[Event "≤1700 Blitz Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EVCXBbzc"] [Date "2026.01.06"] [Round "-"] [White "attacktheking"] [Black "RustFree"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "EVCXBbzc"] [UTCDate "2026.01.06"] [UTCTime "16:30:21"] [WhiteElo "1456"] [BlackElo "1449"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.48] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.58] } 3... exd4 { [%eval 0.45] } 4. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.41] } { C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation } 4... Nd7 { [%eval 0.93] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.9] } 5... Nb6 { [%eval 1.42] } 6. Bf4 { [%eval 1.31] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 0.93] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 0.79] } 7... Bg4?! { (0.79 → 1.38) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 1.38] } (7... Be7 8. a4 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qd2 Bf8 12. Rad1 c6 13. h3) 8. f3 { [%eval 1.28] } 8... Bh5?! { (1.28 → 2.28) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 2.28] } (8... Bd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Nh5 14. Bd2) 9. Qd2 { [%eval 2.22] } 9... Bg6 { [%eval 2.07] } 10. O-O-O { [%eval 1.95] } 10... Qd7 { [%eval 2.31] } 11. g4 { [%eval 2.34] } 11... h6 { [%eval 2.46] } 12. h4 { [%eval 2.12] } 12... d5? { (2.12 → 3.70) Mistake. a6 was best. } { [%eval 3.7] } (12... a6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. a3 Kb8 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Na5 d5) 13. e5 { [%eval 3.76] } 13... Bc5 { [%eval 4.29] } 14. Bxg6 { [%eval 4.14] } 14... fxg6 { [%eval 4.25] } 15. exf6 { [%eval 4.25] } 15... gxf6 { [%eval 5.12] } 16. Rhe1+ { [%eval 4.98] } 16... Be7 { [%eval 5.65] } 17. Qe2 { [%eval 5.42] } 17... O-O { [%eval 6.31] } 18. Qxe7 { [%eval 6.34] } 18... Rae8 { [%eval 7.4] } 19. Qxd7 { [%eval 7.41] } 19... Nxd7 { [%eval 7.5] } 20. Nxd5 { [%eval 6.84] } 20... Rxe1 { [%eval 6.98] } 21. Rxe1 { [%eval 6.8] } 21... g5 { [%eval 7.3] } 22. Bxc7 { [%eval 7.21] } 22... gxh4 { [%eval 7.07] } 23. Ne7+ { [%eval 6.9] } 23... Kf7 { [%eval 7.03] } 24. Nef5 { [%eval 7.28] } 24... h3 { [%eval 8.8] } 25. Re7+ { [%eval 8.1] } 25... Kg6? { (8.10 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (25... Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rxd7 h5 28. gxh5 Rg8 29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Rg2 31. Kb2) 26. Rg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0