[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/BzntCHMD"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "kartikeya_k"] [Black "habeebhamdan"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "BzntCHMD"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:46:47"] [WhiteElo "1327"] [BlackElo "1457"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+60"] [BlackRatingDiff "-101"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... f6? { (0.18 → 1.62) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.62] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Nc3?! { (1.62 → 0.86) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.86] } (3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 Qxe4+ 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 Qa4) 3... Bc5?! { (0.86 → 1.56) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.56] } (3... Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. a4 d6 6. h3 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O) 4. Bc4 { [%eval 1.02] } 4... Nc6 { [%eval 0.93] } 5. Bxg8?! { (0.93 → 0.13) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } { [%eval 0.13] } (5. h3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O Qd7 8. d3 Nge7 9. a5 Kd8) 5... Rxg8 { [%eval 0.12] } 6. d3 { [%eval -0.08] } 6... Nb4?! { (-0.08 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } (6... Bb4 7. Nd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Nc4 d6 10. Ne3 Qf7 11. O-O) 7. d4?! { (0.81 → 0.20) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } { [%eval 0.2] } (7. a3 Nc6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nd5 d6 10. a4 a6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Be3 Bg4) 7... exd4 { [%eval 0.22] } 8. Nxd4?? { (0.22 → -2.69) Blunder. Na4 was best. } { [%eval -2.69] } (8. Na4 d6 9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. O-O g5) 8... f5?? { (-2.69 → 5.31) Blunder. Bxd4 was best. } { [%eval 5.31] } (8... Bxd4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. e5 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Re1) 9. Nxf5? { (5.31 → 3.23) Mistake. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval 3.23] } (9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxh7 Rf8 11. Qxg6+ Rf7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O-O fxe4) 9... Qf6 { [%eval 3.07] } 10. Nd5? { (3.07 → 1.75) Mistake. a3 was best. } { [%eval 1.75] } (10. a3 Na6 11. Nd5 Qf7 12. b4 Bf8 13. O-O d6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Be3 O-O-O) 10... Qe5 { [%eval 1.86] } 11. Qh5+ { [%eval 1.63] } 11... g6?? { (1.63 → 4.33) Blunder. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval 4.33] } (11... Kf8 12. Nxb4 Qxe4+ 13. Be3 d6 14. Ng3 Qxb4+ 15. c3 Qc4 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qf3+) 12. Qh3?? { (4.33 → -3.32) Blunder. Ng7+ was best. } { [%eval -3.32] } (12. Ng7+ Qxg7 13. Nxc7+ Kf7 14. Qxc5 Qd4 15. Qxd4 Nxc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxd4 17. Nxa8 d5) 12... gxf5 { [%eval -2.69] } 13. O-O { [%eval -2.56] } 13... Qxd5?? { (-2.56 → 6.47) Blunder. Nxd5 was best. } { [%eval 6.47] } (13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Qg7 15. Re1+ Kd8 16. Bf4 Qg4 17. Be5 Be7 18. Qxg4 fxg4 19. Bxc7+) 14. exd5 { [%eval 6.42] } 14... Nxc2 { [%eval 8.04] } 15. Qxh7 { [%eval 7.62] } 15... Kf8? { (7.62 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg4 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (15... Rg4 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qxf5 c6 18. Qxg4 Kd8 19. Qc4 Nd4 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Qxc5) 16. Bg5?? { (Mate in 4 → 5.70) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bh6+ was best. } { [%eval 5.7] } (16. Bh6+ Rg7 17. Qxg7+ Ke8 18. Qg8+ Ke7 19. Qf8#) 16... Rxg5 { [%eval 5.56] } 17. Rae1?! { (5.56 → 4.17) Inaccuracy. Rac1 was best. } { [%eval 4.17] } (17. Rac1 b6 18. Rxc2 Rg7 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Qh5+ Kf6) 17... Rg7?! { (4.17 → 6.73) Inaccuracy. Nxe1 was best. } { [%eval 6.73] } (17... Nxe1 18. Rxe1 Rg7 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Re8 Rg4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxc8 Ke7 23. Qxc7) 18. Qxf5+ { [%eval 6.83] } 18... Rf7 { [%eval 6.81] } 19. Qxc2 { [%eval 7.34] } 19... b6 { [%eval 6.95] } 20. Qe2 { [%eval 6.24] } 20... c6?! { (6.24 → 8.86) Inaccuracy. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval 8.86] } (20... Bb7 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. Re4 Rg7 23. Rg4 Rf8 24. b4 Bd6 25. Re1 a5 26. Rxg7+) 21. Qe8+ { [%eval 8.91] } 21... Kg7 { [%eval 8.33] } 22. Qe5+ { [%eval 6.62] } 22... Kf8?? { (6.62 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (22... Rf6 23. Re4 Ba6 24. b4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Bd6 26. Rg4+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Ke7 28. Qh7+) 23. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0