[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EsJTTqXt"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "l_motaz_M"] [Black "Matthew_AKVP123"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "EsJTTqXt"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:03:41"] [WhiteElo "1226"] [BlackElo "975"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.1] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... Ng4?? { (0.10 → 2.00) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.0] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5) 4. d3?? { (2.00 → 0.00) Blunder. h3 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (4. h3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bb4 6. Ng4 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. Qd4 O-O) 4... d6?! { (0.00 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.69] } (4... Bc5 5. d4 exd4 6. Na4 Bb4+ 7. c3 dxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Nd4) 5. h3 { [%eval 0.98] } 5... Nc6?? { (0.98 → 4.07) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 4.07] } (5... Nf6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. g4 h6 8. Be3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g5) 6. hxg4 { [%eval 4.05] } 6... Bxg4 { [%eval 3.96] } 7. Be2 { [%eval 4.02] } 7... Bh5? { (4.02 → 6.53) Mistake. h5 was best. } { [%eval 6.53] } (7... h5 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. a4 O-O-O 10. a5 Kb8 11. a6 b6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Ng5) 8. Rxh5 { [%eval 6.56] } 8... Ne7 { [%eval 6.79] } 9. Bg5 { [%eval 6.58] } 9... Nc6 { [%eval 8.31] } 10. Qd2 { [%eval 6.7] } 10... Ne7 { [%eval 7.23] } 11. O-O-O { [%eval 7.06] } 11... Qc8 { [%eval 7.62] } 12. Nd5 { [%eval 6.28] } 12... Ng8 { [%eval 7.6] } 13. d4 { [%eval 7.55] } 13... exd4 { [%eval 8.2] } 14. Qxd4 { [%eval 7.83] } 14... c5 { [%eval 10.78] } 15. Qc3 { [%eval 8.26] } 15... Nf6 { [%eval 9.42] } 16. e5 { [%eval 8.21] } 16... Nxh5 { [%eval 9.34] } 17. exd6?! { (9.34 → 5.96) Inaccuracy. Bb5+ was best. } { [%eval 5.96] } (17. Bb5+ Qc6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 d5 21. Qa3 Ke6 22. g4 f6) 17... Qd8?? { (5.96 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxd6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (17... Bxd6 18. Nh4 O-O 19. Bxh5 Qe6 20. Qh3 Qxh3 21. gxh3 Rae8 22. Be3 Bh2 23. Bf3) 18. Qe5+ { [%eval #4] } 18... Kd7 { [%eval #4] } 19. Bxd8 { [%eval #4] } 19... Kxd8 { [%eval #3] } 20. Nc7?! { (Mate in 3 → 11.05) Lost forced checkmate sequence. d7 was best. } { [%eval 11.05] } (20. d7 Bd6 21. Qxd6 Nf6 22. Qc7#) 20... Kd7?! { (11.05 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (20... Nf6 21. Nxa8 Nd7 22. Qd5 Kc8 23. Qxf7 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Kb8 25. Rxd7 Kxa8 26. c4) 21. Nxa8 { [%eval #5] } 21... Kc6 { [%eval #1] } 22. Qf5 { [%eval #2] } 22... Nf6 { [%eval #1] } 23. d7 { [%eval #2] } 23... Be7 { [%eval #1] } 24. Ne5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0