[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ExzpGWyA"] [Date "2026.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Maverick_James"] [Black "PranavRaghu"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ExzpGWyA"] [UTCDate "2026.06.12"] [UTCTime "12:35:12"] [WhiteElo "842"] [BlackElo "858"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. c3 { [%eval -0.13] } { C44 Ponziani Opening } 3... g5? { (-0.13 → 1.34) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.34] } (3... d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. exd5) 4. d4 { [%eval 1.42] } 4... d5 { [%eval 1.89] } 5. dxe5?! { (1.89 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } { [%eval 1.12] } (5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Qa4 exd4 7. Bxg5 Ne7 8. cxd4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qd6) 5... dxe4?! { (1.12 → 1.78) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } { [%eval 1.78] } (5... g4 6. exd5 Nge7 7. dxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 gxf3 9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. g3) 6. Bxg5?? { (1.78 → -3.82) Blunder. Qxd8+ was best. } { [%eval -3.82] } (6. Qxd8+ Nxd8 7. Nxg5 Nc6 8. Nxe4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Nxe5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6) 6... f6?? { (-3.82 → 1.38) Blunder. Qxd1+ was best. } { [%eval 1.38] } (6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 exf3 8. Nd2 Nxe5 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. gxf3 Be6 11. Ne4) 7. Bxf6?? { (1.38 → -3.63) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -3.63] } (7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Bc4 Bf5) 7... Nxf6?! { (-3.63 → -2.85) Inaccuracy. Qxd1+ was best. } { [%eval -2.85] } (7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nxf6 9. exf6 exf3 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Nxf3 Rd8+ 12. Ke1 Kf7 13. Be2) 8. exf6 { [%eval -3.6] } 8... Qxf6?? { (-3.60 → -0.29) Blunder. Qxd1+ was best. } { [%eval -0.29] } (8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 exf3 10. Nd2 fxg2 11. Bxg2 Bf5 12. Re1+ Kf7 13. Be4 Kxf6 14. Kc2) 9. Nd4 { [%eval -0.33] } 9... Nxd4 { [%eval -0.2] } 10. cxd4 { [%eval -0.21] } 10... Qb6?! { (-0.21 → 0.85) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } { [%eval 0.85] } (10... Bf5 11. Qh5+ Qg6 12. Qxg6+ hxg6 13. d5 O-O-O 14. Nc3 Rd6 15. Be2 g5 16. h3) 11. b3?? { (0.85 → -1.29) Blunder. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval -1.29] } (11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Qe5 Qxb2 13. Qxh8 Qc1+ 14. Ke2 Bg4+ 15. f3 exf3+ 16. gxf3 Qc2+) 11... Qf6?? { (-1.29 → 0.39) Blunder. Bb4+ was best. } { [%eval 0.39] } (11... Bb4+ 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Qxd4 14. Qc4+ Qxc4 15. Bxc4+ Kg7) 12. Nc3?! { (0.39 → -0.61) Inaccuracy. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval -0.61] } (12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Be2 Bb4 15. Rd1 Rg8 16. g4 Rg5) 12... e3?? { (-0.61 → 1.55) Blunder. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 1.55] } (12... Bb4 13. Rc1 Rg8 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qe5 Qh6 16. Rc2 Be6 17. Qb5 a5 18. a3) 13. f3?? { (1.55 → -1.53) Blunder. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval -1.53] } (13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. fxe3 Bb4 15. Kd2 Re8 16. Bd3 Qf2+ 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 c5) 13... Qh4+?? { (-1.53 → 0.58) Blunder. Be6 was best. } { [%eval 0.58] } (13... Be6 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 O-O-O 17. O-O Bc5 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Qe2) 14. g3 { [%eval 0.37] } 14... Qh6 { [%eval 0.81] } 15. Nd5 { [%eval 0.6] } 15... Qd6 { [%eval 0.57] } 16. Bc4? { (0.57 → -0.68) Mistake. Nxe3 was best. } { [%eval -0.68] } (16. Nxe3 Be6 17. Bc4 Bh3 18. Qd3 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Kb8 20. Rhe1 Bg7 21. Nc2 c5) 16... Be6?? { (-0.68 → 2.45) Blunder. Bh3 was best. } { [%eval 2.45] } (16... Bh3 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Qd3 Bh6 20. Ng2 Rhe8 21. Rae1 Bg7 22. Nxe3) 17. Nxc7+ { [%eval 2.38] } 17... Qxc7 { [%eval 2.62] } 18. Bxe6 { [%eval 2.51] } 18... Qa5+ { [%eval 2.4] } 19. Ke2 { [%eval 2.35] } 19... Qb5+? { (2.35 → 4.50) Mistake. Qa6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.5] } (19... Qa6+ 20. Bc4 Qb6 21. Qd3 O-O-O 22. Qxe3 Bd6 23. Be6+ Kb8 24. d5 Qb5+ 25. Qd3) 20. Bc4? { (4.50 → 2.31) Mistake. Qd3 was best. } { [%eval 2.31] } (20. Qd3 Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Ke7 22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Rae1 Kf6 24. Rxe3 Bc5 25. Re4 h5) 20... Qd7?! { (2.31 → 3.74) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } { [%eval 3.74] } (20... Qa5 21. Qd3 O-O-O 22. Qxe3 Bd6 23. Kf2 Rhe8 24. Qd3 h5 25. h4 a6 26. Kg2) 21. Kxe3? { (3.74 → 2.15) Mistake. Qc2 was best. } { [%eval 2.15] } (21. Qc2 Ba3 22. Qe4+ Kd8 23. Be6 Qc7 24. Kxe3 Qc3+ 25. Kf2 Qd2+ 26. Qe2 Qxe2+) 21... Qe7+?! { (2.15 → 3.52) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 3.52] } (21... O-O-O 22. Kf2 Kb8 23. Qd3 Qg7 24. Rad1 Bd6 25. Qe4 h5 26. f4 Rhf8 27. Rhe1) 22. Kf2 { [%eval 3.17] } 22... Bh6?? { (3.17 → 7.00) Blunder. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 7.0] } (22... O-O-O 23. Qe2 Qa3 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Bd6 26. Qd2 Rhe8 27. Rad1 Bb4 28. Qf2) 23. Re1 { [%eval 6.9] } 23... Be3+ { [%eval 7.85] } 24. Rxe3 { [%eval 7.4] } 24... O-O-O { [%eval 9.28] } 25. Rxe7 { [%eval 8.77] } 25... Rxd4? { (8.77 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rhe8 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (25... Rhe8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qd2 Kb8 28. Re1 Rc8 29. a4 a6 30. g4 Ka7 31. Re3) 26. Qxd4 { [%eval #3] } 26... Re8 { [%eval #2] } 27. Qd7+ { [%eval #1] } 27... Kb8 { [%eval #1] } 28. Qc7+ { [%eval #1] } 28... Ka8 { [%eval #1] } 29. Qxb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0