[Event "≤2000 Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5q3NLCzp"] [Date "2026.04.26"] [Round "-"] [White "VeniViciVidi_King"] [Black "egarbe13"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5q3NLCzp"] [UTCDate "2026.04.26"] [UTCTime "22:20:13"] [WhiteElo "1971"] [BlackElo "1345"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French Defense: Paulsen Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.27] } 2. e4?! { (0.27 → -0.64) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval -0.64] } (2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6) 2... e6?! { (-0.64 → 0.31) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.31] } (2... dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bc4) 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.28] } { C10 French Defense: Paulsen Variation } 3... c6?! { (0.28 → 0.89) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.89] } (3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Be3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bd3) 4. Bd3 { [%eval 0.72] } 4... Bb4 { [%eval 0.76] } 5. a3 { [%eval 0.32] } 5... Ba5?! { (0.32 → 1.31) Inaccuracy. Bxc3+ was best. } { [%eval 1.31] } (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bg5) 6. b4 { [%eval 1.13] } 6... Bb6 { [%eval 1.27] } 7. Be3?! { (1.27 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval 0.39] } (7. Nf3 a5 8. Rb1 Ne7 9. O-O axb4 10. axb4 O-O 11. e5 Nf5) 7... Ne7 { [%eval 0.92] } 8. Nf3 { [%eval 1.01] } 8... O-O { [%eval 1.03] } 9. O-O { [%eval 1.02] } 9... h6 { [%eval 1.35] } 10. Qd2 { [%eval 1.16] } 10... a5?! { (1.16 → 2.11) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%eval 2.11] } (10... f6) 11. Bxh6 { [%eval 2.12] } 11... gxh6?! { (2.12 → 2.91) Inaccuracy. axb4 was best. } { [%eval 2.91] } (11... axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Rxa1 gxh6 14. Qxh6 f5 15. Ng5 Rf7 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nxf7) 12. Qxh6 { [%eval 2.71] } 12... f5 { [%eval 2.69] } 13. Ng5 { [%eval 2.57] } 13... Rf7 { [%eval 3.08] } 14. Nxf7 { [%eval 2.95] } 14... Kxf7 { [%eval 3.08] } 15. exf5 { [%eval 2.43] } 15... exf5 { [%eval 2.49] } 16. Qh7+ { [%eval 2.54] } 16... Ke6?? { (2.54 → 5.27) Blunder. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval 5.27] } (16... Kf8 17. Rae1 axb4 18. axb4 Nd7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kf8 21. Ne2 Ng8 22. Qxf5+) 17. Rae1+ { [%eval 4.98] } 17... Kd7?! { (4.98 → 6.48) Inaccuracy. Kd6 was best. } { [%eval 6.48] } (17... Kd6 18. Qh6+ Kc7 19. Qg7 Bd7 20. Rxe7 Bxd4 21. Rxd7+ Nxd7 22. Qxd4 axb4 23. axb4) 18. Bxf5+ { [%eval 6.51] } 18... Kc7 { [%eval 6.92] } 19. Rxe7+ { [%eval 6.94] } 19... Nd7 { [%eval 7.02] } 20. Ne2 { [%eval 6.87] } 20... axb4 { [%eval 6.63] } 21. axb4 { [%eval 6.87] } 21... Kb8 { [%eval 7.6] } 22. Bxd7 { [%eval 7.41] } 22... Bxd7 { [%eval 7.6] } 23. Rxd7 { [%eval 7.42] } 23... Qc8 { [%eval 7.48] } 24. h3 { [%eval 7.09] } 24... Ra2 { [%eval 7.47] } 25. Nf4 { [%eval 7.17] } 25... Bxd4 { [%eval 7.09] } 26. Ne6 { [%eval 7.15] } 26... Be5 { [%eval 8.05] } 27. Nc5 { [%eval 7.81] } 27... Ra7 { [%eval 8.53] } 28. Re1 { [%eval 8.12] } 28... Bc7? { (8.12 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (28... Bf6 29. Qh6 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Be5 31. Re1 Ka7 32. Rxe5 Qg8 33. Re1) 29. Rxc7 { [%eval #4] } 29... Qxc7 { [%eval #4] } 30. Re8+ { [%eval #3] } 30... Qc8 { [%eval #3] } 31. Rxc8+ { [%eval #2] } 31... Kxc8 { [%eval #2] } 32. Qd7+ { [%eval #1] } 32... Kb8 { [%eval #1] } 33. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0