[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/BYwaxwVr"] [Date "2026.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "D_Santhosh-27"] [Black "Sahana_Dhayalan"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "BYwaxwVr"] [UTCDate "2026.02.21"] [UTCTime "10:51:26"] [WhiteElo "844"] [BlackElo "1137"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+61"] [BlackRatingDiff "-181"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.44] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. c4?! { (0.44 → -0.26) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.26] } (2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 f6 6. f4 g5) 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.12] } 3. f3?! { (0.12 → -0.89) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.89] } (3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6) 3... e5 { [%eval -0.82] } 4. d3 { [%eval -0.87] } 4... Bb4+ { [%eval -0.45] } 5. Bd2 { [%eval -0.8] } 5... Nh5?! { (-0.80 → -0.22) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval -0.22] } (5... Bc5 6. Ne2 d6 7. a3 a6 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. h4 h6 10. b4) 6. a3?? { (-0.22 → -4.20) Blunder. Bxb4 was best. } { [%eval -4.2] } (6. Bxb4 Nxb4 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Qd2 c5 9. Nbc3 d6 10. g3 f5 11. a3 Nc6) 6... Ba5?? { (-4.20 → 0.42) Blunder. Qh4+ was best. } { [%eval 0.42] } (6... Qh4+ 7. g3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 Qxh1 9. Ne2 Bc5 10. b4 Bg1 11. Qc1 Qxf3 12. Nxg1) 7. b4 { [%eval 0.44] } 7... Qh4+ { [%eval 0.33] } 8. g3 { [%eval -0.51] } 8... Qg5?? { (-0.51 → 7.33) Blunder. Nxg3 was best. } { [%eval 7.33] } (8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Kf2 Qh2+ 11. Bg2 Bb6+ 12. c5 h5 13. cxb6 h4 14. gxh4) 9. bxa5? { (7.33 → 3.95) Mistake. Bxg5 was best. } { [%eval 3.95] } (9. Bxg5 Bb6 10. c5 a5 11. cxb6 axb4 12. Ne2 h6 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Ne7) 9... Qg6 { [%eval 3.77] } 10. g4 { [%eval 3.53] } 10... Nf4 { [%eval 3.62] } 11. d4 { [%eval 3.11] } 11... b6 { [%eval 3.74] } 12. dxe5 { [%eval 3.74] } 12... Nxa5?! { (3.74 → 5.41) Inaccuracy. Ne6 was best. } { [%eval 5.41] } (12... Ne6 13. Nc3 h5 14. g5 Nxe5 15. f4 f5 16. fxe5 Bb7 17. Nd5 fxe4 18. Be3) 13. Bxf4 { [%eval 5.44] } 13... Nxc4?! { (5.44 → 7.49) Inaccuracy. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval 7.49] } (13... Bb7 14. Nc3 h5 15. g5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 fxg5 18. Be3 c5 19. Qe2) 14. Bxc4 { [%eval 7.7] } 14... c6 { [%eval 7.72] } 15. Bd3 { [%eval 7.11] } 15... d5 { [%eval 8.11] } 16. exd5 { [%eval 8.11] } 16... Qh6 { [%eval 10.22] } 17. Bxh6 { [%eval 10.2] } 17... gxh6 { [%eval 10.48] } 18. dxc6 { [%eval 10.23] } 18... h5 { [%eval 10.46] } 19. c7 { [%eval 10.54] } 19... hxg4?! { (10.54 → Mate in 16) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval #16] } (19... Bd7 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Rc8 22. Qa4+ b5 23. Qxb5+ Kf8 24. Qb4+ Ke8 25. Qa4+) 20. fxg4? { (Mate in 16 → 9.40) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bb5+ was best. } { [%eval 9.4] } (20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kf8) 20... Rg8? { (9.40 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O was best. } { [%eval #7] } (20... O-O 21. Nf3 Bb7 22. Nbd2 Rae8 23. Rg1 Re7 24. Nc4 Rc8 25. Nd6) 21. Bxh7? { (Mate in 7 → 8.98) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bb5+ was best. } { [%eval 8.98] } (21. Bb5+ Bd7 22. Qxd7+ Kf8 23. Qd8+ Rxd8 24. cxd8=Q+ Kg7 25. Qf6+ Kf8 26. e6 Rxg4) 21... Rg7? { (8.98 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (21... Bb7 22. Be4 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rxc7 24. h4 Rxb7 25. Nc3 Rd7 26. Qa4 b5 27. Qb4) 22. Bf5?! { (Mate in 1 → 11.04) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd8# was best. } { [%eval 11.04] } (22. Qd8#) 22... Ba6?! { (11.04 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be6 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (22... Be6 23. Nc3 Rc8 24. Ne4 Rg6 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Nxc8 Bxc8 27. Bxg6 Kg7 28. Qd8) 23. Nc3?! { (Mate in 3 → 12.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd7+ was best. } { [%eval 12.3] } (23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Qd8+ Rxd8 25. cxd8=Q#) 23... Bc8?! { (12.30 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxg4 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (23... Rxg4 24. Qxg4 Kf8 25. Be4 b5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Qg3 b4 28. axb4 Ke7 29. Qg5+) 24. Nb5 { [%eval #8] } 24... f6 { [%eval #2] } 25. exf6 { [%eval #8] } 25... Rd7 { [%eval #5] } 26. Nf3 { [%eval #9] } 26... a6 { [%eval #4] } 27. Nbd4 { [%eval #8] } 27... a5 { [%eval #5] } 28. Ne5 { [%eval #5] } 28... Rxc7 { [%eval #5] } 29. f7+ { [%eval #17] } 29... Kf8 { [%eval #7] } 30. Ne6+ { [%eval #7] } 30... Ke7 { [%eval #1] } 31. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0