[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage Two CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7PvPLEMd"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Aaronkhokhar"] [Black "gauthamgirish"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "7PvPLEMd"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "12:22:12"] [WhiteElo "1257"] [BlackElo "1233"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+28"] [BlackRatingDiff "-18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.54] } { B01 Scandinavian Defense } 2. Qh5?? { (0.54 → -1.22) Blunder. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -1.22] } (2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7) 2... g6?? { (-1.22 → 0.62) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 0.62] } (2... Nf6 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d3 exd3 6. Qf3 Qc8 7. Bxd3) 3. Qe5? { (0.62 → -0.78) Mistake. Qxd5 was best. } { [%eval -0.78] } (3. Qxd5 Qxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bc4 c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6) 3... Qd6?? { (-0.78 → 4.00) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 4.0] } (3... Nf6 4. exd5 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Qe2) 4. Qxh8 { [%eval 3.04] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 2.81] } 5. Bb5+?! { (2.81 → 2.14) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 2.14] } (5. d4 dxe4 6. Bh6 Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Kb1 Bb7 10. Bxf8 Nxf8) 5... c6 { [%eval 2.58] } 6. Ba4?! { (2.58 → 1.67) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 1.67] } (6. d4 dxe4 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8. Be2 b5 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Bxf8 O-O-O 11. Qg7 Nxf8) 6... Nxe4?! { (1.67 → 2.37) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 2.37] } (6... dxe4 7. d4 Bf5 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bh6 O-O-O 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. Qg7 Ne6 12. Qh6) 7. Nc3 { [%eval 2.45] } 7... Qc5?! { (2.45 → 3.78) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 3.78] } (7... Nf6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Bh6 Nbd7 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. Nge2 O-O-O 12. Qg7 b5 13. Bb3) 8. b3?? { (3.78 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qc3 Nd7 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Qf5 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Ng3 Nxb3) 8... Nxf2?? { (Mate in 2 → 3.25) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf2+ was best. } { [%eval 3.25] } (8... Qxf2+ 9. Kd1 Qf1#) 9. d3?? { (3.25 → -3.57) Blunder. b4 was best. } { [%eval -3.57] } (9. b4 Qxb4 10. Kxf2 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Nxd5 Qc5+ 13. d4 Qxd5 14. Re1 Be6) 9... Nxh1 { [%eval -3.39] } 10. Qxh7?? { (-3.39 → -7.33) Blunder. Nge2 was best. } { [%eval -7.33] } (10. Nge2 Qf2+ 11. Kd2 Qxg2 12. b4 Qxh2 13. Ba3 Ng3 14. Nxd5 Qxe2+ 15. Kc3 Nd7) 10... Qxg1+ { [%eval -6.86] } 11. Kd2 { [%eval -7.38] } 11... Qxg2+ { [%eval -7.08] } 12. Ne2 { [%eval -6.9] } 12... Qg5+ { [%eval -5.58] } 13. Kc3 { [%eval -5.43] } 13... Bf5?? { (-5.43 → 4.73) Blunder. Qf6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.73] } (13... Qf6+ 14. d4 Bg4 15. Be3 Nf2 16. Rf1 Ne4+ 17. Kb2 Qxf1 18. Nf4) 14. Kb2?? { (4.73 → -5.48) Blunder. Bxg5 was best. } { [%eval -5.48] } (14. Bxg5 Nd7 15. Rxh1 Bg4 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Kb2 Nf3 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6) 14... Nf2?? { (-5.48 → 4.20) Blunder. Qf6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.2] } (14... Qf6+ 15. d4 Nf2 16. Be3 Ne4 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rf1 O-O-O 19. Bb3 e6 20. b5) 15. Bxg5 { [%eval 4.39] } 15... f6 { [%eval 5.01] } 16. Bh6 { [%eval 5.14] } 16... Na6 { [%eval 6.03] } 17. Qh8 { [%eval 4.99] } 17... Kd7 { [%eval 5.6] } 18. Bxf8 { [%eval 5.59] } 18... Nd1+?! { (5.59 → 7.63) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval 7.63] } (18... b5 19. Nf4 bxa4 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qg7+ Ke8 24. Ka3) 19. Rxd1 { [%eval 7.57] } 19... Be6 { [%eval 8.0] } 20. Rf1 { [%eval 7.82] } 20... Rxf8 { [%eval 8.73] } 21. Qxf8 { [%eval 8.58] } 21... Bh3 { [%eval 8.89] } 22. Rf3 { [%eval 8.9] } 22... Bg4 { [%eval 8.74] } 23. Rg3 { [%eval 8.77] } 23... Bxe2 { [%eval 10.69] } 24. Rxg6 { [%eval 9.91] } 24... Nc7? { (9.91 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (24... Ke6 25. Rg7 Kf5 26. Qxe7 Bd1 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qd7+ Ke5 29. Re7+ Kf4 30. Qxc6) 25. Rg7 { [%eval #9] } 25... Ne6 { [%eval #3] } 26. Qxe7+ { [%eval #2] } 26... Kc8 { [%eval #2] } 27. Rg8+ { [%eval #1] } 27... Nd8 { [%eval #1] } 28. Rxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0