[Event "Monthly Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/6FEPgFPq"] [Date "2026.04.02"] [Round "-"] [White "checkmatin1"] [Black "Mens_Isaac"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "6FEPgFPq"] [UTCDate "2026.04.02"] [UTCTime "17:34:41"] [WhiteElo "1109"] [BlackElo "1884"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+38"] [BlackRatingDiff "-25"] [BlackBerserk "true"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit"] [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. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.29] } 3... Nc6? { (0.29 → 1.82) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.82] } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4) 4. Nxc6 { [%eval 1.87] } 4... dxc6 { [%eval 1.42] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit } 5. e5?! { (1.42 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.78] } (5. Nc3 Be6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. f3 b5 9. a3 Be7) 5... Ne4?! { (0.78 → 1.89) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 1.89] } (5... Nd5 6. d4 c5 7. c3 c6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. O-O) 6. d4 { [%eval 2.6] } 6... Be7 { [%eval 1.95] } 7. c3 { [%eval 1.79] } 7... O-O { [%eval 1.94] } 8. Bd3 { [%eval 1.92] } 8... Ng5 { [%eval 2.55] } 9. O-O { [%eval 2.52] } 9... Bh3? { (2.52 → 4.91) Mistake. Ne6 was best. } { [%eval 4.91] } (9... Ne6 10. Bc2 a5 11. Be3 g6 12. Re1 Re8 13. a3 Ng7 14. Nd2 Be6) 10. gxh3 { [%eval 5.03] } 10... Nxh3+ { [%eval 5.1] } 11. Kg2 { [%eval 4.9] } 11... Ng5 { [%eval 5.03] } 12. Bxg5 { [%eval 5.05] } 12... Bxg5 { [%eval 4.94] } 13. f4 { [%eval 4.89] } 13... Bh6 { [%eval 4.94] } 14. Qf3 { [%eval 4.78] } 14... f6 { [%eval 5.31] } 15. Bc4+ { [%eval 4.67] } 15... Kh8 { [%eval 4.75] } 16. e6 { [%eval 4.67] } 16... Re8 { [%eval 4.79] } 17. Nd2 { [%eval 4.85] } 17... Re7 { [%eval 5.34] } 18. Rae1 { [%eval 5.14] } 18... Qd6 { [%eval 6.06] } 19. Ne4 { [%eval 5.89] } 19... Qd8 { [%eval 5.92] } 20. Nc5 { [%eval 5.61] } 20... b6 { [%eval 5.86] } 21. Nd7 { [%eval 5.66] } 21... Qe8 { [%eval 5.86] } 22. Qxc6 { [%eval 5.69] } 22... Qg6+ { [%eval 6.1] } 23. Kh1 { [%eval 6.12] } 23... Rae8 { [%eval 6.15] } 24. d5 { [%eval 5.29] } 24... Rxd7?? { (5.29 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg4 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (24... Qg4 25. d6 cxd6 26. Qe4 Qh4 27. Bd5 f5 28. Qf3 g5 29. fxg5 Bxg5 30. Qg3) 25. exd7 { [%eval #8] } 25... Rxe1 { [%eval #3] } 26. d8=Q+ { [%eval #2] } 26... Re8 { [%eval #2] } 27. Qdxe8+ { [%eval #1] } 27... Qxe8 { [%eval #1] } 28. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0