[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8M0idLvQ"] [Date "2026.05.20"] [Round "-"] [White "michielvdg"] [Black "mward128"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "8M0idLvQ"] [UTCDate "2026.05.20"] [UTCTime "18:01:05"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "1752"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+30"] [ECO "B18"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.31] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.21] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.38] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.34] } 3... dxe4 { [%eval 0.18] } 4. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.28] } 4... Bf5 { [%eval 0.25] } { B18 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation } 5. Ng3 { [%eval 0.14] } 5... Bg6 { [%eval 0.28] } 6. N1e2 { [%eval 0.09] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 0.09] } 7. Nf4 { [%eval 0.04] } 7... e5 { [%eval 0.08] } 8. dxe5 { [%eval 0.13] } 8... Qa5+ { [%eval 0.17] } 9. c3 { [%eval 0.07] } 9... Qxe5+ { [%eval 0.09] } 10. Be2 { [%eval 0.05] } 10... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.1] } 11. O-O { [%eval 0.1] } 11... O-O-O { [%eval 0.25] } 12. Qa4 { [%eval 0.36] } 12... Bc5 { [%eval 0.43] } 13. Nxg6 { [%eval -0.1] } 13... hxg6 { [%eval -0.15] } 14. Bf4 { [%eval -0.17] } 14... Qe7?? { (-0.17 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rh4 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (14... Rh4 15. Bxe5 Rxa4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. Bf3 Kc7 19. Nf1 g5 20. h3) 15. Qxc6+ { [%eval #1] } 15... bxc6 { [%eval #1] } 16. Ba6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0