[Event "DCA Practice Tournament 4 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FjeE2bHK"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Pawar_Anish26"] [Black "kushalmetha"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "FjeE2bHK"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "14:18:16"] [WhiteElo "775"] [BlackElo "1054"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+359"] [BlackRatingDiff "-170"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e3 { [%eval 0.08] } { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.26] } 2. e4 { [%eval -0.19] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval -0.19] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval -0.31] } 3... Nc6 { [%eval -0.16] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval -0.15] } 4... Bb4 { [%eval -0.07] } 5. Bc4 { [%eval -0.19] } 5... Nxe4 { [%eval -0.13] } 6. Nxe4 { [%eval -0.11] } 6... d5 { [%eval -0.07] } 7. Bxd5? { (-0.07 → -1.51) Mistake. a3 was best. } { [%eval -1.51] } (7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. b4 Bg4) 7... Qxd5 { [%eval -1.64] } 8. Nfg5?! { (-1.64 → -2.74) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -2.74] } (8. Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne4 Qd5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. c3 Bf8) 8... f6 { [%eval -2.47] } 9. c4?! { (-2.47 → -3.45) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval -3.45] } (9. Qf3 Qd8 10. c3 Be7 11. Nh3 f5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. d3 h6 14. b4 Qd7) 9... Qxc4 { [%eval -3.38] } 10. b3 { [%eval -3.65] } 10... Qd4 { [%eval -3.25] } 11. Nxf6+? { (-3.25 → -5.17) Mistake. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval -5.17] } (11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. O-O fxg5 13. Qxg5+ Ne7 14. d3 Qxa1 15. Qxg7 Re8 16. Nf6 Qd4) 11... gxf6 { [%eval -4.76] } 12. Bb2?! { (-4.76 → -6.17) Inaccuracy. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval -6.17] } (12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nf7+ Ke7 14. Nxh8 Qe4+ 15. Kf1 Be6 16. Ng6+ Qxg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6) 12... Qxb2 { [%eval -6.07] } 13. Qh5+ { [%eval -6.06] } 13... Kd8 { [%eval -5.82] } 14. Nf7+ { [%eval -5.7] } 14... Ke8?? { (-5.70 → -2.45) Blunder. Ke7 was best. } { [%eval -2.45] } (14... Ke7 15. O-O Be6 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Kh1 Qd4 18. f4 Kd8 19. f5 Bd5 20. Rae1) 15. Nxh8+ { [%eval -2.42] } 15... Kf8?? { (-2.42 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (15... Kd8 16. O-O Be6 17. Qxh7 Kc8 18. Nf7 Qd4 19. Rac1 a5 20. Qh8+ Nd8 21. Nh6) 16. Nf7?? { (Mate in 1 → -8.97) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf7# was best. } { [%eval -8.97] } (16. Qf7#) 16... Qxa1+ { [%eval -8.71] } 17. Ke2 { [%eval -9.1] } 17... Qxh1 { [%eval -9.15] } 18. Nh8? { (-9.15 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qh6+ was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Nxe5 Nd4+ 20. Kd3 Qf1+ 21. Kxd4 Qxf2+ 22. Kc4 Qc5+ 23. Kd3 Bf5+) 18... Qxg2?? { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 1) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd4+ was best. } { [%eval #1] } (18... Nd4+ 19. Kd3 Bf5+ 20. Qxf5 Qf1+ 21. Ke4 Qe2+ 22. Kd5 c6#) 19. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0