[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "CelestialTactics"] [Black "Edny44"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "9itjRPPd"] [WhiteElo "993"] [BlackElo "904"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Qf6?! { (0.18 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.06] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Nc3 { [%eval 1.08] } 3... Bc5?! { (1.08 → 2.04) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.04] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2) 4. Bc4?! { (2.04 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.98] } (4. Nd5 Qd8 5. Nxe5 d6 6. Nc4 c6 7. Nf4 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6) 4... Nc6 { [%eval 1.39] } 5. O-O { [%eval 1.29] } 5... Qg6?! { (1.29 → 2.35) Inaccuracy. Nge7 was best. } { [%eval 2.35] } (5... Nge7 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 e4 8. Re1 O-O 9. Rxe4 Nd4 10. Nxd4) 6. d3?! { (2.35 → 1.25) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 1.25] } (6. Nd5 Bb6 7. d4 d6 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. a4 f6 10. a5 Nxa5) 6... Be7?! { (1.25 → 1.93) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.93] } (6... d6 7. Nd5 Bb6 8. Be3 Nce7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. f4) 7. Nd5 { [%eval 2.09] } 7... Bd8 { [%eval 2.09] } 8. Bg5?! { (2.09 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } { [%eval 0.98] } (8. Nh4 Bxh4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nge7 11. f4 b5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. f5 Qf6) 8... f6 { [%eval 1.46] } 9. Be3 { [%eval 1.56] } 9... Nge7?? { (1.56 → 5.08) Blunder. d6 was best. } { [%eval 5.08] } (9... d6 10. Qe1 Qh5 11. Qc3 a5 12. a4 Nge7 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bb3) 10. Qd2?? { (5.08 → 1.22) Blunder. Nh4 was best. } { [%eval 1.22] } (10. Nh4 Qf7 11. Nxe7 d5 12. Nxd5 Na5 13. Nb6 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Be7 15. Nf5 Bxf5) 10... Nxd5 { [%eval 1.11] } 11. Bxd5 { [%eval 1.16] } 11... d6 { [%eval 1.13] } 12. Bxc6+ { [%eval 0.65] } 12... bxc6 { [%eval 0.55] } 13. Qc3 { [%eval 0.59] } 13... c5 { [%eval 0.63] } 14. Rab1?! { (0.63 → -0.12) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -0.12] } (14. b4 Bh3 15. Nh4 Qg4 16. Qc4 g5 17. f3 Qe6 18. gxh3 Qxc4 19. dxc4 gxh4) 14... f5 { [%eval -0.16] } 15. exf5 { [%eval -0.21] } 15... Bxf5 { [%eval -0.2] } 16. b4 { [%eval -0.44] } 16... Bh3 { [%eval -0.14] } 17. g3?? { (-0.14 → -2.77) Blunder. Ne1 was best. } { [%eval -2.77] } (17. Ne1 Rb8 18. Rb2 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 O-O 21. Qa4 Bg4 22. f3 Bf5) 17... Bxf1 { [%eval -2.66] } 18. Kxf1 { [%eval -2.68] } 18... Qf6?! { (-2.68 → -1.91) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -1.91] } (18... O-O 19. Qc4+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Nd2 cxb4 22. Rxb4 c6 23. Ke2 h6 24. a4) 19. Nd2 { [%eval -2.02] } 19... O-O { [%eval -1.68] } 20. bxc5 { [%eval -2.12] } 20... dxc5?? { (-2.12 → 0.05) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.05] } (20... d5 21. d4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Bf6 24. Nb3 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rfb8 26. Rb3) 21. Bxc5 { [%eval 0.17] } 21... Be7 { [%eval 0.33] } 22. Ne4 { [%eval 0.06] } 22... Qf7 { [%eval 0.0] } 23. Qxe5?! { (0.00 → -0.76) Inaccuracy. Bxe7 was best. } { [%eval -0.76] } (23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rb7 Kh8 25. Qc6 Qf7 26. Rxc7 Qf3 27. Qd7 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qf3+) 23... Bxc5 { [%eval -0.54] } 24. Qxc5 { [%eval -0.81] } 24... Rae8? { (-0.81 → 0.36) Mistake. Qxa2 was best. } { [%eval 0.36] } (24... Qxa2 25. Rb7 a5 26. Rxc7 Kh8 27. Qd4 Qg8 28. Qa4 Qe6 29. h4 Qg4 30. Kg2) 25. f4 { [%eval 0.0] } 25... Qxa2 { [%eval 0.0] } 26. Rb7 { [%eval -0.07] } 26... Qa1+ { [%eval 0.23] } 27. Kg2 { [%eval 0.24] } 27... Rc8 { [%eval 0.6] } 28. Rxa7 { [%eval 0.59] } 28... Qb2 { [%eval 0.71] } 29. Rxc7 { [%eval 0.65] } 29... Rxc7 { [%eval 0.71] } 30. Qxc7 { [%eval 0.73] } 30... Qb1 { [%eval 1.06] } 31. Nd6?! { (1.06 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } { [%eval 0.25] } (31. Ng5 h6 32. Ne6 Rf7 33. Qc6 Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kg8 35. c4 Ra7 36. Kh3 Ra2) 31... Qd1?? { (0.25 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (31... h6 32. d4 Qd1 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Ne5 Rd8 36. Nc6 Rd7 37. Qe6) 32. Qc4+ { [%eval #4] } 32... Kh8 { [%eval #4] } 33. Nf7+ { [%eval #3] } 33... Kg8 { [%eval #3] } 34. Nh6+ { [%eval #2] } 34... Kh8 { [%eval #2] } 35. Qg8+ { [%eval #1] } 35... Rxg8 { [%eval #1] } 36. Nf7# { White wins. } 1-0