[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/64NmQsEW"] [Date "2026.05.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Victor_Merlin"] [Black "vivi58"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "64NmQsEW"] [UTCDate "2026.05.20"] [UTCTime "23:52:41"] [WhiteElo "1042"] [BlackElo "924"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-14"] [BlackRatingDiff "+24"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [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 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.5] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O) 3... d5?! { (-0.50 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.1] } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O) 4. exd5 { [%eval 0.03] } 4... Nxd5? { (0.03 → 1.18) Mistake. e4 was best. } { [%eval 1.18] } (4... e4 5. Nd4 c6 6. Nc3 cxd5 7. Nxd5 Bc5 8. Nb5 O-O 9. d4) 5. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.12] } 5... Qg5?? { (1.12 → 3.57) Blunder. Be6 was best. } { [%eval 3.57] } (5... Be6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5) 6. Qe2?? { (3.57 → 1.37) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 1.37] } (6. O-O Nf4 7. g3 Nh3+ 8. Kg2 Nf4+ 9. Kh1 Ne6 10. d4 Qf5) 6... Nf4? { (1.37 → 2.67) Mistake. Be6 was best. } { [%eval 2.67] } (6... Be6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Bxe6+) 7. Qe3?? { (2.67 → -6.18) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval -6.18] } (7. Bxf7+ Kd8 8. Nc6+ Kd7 9. Qe8+ Kd6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Ne4+ Kxc6 12. Nxg5 Bxe8) 7... Nxg2+ { [%eval -6.08] } 8. Ke2 { [%eval -5.88] } 8... Nxe3 { [%eval -5.5] } 9. Bxf7+ { [%eval -5.74] } 9... Ke7 { [%eval -5.6] } 10. d4 { [%eval -5.65] } 10... Qg2 { [%eval -5.42] } 11. Re1 { [%eval -6.45] } 11... Bg4+ { [%eval -6.9] } 12. Kxe3 { [%eval -6.9] } 12... Kf6?? { (-6.90 → -2.98) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval -2.98] } (12... Nc6 13. Bd5 Qxd5 14. Nxg4 Kd7 15. Nc3 Qg5+ 16. Ke2 Qxg4+ 17. Kf1 Bd6 18. Re4) 13. f3? { (-2.98 → -5.42) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -5.42] } (13. Nc3 g5 14. Bd5 Qh3+ 15. Kd2 Bb4 16. Re3 Qh4 17. Nxg4+ Qxg4 18. Kd3 c6) 13... Bf5?! { (-5.42 → -4.23) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval -4.23] } (13... Nc6 14. Re2 Qg1+ 15. Rf2 Bf5 16. Nc3 Nxe5 17. Bd2 Qxa1 18. dxe5+ Kxf7 19. Ke2) 14. Bh5? { (-4.23 → -6.87) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -6.87] } (14. Nc3 g6 15. Nd5+ Kg7 16. Nf4 Qxh2 17. Be6 Nc6 18. Bxf5 Nxe5 19. Ne6+ Kg8) 14... c5?! { (-6.87 → -5.24) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } { [%eval -5.24] } (14... g6 15. Ng4+ Kg7 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Re2 Qg1+ 18. Rf2 Re8+ 19. Ne4 gxh5 20. Nf6) 15. Ng4+ { [%eval -6.55] } 15... Bxg4 { [%eval -6.39] } 16. fxg4 { [%eval -6.64] } 16... cxd4+ { [%eval -7.66] } 17. Kd3 { [%eval -7.55] } 17... Nc6 { [%eval -7.43] } 18. a3 { [%eval -7.72] } 18... Ne5+ { [%eval -7.58] } 19. Kxd4? { (-7.58 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxe5 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (19. Rxe5 Kxe5 20. Nd2 g6 21. Nc4+ Ke6 22. Bg5 Qf3+ 23. Kd2 Qf2+ 24. Kd1 Bc5) 19... Nc6+? { (Mate in 3 → -8.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rd8+ was best. } { [%eval -8.0] } (19... Rd8+ 20. Kc3 Qc6+ 21. Kb3 Qc4#) 20. Kd3 { [%eval -8.01] } 20... Rd8+ { [%eval -7.51] } 21. Kc3 { [%eval -6.88] } 21... Qf2 { [%eval -6.66] } 22. Re3 { [%eval -7.28] } 22... Bc5?! { (-7.28 → -4.52) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -4.52] } (22... Nd4 23. Bd2 Rc8+ 24. Kd3 Qf1+ 25. Ke4 Qg2+ 26. Kd3 Rd8 27. g5+ Qxg5 28. Bc3) 23. g5+ { [%eval -4.67] } 23... Kxg5 { [%eval -4.49] } 24. Re5+? { (-4.49 → -8.07) Mistake. Rh3+ was best. } { [%eval -8.07] } (24. Rh3+ Kf6 25. Rf3+ Qxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rhe8 27. h4 Be3 28. Nd2 Nd4 29. Nc4 Bxc1) 24... Kf6 { [%eval -6.21] } 25. Rxc5?? { (-6.21 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re4 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (25. Re4 Rd4 26. Nd2 g6 27. Kb3 gxh5 28. c3 Rd5 29. Kc2 Qf5 30. b3 Kg7) 25... b6?? { (Mate in 5 → -2.55) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc5+ was best. } { [%eval -2.55] } (25... Qxc5+ 26. Kb3 Nd4+ 27. Ka2 Qc4+ 28. b3 Qxc2+ 29. Bb2 Qxb3#) 26. Rxc6+ { [%eval -2.55] } 26... Ke7?? { (-2.55 → 2.05) Blunder. Kf5 was best. } { [%eval 2.05] } (26... Kf5 27. Kb3 Qg2 28. Rc4 Qh3+ 29. Nc3 Qxh5 30. Be3 Qh3 31. Bd4 Rhe8 32. Rg1) 27. Bg5+ { [%eval 1.92] } 27... Kd7 { [%eval 1.83] } 28. Rc4 { [%eval 1.57] } 28... Rc8 { [%eval 1.89] } { Black wins on time. } 0-1