[Event "12th PCC Schools Championship Team Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ENjGtiIq"] [Date "2026.03.15"] [Round "-"] [White "vbs21"] [Black "elimayne18"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ENjGtiIq"] [UTCDate "2026.03.15"] [UTCTime "18:57:05"] [WhiteElo "1498"] [BlackElo "1225"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+3"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Bc5?! { (0.18 → 1.28) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.28] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.3] } 3... Bd6?! { (1.30 → 2.50) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.5] } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O a5 8. c4) 4. d4 { [%eval 2.15] } 4... Bb4+?! { (2.15 → 3.14) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 3.14] } (4... Qe7 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 Nf6 8. Qg3 d5 9. Be2) 5. Bd2?! { (3.14 → 2.32) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval 2.32] } (5. c3 Bd6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+ Ke8 8. e5 Be7 9. Qf3 d5) 5... Qh4?? { (2.32 → 5.17) Blunder. Bxd2+ was best. } { [%eval 5.17] } (5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd4 O-O 11. O-O-O) 6. g3?? { (5.17 → 0.34) Blunder. Bxb4 was best. } { [%eval 0.34] } (6. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 d6 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Bc3 Nge7 11. Nba3 Be6) 6... Qxe4+ { [%eval 0.4] } 7. Be2?? { (0.40 → -4.47) Blunder. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -4.47] } (7. Qe2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 d6 10. Nd3 Nf6 11. c3 Nc6 12. f3 a5) 7... Qxc2?? { (-4.47 → 7.02) Blunder. Qxh1+ was best. } { [%eval 7.02] } (7... Qxh1+ 8. Bf1 Qe4+ 9. Be2 Qxd4 10. Nd3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O-O) 8. Qxc2 { [%eval 7.07] } 8... Bxd2+ { [%eval 6.87] } 9. Kxd2 { [%eval 6.84] } 9... d6 { [%eval 8.97] } 10. Nc4 { [%eval 6.67] } 10... Bf5 { [%eval 7.74] } 11. Qxf5 { [%eval 7.74] } 11... g6 { [%eval 9.7] } 12. Qe4+ { [%eval 8.29] } 12... Kd7 { [%eval 11.13] } 13. Bg4+ { [%eval 10.46] } 13... Kd8?! { (10.46 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (13... f5 14. Re1 c6 15. Nxd6 Kxd6 16. Qe5+ Kd7 17. Qxh8 Kc7 18. Qxg8 Nd7 19. Qxa8) 14. Re1 { [%eval #2] } 14... Nf6 { [%eval #1] } 15. Qf4? { (Mate in 1 → 9.11) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe7# was best. } { [%eval 9.11] } (15. Qe7#) 15... Nd5? { (9.11 → Mate in 16) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxg4 was best. } { [%eval #16] } (15... Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Nc6 17. Qh4+ Kd7 18. d5 Rae8 19. dxc6+ bxc6 20. Nc3 d5 21. Qh3+) 16. Qe4? { (Mate in 16 → 9.48) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg5+ was best. } { [%eval 9.48] } (16. Qg5+ f6 17. Qxd5 f5 18. Qe6 fxg4 19. Qf6+ Kd7 20. Re7+ Kc6 21. Nc3 b5) 16... Nf6? { (9.48 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (16... c6 17. Nxd6 f5 18. Nf7+ Kc8 19. Qe5 Rf8 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Qe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+) 17. Qf4? { (Mate in 1 → 8.93) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe7# was best. } { [%eval 8.93] } (17. Qe7#) 17... Nd5? { (8.93 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxg4 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (17... Nxg4 18. Qg5+ Kc8 19. Qxg4+ Nd7 20. Qf3 f5 21. Na5 Rb8 22. Qb3 d5 23. Qf3) 18. Qxf7 { [%eval #7] } 18... Ne7 { [%eval #1] } 19. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0