[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/E2eBiEC1"] [Date "2026.02.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Labazan55"] [Black "MalokoXCVII"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "E2eBiEC1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.20"] [UTCTime "21:41:28"] [WhiteElo "1299"] [BlackElo "1324"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+49"] [BlackRatingDiff "-147"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Polish Opening: Grigorian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b4 { [%eval -0.07] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.28] } { A00 Polish Opening: Grigorian Variation } 2. c3?! { (0.28 → -0.28) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } { [%eval -0.28] } (2. a3 e5 3. Bb2 a6 4. c4 Nf6 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5) 2... e5 { [%eval -0.25] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval -0.46] } 3... d6 { [%eval 0.08] } 4. c4? { (0.08 → -1.05) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval -1.05] } (4. b5 Nce7 5. e3 Ng6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3 c6) 4... Nxb4 { [%eval -1.02] } 5. Qa4+ { [%eval -1.23] } 5... Qd7?? { (-1.23 → 2.69) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.69] } (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Rb1 Bg7 8. d3 Ne7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. Nd2) 6. Qxb4 { [%eval 2.67] } 6... c5?! { (2.67 → 3.58) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval 3.58] } (6... e4 7. Ng1 d5 8. Qb3 d4 9. e3 d3 10. Nh3 f5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3) 7. Qb3 { [%eval 3.67] } 7... b6 { [%eval 3.78] } 8. Nc3 { [%eval 3.79] } 8... Ba6 { [%eval 3.94] } 9. e4 { [%eval 3.87] } 9... O-O-O { [%eval 4.68] } 10. Bb2 { [%eval 4.17] } 10... Qg4 { [%eval 4.85] } 11. O-O-O { [%eval 3.93] } 11... d5?! { (3.93 → 5.27) Inaccuracy. Kb8 was best. } { [%eval 5.27] } (11... Kb8 12. h4 Bb7 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 f6 16. Bc4 Be7 17. g3) 12. cxd5 { [%eval 5.09] } 12... Qd7? { (5.09 → 9.42) Mistake. Bxf1 was best. } { [%eval 9.42] } (12... Bxf1 13. Rdxf1 f6 14. h3 Qxg2 15. Ne1 Qg6 16. Nc2 Ne7 17. h4 Kb7 18. Ne3) 13. Bxa6+ { [%eval 9.26] } 13... Kb8 { [%eval 9.04] } 14. Nxe5 { [%eval 9.09] } 14... f6 { [%eval 12.36] } 15. Nxd7+ { [%eval 12.62] } 15... Kc7 { [%eval 12.23] } 16. Nxf8 { [%eval 12.05] } 16... Rxf8?! { (12.05 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb8 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (16... Kb8 17. Ne6 Rd6 18. Bc4 Ne7 19. Rhe1 Ng6 20. Qa4 Ne5 21. d3 Rd7 22. Rd2) 17. Nb5+ { [%eval #6] } 17... Kd8 { [%eval #5] } 18. Qf3?! { (Mate in 5 → 11.93) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg3 was best. } { [%eval 11.93] } (18. Qg3 Rf7 19. Qb8+ Ke7 20. Qc7+ Ke8 21. Qc8+ Ke7 22. d6#) 18... g6?! { (11.93 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (18... Ke8 19. Rde1 Kf7 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. Nf5+ Kf7 22. d6 g6) 19. Nxa7?! { (Mate in 5 → 11.62) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg3 was best. } { [%eval 11.62] } (19. Qg3 Rf7 20. Qb8+ Ke7 21. d6+ Ke6 22. Qe8+ Ne7 23. Bc8#) 19... Rf7 { [%eval 12.16] } 20. Nc6+ { [%eval 11.75] } 20... Ke8 { [%eval 11.69] } 21. d6 { [%eval 12.03] } 21... Ra7 { [%eval 13.23] } 22. Nxa7 { [%eval 12.94] } 22... Ne7?! { (12.94 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (22... h5 23. Bc4 Rh7 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Qa3 Rd8 26. Bxg8 Rd7 27. Nc7+ Rxc7 28. dxc7) 23. dxe7 { [%eval #4] } 23... Kxe7 { [%eval #3] } 24. Bxf6+ { [%eval #4] } 24... Kf7 { [%eval #3] } 25. Bxh8+ { [%eval #3] } 25... Kg8 { [%eval #2] } 26. Bc4+ { [%eval #1] } 26... Kxh8 { [%eval #1] } 27. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0