[Event "≤1700 Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8A46WfVy"] [Date "2026.05.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Marco14Polo"] [Black "Nishanth_210215"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "8A46WfVy"] [UTCDate "2026.05.04"] [UTCTime "05:19:09"] [WhiteElo "1151"] [BlackElo "917"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Mikenas Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.6] } { A40 Mikenas Defense } 2. d5 { [%eval 0.5] } 2... Nb4 { [%eval 0.98] } 3. e4 { [%eval 0.98] } 3... c6 { [%eval 1.07] } 4. c3 { [%eval 1.01] } 4... Na6 { [%eval 1.08] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.55] } 5... e6? { (0.55 → 2.23) Mistake. Nc5 was best. } { [%eval 2.23] } (5... Nc5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Ne6 10. a4) 6. Bd3? { (2.23 → 0.53) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 0.53] } (6. d6 f6 7. b4 g6 8. e5 fxe5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Qb1 e4) 6... exd5 { [%eval 0.58] } 7. exd5 { [%eval 0.63] } 7... cxd5?! { (0.63 → 1.47) Inaccuracy. Nc7 was best. } { [%eval 1.47] } (7... Nc7 8. O-O Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nd4 d6 11. c4 Nc7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Qe2) 8. O-O { [%eval 1.0] } 8... Nc5 { [%eval 1.02] } 9. Re1+ { [%eval 1.06] } 9... Be7 { [%eval 0.96] } 10. Bc2 { [%eval 0.46] } 10... Nf6 { [%eval 0.5] } 11. b4?! { (0.50 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.15] } (11. Nd4 d6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Na3 Ne6 15. Nf5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 11... Nce4?! { (-0.15 → 0.58) Inaccuracy. Ne6 was best. } { [%eval 0.58] } (11... Ne6 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 b6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qd3 h6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Nd2) 12. Nbd2?? { (0.58 → -3.68) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -3.68] } (12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. f3 Nd6 16. Na3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nc4) 12... Nxc3 { [%eval -3.81] } 13. Rxe7+ { [%eval -3.84] } 13... Qxe7 { [%eval -3.59] } 14. Qe1 { [%eval -4.14] } 14... Nfe4?? { (-4.14 → -0.04) Blunder. Qxe1+ was best. } { [%eval -0.04] } (14... Qxe1+ 15. Nxe1 Ne2+ 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 O-O 18. Ndf3 a5 19. b5 d6 20. Bd3) 15. Nxe4? { (-0.04 → -1.67) Mistake. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -1.67] } (15. Bb2 d6 16. Qe3 Nb5 17. Re1 f5 18. a4 Nc7 19. Nd4 O-O) 15... Nxe4 { [%eval -1.76] } 16. Bxe4? { (-1.76 → -3.55) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -3.55] } (16. Nd4 O-O 17. Bb2 Qg5 18. f3 Nd6 19. h4 Qf4 20. Rd1 Re8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+) 16... dxe4 { [%eval -3.4] } 17. Bg5 { [%eval -4.15] } 17... Qd6?? { (-4.15 → -1.08) Blunder. f6 was best. } { [%eval -1.08] } (17... f6 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Rh4 Re8 22. h3 Bf5 23. Be3) 18. Qxe4+ { [%eval -1.65] } 18... Kf8?? { (-1.65 → 5.13) Blunder. Qe6 was best. } { [%eval 5.13] } (18... Qe6 19. Qf4 O-O 20. Nd4 Qa6 21. Be7 Re8 22. Bd6 Qxa2 23. Rc1 b6 24. Nf5) 19. Be7+?? { (5.13 → -4.28) Blunder. Re1 was best. } { [%eval -4.28] } (19. Re1 Qe6 20. Qf4 d6 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxd6+ Kg8 23. Be3 h6 24. h3 Kh7) 19... Qxe7 { [%eval -4.22] } 20. Qxe7+?! { (-4.22 → -5.54) Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best. } { [%eval -5.54] } (20. Qd3 d6 21. Re1 Be6 22. h4 h5 23. Ng5 Re8 24. a3 Qd7 25. Re3 Rh6) 20... Kxe7 { [%eval -5.69] } 21. Re1+ { [%eval -5.85] } 21... Kf8 { [%eval -5.17] } 22. Ng5 { [%eval -5.79] } 22... h6 { [%eval -5.41] } 23. Ne4 { [%eval -5.24] } 23... f5?! { (-5.24 → -3.97) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -3.97] } (23... d5 24. Nd6 Be6 25. Nxb7 Kg8 26. h3 Kh7 27. b5 Rhe8) 24. Nd6 { [%eval -3.92] } 24... b6?? { (-3.92 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (24... Kg8 25. Re7 Kh7 26. h4 Rg8 27. Ne8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 d6 29. b5 b6 30. Rf8) 25. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0