[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/E6nlemJl"] [Date "2026.05.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Vitalik86"] [Black "ShikherBhardwaj"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "E6nlemJl"] [UTCDate "2026.05.22"] [UTCTime "07:21:19"] [WhiteElo "1073"] [BlackElo "1013"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. d4 { [%eval -0.11] } 2... Nc6?! { (-0.11 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.69] } (2... exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. e5) 3. d5 { [%eval 0.55] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation } 3... Nb4?! { (0.55 → 1.32) Inaccuracy. Nce7 was best. } { [%eval 1.32] } (3... Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. h4 h5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Qd3) 4. c3?! { (1.32 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval 0.73] } (4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 a5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. a3 Na6 8. O-O-O Nf6) 4... Na6 { [%eval 0.86] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.67] } 5... Bc5? { (0.67 → 2.01) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.01] } (5... d6 6. h3 Be7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. dxc6 Qc7 10. c4) 6. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.5] } 6... Nf6?! { (1.50 → 2.30) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 2.3] } (6... Qe7 7. Bf4 h5 8. h4 d6 9. Qa4+ Kf8 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Nbd2) 7. Qf3?! { (2.30 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. Bxa6 was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (7. Bxa6 bxa6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd3 Bb6 10. e5 Ne8 11. c4 d6 12. Nd2 dxe5) 7... O-O { [%eval 1.66] } 8. Nd2?! { (1.66 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. Bxa6 was best. } { [%eval 0.87] } (8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. Nd2 Re8 10. Nd3 Bb6 11. O-O d6 12. h3 Nd7 13. c4 Qh4) 8... d6 { [%eval 1.34] } 9. Ng4?? { (1.34 → -4.65) Blunder. Bxa6 was best. } { [%eval -4.65] } (9. Bxa6 dxe5 10. Bd3 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nc4 a5 14. Be3 Bxe3) 9... Nxg4 { [%eval -4.67] } 10. Rg1?! { (-4.67 → -6.57) Inaccuracy. Bxa6 was best. } { [%eval -6.57] } (10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O f5 12. h3 Nxf2 13. b4 Nxh3+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Kg1 fxe4) 10... Bxf2+ { [%eval -6.63] } 11. Ke2 { [%eval -7.23] } 11... Bxg1 { [%eval -7.04] } 12. h4 { [%eval -7.99] } 12... Qxh4 { [%eval -7.97] } 13. g3 { [%eval -7.94] } 13... Qh2+ { [%eval -8.18] } 14. Kd3 { [%eval -10.38] } 14... Nf2+ { [%eval -7.23] } 15. Kc2 { [%eval -7.34] } 15... f5 { [%eval -6.37] } 16. Kb3 { [%eval -8.51] } 16... Nc5+ { [%eval -8.49] } 17. Kc4 { [%eval -9.83] } 17... Bd7 { [%eval -9.64] } 18. b3 { [%eval -10.76] } 18... a6 { [%eval -9.41] } 19. b4? { (-9.41 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e5 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (19. e5 Ng4 20. Kb4 Nxe5 21. Ka3 Qxd2 22. Qh5 Qxc3 23. Bf4 b5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5) 19... Bb5+ { [%eval #-2] } 20. Kd4 { [%eval #-2] } 20... Nd1+ { [%eval #-1] } 21. Qe3 { [%eval #-1] } 21... Bxe3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1