 Bb6) 11... f5?? { (1.04 → 3.35) Blunder. c6 was best. } { [%eval 3.35] } (11... c6 12. Bb3 Bc7 13. Be3 a5 14. d4 a4 15. Bc4 exd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. f4) 12. exf5 { [%eval 3.48] } 12... e4?? { (3.48 → 7.32) Blunder. c6 was best. } { [%eval 7.32] } (12... c6 13. Bb3 Rf8 14. d4 Rxf5 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Bf4 b6 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. e6) 13. Bxe4? { (7.32 → 4.16) Mistake. Rfe1 was best. } { [%eval 4.16] } (13. Rfe1 Kf8 14. Rxe4 c6 15. Rh4 Qxh4 16. Nxh4 Nf7 17. Bxf7 Kxf7 18. Nf3 Re8) 13... Nxf5 { [%eval 4.83] } 14. Bxf5 { [%eval 4.33] } 14... Qf7?! { (4.33 → 6.43) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 6.43] } (14... O-O 15. Bg4 Qf7 16. Nd4 b6 17. Bf3 c6 18. Be4 Ba6 19. f4 h6 20. Bh4) 15. Rfe1+ { [%eval 6.51] } 15... Be7?! { (6.51 → 10.09) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval 10.09] } (15... Kf8 16. Be4 h6 17. Be3 a5 18. d4 Kg8 19. c3 Ra6 20. Qc2 Rb6 21. Ne5) 16. Rxe7+ { [%eval 9.69] } 16... Kd8? { (9.69 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxe7 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (16... Qxe7 17. Bxe7 d6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Qg5 b6 20. Qxg7 Kd7 21. Bd8+ Kc6 22. Qxh8) 17. Rxf7+ { [%eval #3] } 17... Ke8 { Black offers draw } { [%eval #3] } 18. Rxg7 { [%eval #3] } 18... Rg8 { [%eval #2] } 19. Rxg8+ { [%eval #4] } 19... Kf7 { [%eval #4] } 20. Re1 { [%eval #3] } 20... Kxg8 { [%eval #3] } 21. Re8+ { [%eval #2] } 21... Kf7 { [%eval #2] } 22. Re7+ { [%eval #2] } 22... Kf8 { [%eval #2] } 23. Rxh7 { [%eval #3] } 23... d5 { [%eval #3] } 24. Bxc8 { [%eval #3] } 24... Rxc8 { [%eval #2] } 25. Rh8+ { [%eval #3] } 25... Kg7 { [%eval #3] } 26. Rxc8 { [%eval #3] } 26... Kf7 { [%eval #3] } 27. Rxc7+ { [%eval #3] } 27... Ke6 { [%eval #2] } 28. Rxb7 { [%eval #3] } 28... a6 { [%eval #2] } 29. Rb6+ { [%eval #3] } 29... Kd7 { [%eval #3] } 30. Rxa6 { [%eval #3] } 30... Kc8 { [%eval #3] } 31. Rc6+ { [%eval #3] } 31... Kd7 { [%eval #2] } 32. Rc5 { [%eval #3] } 32... d4 { [%eval #2] } 33. Rd5+ { [%eval #4] } 33... Kc6 { [%eval #3] } 34. Rxd4 { [%eval #3] } 34... Kc5 { [%eval #3] } 35. Qc3+ { [%eval #2] } 35... Kb6 { [%eval #2] } 36. Rb4+ { [%eval #1] } 36... Ka5 { [%eval #1] } 37. Qa3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0