[Event "Daily Blitz Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/DCLIVCrH"] [Date "2026.05.22"] [Round "-"] [White "The_Pablo_cr7"] [Black "Chandamali"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "DCLIVCrH"] [UTCDate "2026.05.22"] [UTCTime "19:00:30"] [WhiteElo "2294"] [BlackElo "1915"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.55] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.23] } 3... Be7 { [%eval 0.26] } 4. c3 { [%eval 0.09] } { C41 Philidor Defense: Steinitz Variation } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.17] } 5. Qc2 { [%eval -0.1] } 5... O-O { [%eval -0.1] } 6. d4 { [%eval -0.1] } 6... exd4 { [%eval -0.07] } 7. cxd4 { [%eval -0.08] } 7... Bg4 { [%eval 0.41] } 8. Nc3 { [%eval 0.44] } 8... Nc6 { [%eval 0.37] } 9. d5 { [%eval 0.32] } 9... Bxf3 { [%eval 0.78] } 10. gxf3 { [%eval 0.76] } 10... Nd4 { [%eval 0.87] } 11. Qd1 { [%eval 0.81] } 11... c5 { [%eval 0.83] } 12. dxc6 { [%eval 0.83] } 12... Nxc6 { [%eval 0.77] } 13. Bf4?! { (0.77 → 0.15) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.15] } (13. O-O Qc8 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Be2 Qh3 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. f4 d5) 13... Ne5 { [%eval 0.32] } 14. Bb3 { [%eval 0.25] } 14... Qa5?! { (0.25 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. Nh5 was best. } { [%eval 0.95] } (14... Nh5 15. Be3 Bg5 16. h4 Bf4 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qf6 19. O-O-O Qxf3 20. Qxf3) 15. Qe2 { [%eval 0.81] } 15... Nh5?! { (0.81 → 1.67) Inaccuracy. Rac8 was best. } { [%eval 1.67] } (15... Rac8 16. O-O-O Qa6 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. h4 Nxf3 19. Kb1 Ng4 20. Rh3 Nfe5) 16. Be3 { [%eval 1.47] } 16... Rac8 { [%eval 1.42] } 17. Rd1 { [%eval 1.03] } 17... Nf6?! { (1.03 → 1.62) Inaccuracy. Ng6 was best. } { [%eval 1.62] } (17... Ng6 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 a6 20. Nxd6 Rcd8 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Bc5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1) 18. Kf1 { [%eval 1.51] } 18... Ng6 { [%eval 1.62] } 19. Qb5 { [%eval 1.49] } 19... Qc7 { [%eval 1.7] } 20. h4 { [%eval 1.7] } 20... Ne5 { [%eval 1.63] } 21. Qe2 { [%eval 1.64] } 21... a6 { [%eval 1.91] } 22. h5 { [%eval 1.96] } 22... h6 { [%eval 1.93] } 23. f4 { [%eval 1.82] } 23... Neg4? { (1.82 → 3.59) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 3.59] } (23... Nc6 24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Rg1 Rce8 26. Qf3 Rg8) 24. Bc1 { [%eval 3.16] } 24... Kh8 { [%eval 3.51] } 25. Rg1 { [%eval 3.41] } 25... Nh2+ { [%eval 3.39] } 26. Ke1? { (3.39 → 1.69) Mistake. Kg2 was best. } { [%eval 1.69] } (26. Kg2 Nhg4 27. f3 Ne5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rh1 Bc5 30. Rd3 Bd4 31. Bd2 Qe7) 26... Nhg4?? { (1.69 → 3.98) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.98] } (26... d5 27. Rg2 Bb4 28. Rxh2 Bxc3+ 29. bxc3 Nxe4 30. Qc2 Nxc3 31. Rd3 Qe7+ 32. Kf1) 27. Rxg4 { [%eval 3.95] } 27... Nxg4 { [%eval 4.19] } 28. Qxg4 { [%eval 4.14] } 28... Qc5 { [%eval 4.72] } 29. Be3 { [%eval 4.78] } 29... Qb4 { [%eval 5.45] } 30. Bd4 { [%eval 5.48] } 30... f6 { [%eval 5.66] } 31. Be6 { [%eval 5.85] } 31... Rcd8 { [%eval 7.01] } 32. Qg6 { [%eval 7.05] } 32... f5? { (7.05 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rfe8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (32... Rfe8 33. Bf5 Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. a3 Qa5 36. Kf1 Qxf5 37. Qxf5 d5 38. Kg2) 33. Qxh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0