[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8yNY29ni"] [Date "2026.04.02"] [Round "-"] [White "joshmathai"] [Black "huan2512"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "8yNY29ni"] [UTCDate "2026.04.02"] [UTCTime "20:03:57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1560"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-206"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Bc4?! { (0.34 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O) 3... h6?? { (-0.48 → 1.90) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.9] } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. d4) 4. d3? { (1.90 → 0.21) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.21] } (4. Nxe5 d5 5. exd5 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. f4 a6 8. a4 c6) 4... Bc5? { (0.21 → 1.37) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.37] } (4... Nc6 5. c3 Bc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O d6 9. Re1) 5. O-O? { (1.37 → 0.15) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.15] } (5. Nxe5 d5 6. exd5 Nbd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Nc3 O-O) 5... O-O? { (0.15 → 1.27) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.27] } (5... d6 6. h3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 Re8 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6) 6. Nc3? { (1.27 → 0.09) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.09] } (6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. a4 a5) 6... a6? { (0.09 → 1.20) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.2] } (6... Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. Be3 d6 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. a4 Qd6 11. Re1) 7. a3? { (1.20 → 0.03) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.03] } (7. Nxe5 d6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5) 7... Nc6 { [%eval 0.14] } 8. b4 { [%eval 0.05] } 8... Ba7 { [%eval 0.06] } 9. b5?! { (0.06 → -0.57) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -0.57] } (9. Be3 d6 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Ra8 14. dxe5 Nxe5) 9... axb5 { [%eval -0.58] } 10. Bxb5?! { (-0.58 → -1.43) Inaccuracy. Nxb5 was best. } { [%eval -1.43] } (10. Nxb5 Bb6 11. Be3 Ba5 12. h3 d6 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. Re1 Nh7 15. d4 Bxd2) 10... d6?! { (-1.43 → -0.52) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.52] } (10... Nd4 11. h3 c6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bb2 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bb8 16. Re1) 11. Bxc6 { [%eval -0.4] } 11... bxc6 { [%eval -0.52] } 12. Bb2?! { (-0.52 → -1.15) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -1.15] } (12. Be3 Bb6) 12... Bg4 { [%eval -0.99] } 13. h3 { [%eval -1.02] } 13... Bh5 { [%eval -1.17] } 14. d4?? { (-1.17 → -3.39) Blunder. a4 was best. } { [%eval -3.39] } (14. a4 Qd7 15. Bc1 Bd4 16. Bd2 d5 17. Qe2 c5 18. Rfb1 Rfe8 19. a5 c4) 14... Qe7?? { (-3.39 → -1.40) Blunder. Bxd4 was best. } { [%eval -1.4] } (14... Bxd4 15. Qd3 c5 16. a4 Bg6 17. Rfb1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 19. Qc4 Nf6 20. a5) 15. d5? { (-1.40 → -3.29) Mistake. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval -3.29] } (15. dxe5 dxe5) 15... Bd4?! { (-3.29 → -2.38) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } { [%eval -2.38] } (15... cxd5) 16. dxc6 { [%eval -2.58] } 16... Bxc3 { [%eval -2.6] } 17. Bxc3 { [%eval -2.5] } 17... Nxe4 { [%eval -2.54] } 18. Re1? { (-2.54 → -4.76) Mistake. Qd3 was best. } { [%eval -4.76] } (18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Qe3 Ne6 20. a4 Qe8 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bb4 Qxc6 23. Bxf8 Nf4) 18... Nxc3 { [%eval -4.69] } 19. Qd3 { [%eval -4.85] } 19... Na4 { [%eval -4.79] } 20. Re4 { [%eval -5.46] } 20... Nc5 { [%eval -5.66] } 21. Qd5 { [%eval -5.77] } 21... Nxe4 { [%eval -5.75] } 22. Qxe4 { [%eval -5.5] } 22... Bxf3 { [%eval -5.54] } 23. Qxf3 { [%eval -5.74] } 23... e4 { [%eval -5.8] } 24. Qe3 { [%eval -5.93] } 24... d5 { [%eval -5.63] } 25. a4 { [%eval -6.11] } 25... Qd6 { [%eval -5.62] } 26. Qc3 { [%eval -6.23] } 26... Rfb8 { [%eval -6.09] } 27. a5 { [%eval -6.18] } 27... d4 { [%eval -6.06] } 28. Qc4 { [%eval -6.79] } 28... Rb4 { [%eval -6.25] } 29. Qe2 { [%eval -6.27] } 29... Qxc6 { [%eval -6.23] } 30. Qxe4?! { (-6.23 → -10.40) Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best. } { [%eval -10.4] } (30. Qd1 e3 31. fxe3 dxe3 32. Qe1 Qe4 33. Qg3 e2 34. Re1 Rbb8 35. Kh2 Re8) 30... Qxe4 { [%eval -10.04] } 31. a6?! { (-10.04 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g4 was best. } { [%eval #-8] } (31. g4 Rb2 32. Rc1 Kh7 33. g5 hxg5 34. a6 Qe2 35. h4 gxh4 36. a7 Rxa7) 31... Qxc2 { [%eval #-7] } 32. Kh2 { [%eval #-6] } 32... d3 { [%eval #-7] } 33. a7 { [%eval #-5] } 33... Qxf2 { [%eval #-4] } 34. Rc1 { [%eval #-4] } 34... c5 { [%eval #-4] } 35. Rc3 { [%eval #-3] } 35... d2 { [%eval #-5] } 36. Rd3 { [%eval #-4] } 36... Qf4+ { [%eval #-3] } 37. Kh1 { [%eval #-1] } 37... Rb1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1