[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/BNPC2kSX"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "thomast3"] [Black "Shamma2017"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "BNPC2kSX"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:25:42"] [WhiteElo "1470"] [BlackElo "766"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C46"] [Opening "Three Knights Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.07] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.06] } { C46 Three Knights Opening } 3... Nh6?! { (0.06 → 1.13) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.13] } (3... Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5) 4. Bc4 { [%eval 0.98] } 4... Qe7? { (0.98 → 2.51) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.51] } (4... d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ng4 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6) 5. O-O?! { (2.51 → 1.71) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 1.71] } (5. Nd5 Qc5 6. d3 Nb4 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. c3 Nxd5 9. d4 Qb6) 5... b6? { (1.71 → 3.32) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval 3.32] } (5... Nd4 6. Nd5 Qd8 7. d3 c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Re1 d6 10. Bxh6) 6. d3 { [%eval 2.93] } 6... a6 { [%eval 3.59] } 7. Bg5?! { (3.59 → 2.18) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 2.18] } (7. Nd5 Qd6 8. d4 Ra7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qg6 11. Qf3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bc5) 7... Ng4?? { (2.18 → 5.91) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } { [%eval 5.91] } (7... Qd6 8. Nd5 Be7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Ne3 Qg6 11. Bd5 Bf6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Nf5) 8. Bxe7 { [%eval 5.63] } 8... Kxe7 { [%eval 6.57] } 9. Nd5+ { [%eval 6.5] } 9... Kd8 { [%eval 6.52] } 10. Ng5 { [%eval 6.5] } 10... Bb4?! { (6.50 → 9.37) Inaccuracy. Nh6 was best. } { [%eval 9.37] } (10... Nh6 11. c3 f6 12. Nh3 b5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Ne3 g4 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4) 11. Nxf7+ { [%eval 9.34] } 11... Ke8 { [%eval 8.79] } 12. Nxh8 { [%eval 8.94] } 12... Kf8? { (8.94 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d6 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (12... d6 13. Qf3 Nh6 14. Nxc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 Ke7 16. Kh1 Bc5 17. Nc7 Bg4 18. Ng6+) 13. Qxg4 { [%eval 11.41] } 13... Ke8?! { (11.41 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be7 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (13... Be7 14. Qf5+ Bf6 15. Qxh7 Bh4 16. Kh1 d6 17. Ng6+ Kf7 18. Nxc7+ Kf6 19. Nxh4) 14. Qxg7 { [%eval #3] } 14... Kd8 { [%eval #2] } 15. Nxb4 { [%eval #2] } 15... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 16. Nd5 { [%eval #2] } 16... b5 { [%eval #1] } 17. Nxc7+ { [%eval #4] } 17... Kd8 { [%eval #4] } 18. Nxa8 { [%eval #5] } 18... bxc4 { [%eval #1] } 19. dxc4 { [%eval #5] } 19... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 20. Qf7+ { [%eval #1] } 20... Kd8 { [%eval #1] } 21. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0