[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9tcQPQtq"] [Date "2026.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "DimaNovikov2018"] [Black "theonlyonewhite"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "9tcQPQtq"] [UTCDate "2026.05.24"] [UTCTime "05:52:42"] [WhiteElo "1272"] [BlackElo "1288"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+50"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1500+0"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani Opening"] [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. c3 { [%eval -0.13] } { C44 Ponziani Opening } 3... d6?! { (-0.13 → 0.57) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.57] } (3... d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. exd5) 4. d4 { [%eval 0.43] } 4... f6?! { (0.43 → 1.10) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.1] } (4... Nf6 5. d5 Ne7 6. Bd3 Ng6 7. h4 Be7 8. h5 Nf8 9. h6) 5. d5 { [%eval 0.68] } 5... Nce7 { [%eval 0.67] } 6. Bb5+ { [%eval 0.76] } 6... c6 { [%eval 0.83] } 7. dxc6 { [%eval 0.8] } 7... bxc6 { [%eval 0.76] } 8. Ba4 { [%eval 0.93] } 8... Ba6 { [%eval 1.16] } 9. Qd2?! { (1.16 → 0.18) Inaccuracy. Na3 was best. } { [%eval 0.18] } (9. Na3 Qd7 10. Qc2 Nc8 11. Be3 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. c4 Nxa4) 9... Ng6?? { (0.18 → 2.81) Blunder. Rc8 was best. } { [%eval 2.81] } (9... Rc8 10. Qc2 d5 11. c4 Bxc4 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Bd2) 10. c4? { (2.81 → 1.24) Mistake. Bxc6+ was best. } { [%eval 1.24] } (10. Bxc6+ Ke7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Bd5 Qd7 13. Be3 Ke8 14. Qb3 Qb5 15. Kd1 N8e7) 10... Bxc4? { (1.24 → 2.80) Mistake. Rc8 was best. } { [%eval 2.8] } (10... Rc8 11. Qc2 Be7 12. O-O Nh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. c5 Kh8 16. cxd6) 11. Bxc6+ { [%eval 2.67] } 11... Ke7 { [%eval 2.68] } 12. Bxa8 { [%eval 2.63] } 12... Qxa8 { [%eval 2.46] } 13. b3? { (2.46 → 0.82) Mistake. Qc2 was best. } { [%eval 0.82] } (13. Qc2 d5 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. exd5 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Bxa6 17. Nc3 Kd7 18. a3 Bd6) 13... Ba6?! { (0.82 → 1.74) Inaccuracy. Qxe4+ was best. } { [%eval 1.74] } (13... Qxe4+ 14. Qe3 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Ba6 16. Nc3 f5 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. h4 h5 19. Ng5) 14. Ba3? { (1.74 → 0.13) Mistake. Qb4 was best. } { [%eval 0.13] } (14. Qb4 Kf7 15. Nc3 d5 16. Qa5 Bd3 17. exd5 Qb7 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 N8e7) 14... Kf7?? { (0.13 → 2.13) Blunder. Qxe4+ was best. } { [%eval 2.13] } (14... Qxe4+ 15. Qe3 Qb7 16. Nc3 Kf7 17. O-O-O N8e7 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Re4) 15. Qa5?? { (2.13 → 0.26) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.26] } (15. Nc3 d5 16. Bxf8 d4 17. Nd5 Qxf8 18. Qa5 Qd6 19. Rc1 N8e7 20. Nxe7 Nxe7) 15... Nf4?? { (0.26 → 3.80) Blunder. Qxe4+ was best. } { [%eval 3.8] } (15... Qxe4+ 16. Kd2 Be2 17. Nc3 Qd3+ 18. Kc1 Nf4 19. Ne1 Qa6 20. Qc7+ Be7 21. Nxe2) 16. Qxa6 { [%eval 3.54] } 16... Nxg2+?! { (3.54 → 4.51) Inaccuracy. Qxe4+ was best. } { [%eval 4.51] } (16... Qxe4+ 17. Kf1 Ne7 18. Nc3 Qg6 19. Rg1 Qf5 20. Ne2 Neg6 21. Rd1 d5 22. Nxf4) 17. Kf1 { [%eval 4.45] } 17... Nf4 { [%eval 4.49] } 18. Qa4?! { (4.49 → 3.31) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 3.31] } (18. Nc3 d5 19. Bxf8 dxe4 20. Bc5 exf3 21. Qc4+ Kg6 22. Rg1+ Kh5 23. Rxg7 Qc8) 18... Be7 { [%eval 4.06] } 19. Nc3 { [%eval 3.52] } 19... Bd8?! { (3.52 → 5.51) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 5.51] } (19... d5 20. Bc1 Qc8 21. Bxf4 Qxc3 22. Kg2 exf4 23. Rhd1 Qc8 24. h3 Bc5 25. Rac1) 20. Qd7+ { [%eval 4.7] } 20... Ne7 { [%eval 4.79] } 21. Bxd6 { [%eval 4.73] } 21... Nd3?! { (4.73 → 6.68) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval 6.68] } (21... a5 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Rg1 Kg8 24. Qb5 a4 25. Qxa4 Ba5 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Bxe7) 22. Nd5?! { (6.68 → 5.16) Inaccuracy. Bxe7 was best. } { [%eval 5.16] } (22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Nd5 Qc8 25. Rg1 g5 26. Rg3 h5 27. Qe2 g4) 22... Kg6?? { (5.16 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (22... Qc8 23. Qxc8 Nxc8 24. Ba3 f5 25. Nc3 Bb6 26. exf5 Bd4 27. Rg1 Nxf2 28. Nxd4) 23. Rg1+ { [%eval #7] } 23... Kh6 { [%eval #1] } 24. Qh3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0