[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/D4KcfjYv"] [Date "2026.06.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Seriator"] [Black "gail8"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "D4KcfjYv"] [UTCDate "2026.06.07"] [UTCTime "20:27:43"] [WhiteElo "882"] [BlackElo "756"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... Ng4?? { (0.08 → 2.00) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.0] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O) 4. Bc4? { (2.00 → 0.80) Mistake. h3 was best. } { [%eval 0.8] } (4. h3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bb4 6. Ng4 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. Qd4 O-O) 4... Bc5 { [%eval 0.87] } 5. d4 { [%eval 0.62] } 5... exd4 { [%eval 0.49] } 6. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.38] } 6... Nc6?! { (0.38 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.95] } (6... d5 7. exd5 O-O 8. O-O Nxh2 9. Ne4 Bxd4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4) 7. Be3?? { (0.95 → -0.91) Blunder. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval -0.91] } (7. Qxg4 Bxd4 8. Bg5 Bf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qg3 d6 11. Nd5 Qxb2) 7... O-O? { (-0.91 → 0.70) Mistake. Nxe3 was best. } { [%eval 0.7] } (7... Nxe3 8. fxe3 Ne5 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Qg5 12. Na4) 8. O-O? { (0.70 → -0.93) Mistake. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval -0.93] } (8. Qxg4 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 c5 11. a4 d6 12. O-O Be6) 8... Qh4?! { (-0.93 → -0.20) Inaccuracy. Nxe3 was best. } { [%eval -0.2] } (8... Nxe3 9. fxe3 Ne5 10. Bb3 d6 11. Rf4 c6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Raf1 Kh8 14. Na4) 9. h3?! { (-0.20 → -1.07) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -1.07] } (9. Nf3 Nxe3 10. Nxh4 Nxd1 11. Raxd1 d6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bd5 Bd4 14. Bxc6 Bxc3) 9... Bd6?? { (-1.07 → 5.27) Blunder. Nxe3 was best. } { [%eval 5.27] } (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 d6 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd5 Be6 15. Qxe5) 10. Nf5?? { (5.27 → 2.46) Blunder. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval 2.46] } (10. Qxg4 Qxg4 11. hxg4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf4 15. g3 Bd2) 10... Qh5?? { (2.46 → 5.74) Blunder. Nxe3 was best. } { [%eval 5.74] } (10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qg5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 14. Rf2 b5 15. Bxb5 Qb6 16. Rd1) 11. Nxd6 { [%eval 5.77] } 11... cxd6 { [%eval 6.0] } 12. Qf3?? { (6.00 → 2.35) Blunder. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval 2.35] } (12. Qxg4 Qxg4 13. hxg4 b5 14. Bxb5 Rb8 15. f3 a6 16. Be2 Rxb2 17. Rf2 Rxc2) 12... g6?? { (2.35 → 5.95) Blunder. Nce5 was best. } { [%eval 5.95] } (12... Nce5 13. Qd1 Nxc4 14. hxg4 Qh4 15. Bf4 h5 16. b3 Ne5 17. Nb5 Qxg4 18. Bh2) 13. hxg4 { [%eval 5.85] } 13... Qh4 { [%eval 5.82] } 14. Rad1?! { (5.82 → 4.41) Inaccuracy. Bb3 was best. } { [%eval 4.41] } (14. Bb3 b5 15. Nd5 a5 16. g5 Bb7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Bxa4 Ne5) 14... Re8?? { (4.41 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (14... Ne5 15. Qf4 Nxc4 16. Nd5 b6 17. Bd4 Ne5 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. g5) 15. Bxf7+?! { (Mate in 4 → 10.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf7+ was best. } { [%eval 10.0] } (15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Qxe8+ Kg7 17. Qf7+ Kh8 18. Qf8#) 15... Kg7 { [%eval 9.14] } 16. Bxe8 { [%eval 8.93] } 16... Ne5 { [%eval 8.61] } 17. Qf4 { [%eval 8.19] } 17... Nxg4? { (8.19 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (17... Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bd4+ Kf8 20. Nb5 b6 21. f3 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Bxd7) 18. Qf7+ { [%eval #1] } 18... Kh8 { [%eval #1] } 19. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0