[Event "Cycle 3 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/B7Bfi26t"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "safwan_thechesslover"] [Black "fahd77"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "B7Bfi26t"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:27:09"] [WhiteElo "949"] [BlackElo "986"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+42"] [BlackRatingDiff "-88"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.68] } { B02 Alekhine Defense } 2. Nc3?! { (0.68 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.09] } (2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6) 2... Nxe4?? { (0.09 → 2.73) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.73] } (2... e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3) 3. Nxe4 { [%eval 2.77] } 3... Nc6 { [%eval 3.43] } 4. Bb5 { [%eval 3.06] } 4... e5 { [%eval 2.93] } 5. d3 { [%eval 2.85] } 5... Qh4?? { (2.85 → 5.91) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 5.91] } (5... d5 6. Ng3 h5 7. h4 Qd6 8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 9. N1e2 Bd6 10. d4 Bg4 11. f3) 6. Nf3?! { (5.91 → 4.02) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } { [%eval 4.02] } (6. Bg5 Qxg5 7. Nxg5 Nd4 8. Bc4 f6 9. c3 fxg5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 d5) 6... Qg4 { [%eval 4.03] } 7. Bg5?! { (4.03 → 2.68) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 2.68] } (7. O-O d6 8. h3 Qg6 9. Nh4 Qe6 10. f4 Be7 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. fxe5 dxe5) 7... Bb4+?! { (2.68 → 3.89) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.89] } (7... d5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. h3 Qh5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bd2) 8. Kf1?! { (3.89 → 2.82) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval 2.82] } (8. c3 Bf8 9. h3 Qe6 10. c4 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 f5) 8... Qf5?! { (2.82 → 3.90) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.9] } (8... d5 9. Ng3 a6 10. Ba4 f6 11. Be3 Be7 12. d4 e4 13. Ng1 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1) 9. a3 { [%eval 3.43] } 9... Bc5? { (3.43 → 5.62) Mistake. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 5.62] } (9... Be7 10. Bxc6 Bxg5 11. Ba4 Bf4 12. c4 O-O 13. h4 d6 14. h5 Qe6 15. Nc3) 10. Nxc5 { [%eval 5.67] } 10... Nd4 { [%eval 5.32] } 11. Qe1? { (5.32 → 3.21) Mistake. Nxd4 was best. } { [%eval 3.21] } (11. Nxd4 Qxg5 12. Nce6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qg6 14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Rf8 16. h4 b6) 11... b6? { (3.21 → 6.04) Mistake. Nxf3 was best. } { [%eval 6.04] } (11... Nxf3 12. gxf3 Qxg5 13. d4 c6 14. Bd3 d6 15. h4 Qh5 16. Ne4 Qxf3 17. Ng3) 12. Ne4?! { (6.04 → 4.39) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } { [%eval 4.39] } (12. Nxd4 Qxg5 13. Nf3 Qf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Ng3 c6 16. Bc4 d5 17. Ba2 O-O) 12... Ba6? { (4.39 → 8.53) Mistake. Nxf3 was best. } { [%eval 8.53] } (12... Nxf3 13. gxf3 a6 14. Ba4 f6 15. Be3 Qxf3 16. Rg1 Bb7 17. Qc3 O-O-O 18. Nd6+) 13. Bxa6 { [%eval 6.36] } 13... c5?! { (6.36 → 9.39) Inaccuracy. Nxc2 was best. } { [%eval 9.39] } (13... Nxc2 14. Qd1 Nxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O 16. h4 d5 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Qd1 h6 19. Bd2) 14. a4 { [%eval 6.92] } 14... Nxf3 { [%eval 8.7] } 15. gxf3 { [%eval 7.08] } 15... Qxf3 { [%eval 8.37] } 16. Ra3? { (8.37 → 4.42) Mistake. Nd6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.42] } (16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qe4 Qh3+ 18. Ke1 Rb8 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 f6 21. Bd2 g6) 16... Qxh1+ { [%eval 4.19] } 17. Ke2 { [%eval 4.13] } 17... Qxe4+? { (4.13 → 7.68) Mistake. Qxh2 was best. } { [%eval 7.68] } (17... Qxh2 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Bd5 Kf8 20. Bd2 f5 21. Ng3 f4 22. Ne4 Ke7 23. Ra1) 18. Kd1?? { (7.68 → -4.14) Blunder. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval -4.14] } (18. dxe4 f6 19. Be3 O-O 20. Qg1 Kh8 21. Rd3 Rad8 22. Rd1 f5 23. Bg5 fxe4) 18... Qf3+?? { (-4.14 → 1.27) Blunder. Qg4+ was best. } { [%eval 1.27] } (18... Qg4+ 19. Kc1 Qxg5+ 20. Kb1 O-O 21. Qe4 Qg1+ 22. Ka2 Qg6 23. Bc4 Qxe4 24. dxe4) 19. Kd2 { [%eval 0.82] } 19... Qg2?? { (0.82 → 4.27) Blunder. f6 was best. } { [%eval 4.27] } (19... f6 20. Be3 O-O 21. b4 d5 22. Kc1 Kh8 23. Rb3 Rab8 24. bxc5 d4 25. Bd2) 20. Qxe5+ { [%eval 4.11] } 20... Kf8 { [%eval 4.19] } 21. Be7+?! { (4.19 → 3.30) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval 3.3] } (21. Be3 Qc6 22. Bc4 Re8 23. Qf5 Re7 24. a5 b5 25. Bd5 Qc7 26. Qf4 d6) 21... Ke8?? { (3.30 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (21... Kg8 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. fxg3 h5 24. h4 Re8 25. Bg5 f6 26. Be3 g5 27. Bf2) 22. Bd6+ { [%eval #1] } 22... Kd8 { [%eval #1] } 23. Be7+ { [%eval #2] } 23... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 24. Bh4+?? { (Mate in 2 → 4.49) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bd6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.49] } (24. Bd6+ Kd8 25. Qe7#) 24... Kf8 { [%eval 4.53] } 25. Bb7?? { (4.53 → -1.67) Blunder. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval -1.67] } (25. Bc4 Re8 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27. Qxd7 Rf8 28. Qf5 h5 29. Ra1 Qg4 30. Qxg4 hxg4) 25... Qxf2+?? { (-1.67 → 8.58) Blunder. Qxb7 was best. } { [%eval 8.58] } (25... Qxb7 26. Be7+ Kg8 27. d4 h5 28. Rg3 Rh7 29. Bf6 h4 30. Rg5 d6 31. Qxd6) 26. Bxf2 { [%eval 8.24] } 26... Re8 { [%eval 8.26] } 27. Bxc5+ { [%eval 7.76] } 27... Kg8? { (7.76 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. bxc5 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (27... bxc5 28. Qd6+ Kg8 29. Qxd7 Rf8 30. Kc3 h5 31. Ra1 Rh6 32. Rf1 Rb6 33. Bd5) 28. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0