[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EIW79N7Q"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "herbertvanhoutte"] [Black "tastethefloor"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "EIW79N7Q"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "18:51:40"] [WhiteElo "2172"] [BlackElo "1895"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+24"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1 day per move"] [ECO "C60"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. Bb5 { [%eval 0.15] } { C60 Ruy Lopez } 3... Bd6 { [%eval 0.53] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 4... Nge7?! { (0.15 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.88] } (4... Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. O-O c6 7. Bc4 Bc7 8. Re1 d6 9. Qxd4) 5. Bxc6?! { (0.88 → 0.19) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.19] } (5. d5 Na5 6. Be2 c6 7. c4 b5 8. cxb5 cxd5 9. exd5 O-O) 5... Nxc6 { [%eval 0.32] } 6. d5 { [%eval 0.3] } 6... Nd4? { (0.30 → 1.43) Mistake. Ne7 was best. } { [%eval 1.43] } (6... Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nb5 Bc5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nd3 a6 11. Nc3) 7. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.94] } 7... Qh4?? { (0.94 → 3.46) Blunder. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 3.46] } (7... exd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd3 a5 11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. O-O-O) 8. Nf3 { [%eval 2.97] } 8... Qg4?! { (2.97 → 4.51) Inaccuracy. Qxe4+ was best. } { [%eval 4.51] } (8... Qxe4+ 9. Be3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. O-O d6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nfd2 Qg6 14. Kh1) 9. O-O { [%eval 4.6] } 9... b6 { [%eval 4.71] } 10. Nc3 { [%eval 4.74] } 10... Ba6 { [%eval 4.7] } 11. Re1 { [%eval 4.75] } 11... h5 { [%eval 5.0] } 12. h3 { [%eval 4.85] } 12... Qg6 { [%eval 4.89] } 13. Nh4 { [%eval 4.61] } 13... Qf6 { [%eval 4.51] } 14. Nf5 { [%eval 4.66] } 14... Bc5 { [%eval 5.15] } 15. Be3 { [%eval 4.34] } 15... O-O-O?! { (4.34 → 5.69) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } { [%eval 5.69] } (15... g6 16. Ng3 Bb4 17. Qd2 Qg7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Kh1 O-O-O 20. a4 Rhg8 21. f3) 16. Bxc5 { [%eval 5.8] } 16... bxc5 { [%eval 6.78] } 17. a4?! { (6.78 → 5.16) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 5.16] } (17. d6 cxd6 18. Re3 Qe6 19. Nxg7 f5 20. Nxe6 dxe6 21. exf5 Bb7 22. fxe6 Bxg2) 17... g6 { [%eval 5.29] } 18. Ne3 { [%eval 5.07] } 18... d6 { [%eval 5.2] } 19. Nb5 { [%eval 5.04] } 19... Qf4 { [%eval 5.5] } 20. Nc4 { [%eval 4.85] } 20... f5 { [%eval 4.74] } 21. Qd3 { [%eval 4.7] } 21... Rdf8 { [%eval 5.76] } 22. Nbxd6+ { [%eval 5.79] } 22... cxd6 { [%eval 7.17] } 23. Nxd6+ { [%eval 7.42] } 23... Kd7 { [%eval 7.41] } 24. Qxa6 { [%eval 7.25] } 24... fxe4 { [%eval 9.82] } 25. Nxe4 { [%eval 8.91] } 25... g5? { (8.91 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (25... Ke8 26. Qxa7 Qh4 27. Qc7 Rf4 28. d6 Rf7 29. d7+ Rxd7 30. Qxe5+ Kf7 31. Qxh8) 26. Nxc5+ { [%eval #3] } 26... Ke7 { [%eval #2] } 27. d6+? { (Mate in 2 → 7.97) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe6+ was best. } { [%eval 7.97] } (27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qd7#) 27... Kf6 { [%eval 8.37] } 28. Nd7+ { [%eval 8.05] } 28... Ke6 { [%eval 8.94] } 29. Nxf8+ { [%eval 8.73] } 29... Rxf8 { [%eval 8.56] } 30. Re2 { [%eval 7.78] } 30... Qd4 { [%eval 8.62] } 31. Rae1 { [%eval 8.05] } 31... Rf5? { (8.05 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (31... Kd7 32. Re3 Qb6 33. Qd3 Rf4 34. Qh7+ Kc8 35. Rc3+ Kb8 36. Qc7+ Ka8 37. Qxb6) 32. Qc8+ { [%eval #9] } 32... Kf6 { [%eval #9] } 33. d7 { [%eval #8] } 33... Ke7 { [%eval #7] } 34. d8=Q+ { [%eval #6] } 34... Qxd8 { [%eval #6] } 35. Qxf5 { [%eval #5] } { Black resigns. } 1-0