[Event "Chessbrainz WP Channel Rapid"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8dRHIX2I"] [Date "2026.04.04"] [Round "-"] [White "chessrajvardhan"] [Black "DhruvanGurucharann"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "8dRHIX2I"] [UTCDate "2026.04.04"] [UTCTime "17:07:05"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1439"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+32"] [BlackRatingDiff "-131"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Kangaroo Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.37] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.16] } 2... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.33] } { A40 Kangaroo Defense } 3. Bd2 { [%eval 0.3] } 3... Bd6?! { (0.30 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. Bxd2+ was best. } { [%eval 1.11] } (3... Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. d5) 4. a3?! { (1.11 → 0.53) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval 0.53] } (4. e4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d5 Nb8 7. h3 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6) 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.77] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.7] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.79] } 6. Nf3 { [%eval 0.63] } 6... c6? { (0.63 → 2.13) Mistake. c5 was best. } { [%eval 2.13] } (6... c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. h4 Bf8 11. d6 Re6 12. e3) 7. g3? { (2.13 → 0.56) Mistake. e4 was best. } { [%eval 0.56] } (7. e4 Be7 8. e5 Ne8 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ng5 g6 12. d5 d6) 7... b6? { (0.56 → 1.87) Mistake. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 1.87] } (7... Be7 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. h4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 c5 12. cxd5) 8. Bg2?! { (1.87 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval 1.03] } (8. e4 Be7 9. e5 Ne8 10. h4 d5 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 Bd6) 8... Qc7?! { (1.03 → 1.97) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 1.97] } (8... Be7 9. e4 d5 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. h4 Nc6 14. Be3) 9. O-O { [%eval 1.8] } 9... Ba6 { [%eval 2.17] } 10. b3?! { (2.17 → 1.39) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval 1.39] } (10. e4 Bxc4 11. e5 Bxf1 12. Bxf1 Be7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bf4 d6 15. Rc1 Qd8) 10... c5?! { (1.39 → 2.05) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 2.05] } (10... Be7 11. e4 d5 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Rfd1 Nc7 16. h4) 11. dxc5 { [%eval 1.72] } 11... Qxc5?? { (1.72 → 3.90) Blunder. Bxc5 was best. } { [%eval 3.9] } (11... Bxc5 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. e4 a5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Na4 h6 17. Nxc5) 12. Re1? { (3.90 → 2.03) Mistake. Be3 was best. } { [%eval 2.03] } (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4 Be5 14. Bxa8 Nc6 15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Qe1 Ng4 17. Nf3 Bb7) 12... Ne4?? { (2.03 → 5.98) Blunder. Qc8 was best. } { [%eval 5.98] } (12... Qc8 13. e4 Be7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nb5) 13. Nxe4 { [%eval 6.16] } 13... Qc6 { [%eval 7.04] } 14. Nxd6 { [%eval 5.68] } 14... Qxd6 { [%eval 5.41] } 15. Ng5 { [%eval 5.47] } 15... f6 { [%eval 6.66] } 16. Bxa8 { [%eval 6.54] } 16... Nc6 { [%eval 6.57] } 17. Bxc6 { [%eval 6.26] } 17... Qxc6 { [%eval 6.83] } 18. Nf3 { [%eval 6.37] } 18... e5 { [%eval 6.68] } 19. e4 { [%eval 6.75] } 19... Qxe4 { [%eval 8.53] } 20. Rxe4 { [%eval 8.41] } 20... Rc8 { [%eval 9.49] } 21. Bb4 { [%eval 9.69] } 21... d5 { [%eval 11.89] } 22. Qxd5+ { [%eval 11.71] } 22... Kh8 { [%eval 11.32] } 23. Nxe5 { [%eval 10.85] } 23... Re8?! { (10.85 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. fxe5 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (23... fxe5 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. Bxf8 Bc8 26. Rxe5 a6 27. Re8 h6 28. Rxc8 Kh7 29. Qd3+) 24. Nf7+ { [%eval #1] } 24... Kg8 { [%eval #1] } 25. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0