[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EXjXmAps"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Mansoor-Sultan"] [Black "Eshaal-taha"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "EXjXmAps"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:31:18"] [WhiteElo "533"] [BlackElo "878"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+56"] [BlackRatingDiff "-81"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } { A40 Queen's Pawn Game } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.25] } 2. Bf4 { [%eval 0.19] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.54] } 3. Bxb8?! { (0.54 → -0.39) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.39] } (3. e4 Nf6 4. Nd2 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Ngf3 Nc6) 3... Rxb8 { [%eval -0.42] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval -0.53] } 4... c5 { [%eval -0.38] } 5. dxc5 { [%eval -0.65] } 5... a6 { [%eval -0.36] } 6. e3 { [%eval -0.56] } 6... a5?! { (-0.56 → 0.13) Inaccuracy. Bxc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.13] } (6... Bxc5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 Rd8 12. e4) 7. Bc4?! { (0.13 → -0.47) Inaccuracy. Qd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.47] } (7. Qd4 Qc7 8. Nc3 Qxc5 9. Qf4 Bd6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Qa4 Qb4) 7... Bxc5 { [%eval -0.4] } 8. O-O { [%eval -0.54] } 8... Qh4?? { (-0.54 → 6.53) Blunder. b5 was best. } { [%eval 6.53] } (8... b5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Qe2 b4 11. a3 O-O 12. axb4 axb4 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. e4) 9. Nxh4 { [%eval 6.76] } 9... Bxe3 { [%eval 8.47] } 10. fxe3 { [%eval 8.51] } 10... e5 { [%eval 11.22] } 11. Bb5 { [%eval 9.78] } 11... a4 { [%eval 10.3] } 12. Bxa4 { [%eval 9.09] } 12... b6 { [%eval 9.56] } 13. Bxd7+ { [%eval 8.95] } 13... Kd8? { (8.95 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxd7 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (13... Bxd7 14. Qh5 Be6 15. Qxe5 Rc8 16. Qxg7 Rxc2 17. Qxh8 f6 18. Nc3 Rxb2 19. Qxh7) 14. Bxc8+ { [%eval #9] } 14... Kxc8 { [%eval #9] } 15. Qg4+ { [%eval #8] } 15... Kd8 { [%eval #6] } 16. Rd1+ { [%eval #5] } 16... Ke8 { [%eval #5] } 17. Qxg7 { [%eval #6] } 17... f5 { [%eval #2] } 18. Qxh8 { [%eval #5] } 18... f4 { [%eval #4] } 19. Qxg8+ { [%eval #3] } 19... Ke7 { [%eval #3] } 20. Qxb8 { [%eval #4] } 20... f3 { [%eval #3] } 21. gxf3 { [%eval #3] } 21... h6 { [%eval #3] } 22. Qxb6 { [%eval #3] } 22... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 23. Qxh6 { [%eval #3] } 23... e4 { [%eval #2] } 24. Qg6+ { [%eval #2] } 24... Kf8 { [%eval #2] } 25. fxe4 { [%eval #2] } 25... Ke7 { [%eval #2] } 26. e5 { [%eval #2] } 26... Kf8 { [%eval #2] } 27. Qf6+ { [%eval #2] } 27... Kg8 { [%eval #2] } 28. Rd8+ { [%eval #1] } 28... Kh7 { [%eval #1] } 29. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0