[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ABtHvQwW"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Kanishka_sathishkuma"] [Black "ITALIAN86"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ABtHvQwW"] [UTCDate "2026.05.14"] [UTCTime "12:02:25"] [WhiteElo "1208"] [BlackElo "1207"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } 2... c6 { [%eval 0.63] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.56] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.97] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.86] } 4... Ng4?! { (0.86 → 1.77) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.77] } (4... d6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. Ne4 b5 9. O-O) 5. Nh4?? { (1.77 → -0.88) Blunder. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -0.88] } (5. Bd3 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5) 5... h5?? { (-0.88 → 1.88) Blunder. Nxf2 was best. } { [%eval 1.88] } (5... Nxf2 6. Kxf2 Qxh4+ 7. g3 Qd8 8. Kg2 d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3) 6. Be2?? { (1.88 → -2.67) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -2.67] } (6. Nf3 d5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 a5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. exd5 Nxd5) 6... g5?? { (-2.67 → 2.58) Blunder. Qxh4 was best. } { [%eval 2.58] } (6... Qxh4 7. g3 Qd8 8. h3 Nh6 9. Bf4 b5 10. Bxh5 b4) 7. Bxg4?? { (2.58 → -1.54) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -1.54] } (7. Nf3 Rg8 8. e5 d5 9. exd6 Nh6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Ne4 Nxd6 12. Nfxg5 Nxe4) 7... gxh4?? { (-1.54 → 2.31) Blunder. hxg4 was best. } { [%eval 2.31] } (7... hxg4 8. Ng6 fxg6 9. Qxg4 Be7 10. h4 d6 11. Be3 gxh4 12. g3 Kd7 13. gxh4) 8. Bf3 { [%eval 1.88] } 8... Qf6 { [%eval 2.51] } 9. e5 { [%eval 2.66] } 9... Qg6 { [%eval 2.36] } 10. h3 { [%eval 2.36] } 10... Qxg2?? { (2.36 → 7.12) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 7.12] } (10... d5 11. O-O c5 12. Nb5 Na6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c4 Bd7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6) 11. Bxg2 { [%eval 7.2] } 11... Rg8 { [%eval 7.26] } 12. Rg1 { [%eval 7.35] } 12... Na6 { [%eval 7.57] } 13. Qxh5 { [%eval 7.03] } 13... d5 { [%eval 7.17] } 14. Be3 { [%eval 6.88] } 14... Bb4 { [%eval 7.19] } 15. Bd2 { [%eval 6.81] } 15... c5 { [%eval 8.14] } 16. dxc5 { [%eval 6.67] } 16... Nxc5 { [%eval 7.92] } 17. Qh7 { [%eval 7.71] } 17... Rf8 { [%eval 7.91] } 18. Bh6 { [%eval 7.72] } 18... Nd7 { [%eval 7.48] } 19. Bxf8 { [%eval 7.49] } 19... Nxf8 { [%eval 7.24] } 20. Qd3 { [%eval 7.14] } 20... b6 { [%eval 8.79] } 21. Qb5+ { [%eval 8.79] } 21... Bd7 { [%eval 8.6] } 22. Qxb4 { [%eval 8.81] } 22... Rc8 { [%eval 9.31] } 23. O-O-O { [%eval 9.04] } 23... Ng6 { [%eval 9.14] } 24. Bf1 { [%eval 9.08] } 24... Nxe5? { (9.08 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (24... Kd8 25. Qa3 a5 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Ke7) 25. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0