[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9BvdW1IW"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "KhalidWaleedAlmaeeni"] [Black "Serpent876"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "9BvdW1IW"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:36:37"] [WhiteElo "1307"] [BlackElo "1207"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-26"] [BlackRatingDiff "+21"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.07] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.1] } { C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense } 4. O-O { [%eval -0.2] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.31] } 5. d3 { [%eval 0.05] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.29] } 6. h3 { [%eval 0.17] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.3] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.18] } 7... a6 { [%eval 0.6] } 8. a3 { [%eval 0.3] } 8... Nd4? { (0.30 → 1.94) Mistake. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 1.94] } (8... Bc5 9. b4 Ba7 10. Ne2 d6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. c4 Nh7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3) 9. Nxd4? { (1.94 → 0.45) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.45] } (9. Nxe5 Bc5 10. Be3 d6 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 c6 14. Ne2 b5) 9... exd4 { [%eval 0.5] } 10. Ne2 { [%eval 0.46] } 10... Bc5? { (0.46 → 1.62) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.62] } (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 c5 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Ne4) 11. Ng3?! { (1.62 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.93] } (11. e5 Nh7 12. Nf4 c6 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Qf3 d5 15. exd6 Be6 16. Ne7+ Kh8) 11... d6 { [%eval 1.24] } 12. Nf5?? { (1.24 → -0.52) Blunder. Ba2 was best. } { [%eval -0.52] } (12. Ba2 d5 13. e5 Nh7 14. Qh5 Bb6 15. c4 dxc3 16. bxc3 d4 17. c4 f5) 12... Bxf5 { [%eval -0.52] } 13. exf5 { [%eval -0.47] } 13... b5 { [%eval -0.24] } 14. Ba2 { [%eval -0.35] } 14... c6 { [%eval -0.24] } 15. Qf3 { [%eval -0.32] } 15... d5 { [%eval -0.3] } 16. Qg3 { [%eval -0.77] } 16... Bd6 { [%eval -0.84] } 17. Bf4?? { (-0.84 → -3.64) Blunder. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval -3.64] } (17. Qf3 a5 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. g4 a4 21. Kg2 Rae8 22. Rh1 Re5) 17... Bxf4?? { (-3.64 → -0.68) Blunder. Nh5 was best. } { [%eval -0.68] } (17... Nh5 18. Bxd6 Nxg3 19. Bxg3 Re8 20. f6 Qxf6 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Bb3 Qd7) 18. Qxf4 { [%eval -0.69] } 18... c5 { [%eval -0.61] } 19. Qe5?! { (-0.61 → -1.59) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } { [%eval -1.59] } (19. g4 Qb8 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. f4 c4 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. g5 hxg5) 19... Re8 { [%eval -1.8] } 20. Qxd5?? { (-1.80 → -6.27) Blunder. Qf4 was best. } { [%eval -6.27] } (20. Qf4 Re2 21. b4 c4 22. Qxd4 Rxc2 23. Rfe1 Rd2 24. Red1 Re2 25. dxc4 Re4) 20... Nxd5 { [%eval -6.46] } 21. Bxd5 { White offers draw } { [%eval -6.94] } 21... Qxd5 { [%eval -6.9] } 22. Rfe1 { [%eval -7.13] } 22... Rxe1+ { [%eval -6.5] } 23. Rxe1 { [%eval -6.9] } 23... Qa2 { [%eval -6.95] } 24. f6 { [%eval -7.34] } 24... gxf6 { [%eval -7.27] } 25. Re7 { [%eval -7.58] } 25... Qxb2 { [%eval -7.48] } 26. c4 { [%eval -8.54] } 26... Qc1+ { [%eval -8.41] } 27. Kh2 { [%eval -8.35] } 27... Qf4+ { [%eval -8.1] } 28. g3? { (-8.10 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg1 was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (28. Kg1 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 bxc4 30. f3 c3 31. h4 c2 32. Kh3 Qd2 33. Re4 Qxd3) 28... Qxf2+ { [%eval #-6] } 29. Kh1 { [%eval #-10] } 29... Kf8 { [%eval -10.03] } 30. Rc7?! { (-10.03 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re5 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (30. Re5 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 fxe5 32. h4 Qf2+ 33. Kh3 bxc4 34. dxc4 Ke7 35. g4 Kd7) 30... Re8 { [%eval #-3] } 31. Rxf7+ { [%eval #-2] } 31... Kxf7 { [%eval #-1] } 32. h4 { [%eval #-1] } 32... Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1