[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5pWt2auq"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "shankara_abhilash"] [Black "joshuajohnjibin"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5pWt2auq"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "14:39:57"] [WhiteElo "788"] [BlackElo "876"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+31"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.1] } 1... e5? { (0.10 → 1.32) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.32] } (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6) 2. e4? { (1.32 → 0.18) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.18] } (2. Nxe5 Nc6 3. Nxc6 dxc6 4. e4 f5 5. d3 Be6 6. Nd2 Qd7) 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. Bb5 { [%eval 0.15] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.17] } { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. Bxc6 { [%eval -0.13] } 4... bxc6 { [%eval 0.27] } 5. O-O { [%eval 0.22] } 5... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.5] } 6. Re1 { [%eval 0.34] } 6... d5? { (0.34 → 1.57) Mistake. Nc5 was best. } { [%eval 1.57] } (6... Nc5 7. Nxe5 Ne6 8. c4 Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. h3) 7. Nxe5? { (1.57 → 0.00) Mistake. d3 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (7. d3 Nf6 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Nxc6 Qd7 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Qf3 Bb4) 7... Bb4?? { (0.00 → 2.65) Blunder. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 2.65] } (7... Bd6 8. d4 Qh4 9. f3 f6 10. g3 Qh3 11. Nd3 Bxg3 12. Re2) 8. Nc3? { (2.65 → 1.13) Mistake. f3 was best. } { [%eval 1.13] } (8. f3 Bd6 9. fxe4 dxe4 10. Rxe4 O-O 11. d4 c5 12. Nd2 Bb7) 8... Nxc3?? { (1.13 → 5.03) Blunder. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 5.03] } (8... Bd6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Rxe4 O-O 11. d3 Qf6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Be3 c5 14. b3) 9. dxc3 { [%eval 4.85] } 9... Bc5?! { (4.85 → 6.63) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 6.63] } (9... O-O 10. cxb4 Qf6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qf3 Rfe8 13. Bc3 Re6 14. Nd3 d4 15. Bd2) 10. Nxc6+ { [%eval 6.53] } 10... Be6 { [%eval 6.42] } 11. Nxd8 { [%eval 6.41] } 11... Rxd8 { [%eval 6.53] } 12. Bg5 { [%eval 6.44] } 12... Be7 { [%eval 7.23] } 13. Bxe7 { [%eval 6.97] } 13... Kxe7 { [%eval 7.19] } 14. b3 { [%eval 6.87] } 14... c5 { [%eval 6.9] } 15. Qe2 { [%eval 7.07] } 15... d4 { [%eval 7.35] } 16. cxd4 { [%eval 6.99] } 16... cxd4 { [%eval 7.07] } 17. Rad1 { [%eval 7.21] } 17... d3 { [%eval 7.44] } 18. Rxd3 { [%eval 7.66] } 18... Rxd3 { [%eval 7.73] } 19. Qxd3 { [%eval 7.85] } 19... Rd8 { [%eval 7.92] } 20. Qxh7 { [%eval 7.91] } 20... Ke8 { [%eval 8.32] } 21. h3 { [%eval 8.26] } 21... Kd7 { [%eval 8.27] } 22. Qxg7 { [%eval 8.27] } 22... Ke7 { [%eval 8.31] } 23. Qg5+ { [%eval 8.23] } 23... Kd7? { (8.23 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (23... Ke8 24. Kh2 a6 25. Qh5 Rd6 26. c4 Kd7 27. Qh8 Rd3 28. Qb8 Kc6 29. Qe8+) 24. Rd1+ { [%eval #8] } 24... Ke8 { [%eval #1] } 25. Qxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0