[Event "QSA Beginners Practice Session Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8Qsi40FO"] [Date "2026.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "KASHINATHC"] [Black "anavkrishnaking"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "8Qsi40FO"] [UTCDate "2026.05.24"] [UTCTime "13:21:25"] [WhiteElo "638"] [BlackElo "939"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+2"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.11] } { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Na3? { (0.11 → -1.36) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -1.36] } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a5 7. Bg5 c6) 3... Bxa3?! { (-1.36 → -0.67) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval -0.67] } (3... Nxe4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3) 4. bxa3 { [%eval -0.69] } 4... d5 { [%eval -0.63] } 5. Bb5+? { (-0.63 → -2.27) Mistake. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -2.27] } (5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 Be6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. O-O-O Qd7 9. Ne2 O-O-O) 5... c6 { [%eval -2.25] } 6. exd5?? { (-2.25 → -5.06) Blunder. Be2 was best. } { [%eval -5.06] } (6. Be2 Nxe4 7. Nf3 f6 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 c5 10. c4 d4 11. Qc2 Nd6) 6... Nxd5?? { (-5.06 → -1.06) Blunder. cxb5 was best. } { [%eval -1.06] } (6... cxb5 7. a4 Qxd5 8. axb5 Qxb5 9. a4 Qa5 10. Ba3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Be6 12. O-O) 7. Bc4 { [%eval -1.28] } 7... Nf4 { [%eval -1.21] } 8. Qf3? { (-1.21 → -2.67) Mistake. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -2.67] } (8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qf3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Bxa4 Qd6 13. O-O-O Na6) 8... Ne6?? { (-2.67 → -0.08) Blunder. Qd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.08] } (8... Qd4 9. Qc3 Qxc3 10. dxc3 Nxg2+ 11. Kf1 Nh4 12. a4 Bf5 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Rb1) 9. Nh3?! { (-0.08 → -0.93) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -0.93] } (9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qg3 f6 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. O-O c5 14. Qf3 Nc7) 9... O-O { [%eval -0.79] } 10. Bd3? { (-0.79 → -2.59) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -2.59] } (10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 Nd4 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxe5 Re8 14. Qg5 Bxh3 15. Qxd8 Rxd8) 10... Nd4 { [%eval -2.25] } 11. Qh5 { [%eval -2.64] } 11... g6?! { (-2.64 → -1.54) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -1.54] } (11... e4 12. Bxe4 g6 13. Qh6 Bxh3 14. Qxh3 Re8 15. d3 f5 16. Rb1 b6 17. c3) 12. Qd1?? { (-1.54 → -3.83) Blunder. Qh6 was best. } { [%eval -3.83] } (12. Qh6 Bxh3 13. Qxh3 e4 14. Bc4 c5 15. Bb3 Nbc6 16. O-O Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxc1) 12... Re8?! { (-3.83 → -2.98) Inaccuracy. Bxh3 was best. } { [%eval -2.98] } (12... Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qd5 14. O-O Nf3+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nxd2+ 17. Kg1 Nxf1 18. Bc4) 13. Ng5? { (-2.98 → -5.10) Mistake. Be4 was best. } { [%eval -5.1] } (13. Be4 Qh4 14. d3 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. c3 Nb5 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nd6) 13... Qxg5 { [%eval -5.24] } 14. h4?! { (-5.24 → -7.74) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -7.74] } (14. O-O Bh3 15. Be4 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 18. c3 Nb5 19. a4 Nd6) 14... Qxg2 { [%eval -8.06] } 15. Rf1 { [%eval -7.93] } 15... Bg4 { [%eval -7.85] } 16. Be2 { [%eval -7.89] } 16... Qe4 { [%eval -7.78] } 17. Bb2? { (-7.78 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f3 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (17. f3 Bxf3 18. d3 Qxh4+ 19. Kd2 Bxe2 20. Rh1 Qf4+ 21. Kc3 Nb5+ 22. Kb3 Bxd1) 17... Nf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1