[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Ho6J6WSF"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "thecricstar5958"] [Black "Lalithvarma2016"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "Ho6J6WSF"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "09:08:35"] [WhiteElo "972"] [BlackElo "981"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit"] [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. Nc3 { [%eval 0.06] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.07] } 4. Nxe5?? { (0.07 → -2.18) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.18] } { C47 Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit } (4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5) 4... Nxe5 { [%eval -1.57] } 5. d4 { [%eval -1.6] } 5... Nc6?! { (-1.60 → -0.54) Inaccuracy. Ng6 was best. } { [%eval -0.54] } (5... Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 c6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O d5 10. exd6+) 6. d5 { [%eval -0.52] } 6... Ne5 { [%eval -0.5] } 7. f4 { [%eval -0.44] } 7... Ng6 { [%eval -0.58] } 8. e5 { [%eval -0.6] } 8... Ng8?! { (-0.60 → 0.08) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.08] } (8... Bc5 9. exf6 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Na4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. O-O Qxf6 14. Kh1) 9. f5?? { (0.08 → -2.96) Blunder. d6 was best. } { [%eval -2.96] } (9. d6 cxd6 10. exd6 Qf6 11. Nb5 Nh6 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Kd8 14. O-O-O Nxd6) 9... Nxe5 { [%eval -3.0] } 10. Qh5 { [%eval -3.69] } 10... Nf6 { [%eval -3.6] } 11. Qxf7+? { (-3.60 → -6.84) Mistake. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -6.84] } (11. Qe2 d6 12. h3 Bxf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Be3 Be7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. g5 Nh5) 11... Kxf7 { [%eval -6.82] } 12. d6 { [%eval -6.8] } 12... cxd6 { [%eval -6.03] } 13. Be2 { [%eval -6.64] } 13... Qe7 { [%eval -6.03] } 14. Bh5+ { [%eval -7.15] } 14... g6 { [%eval -5.97] } 15. fxg6+ { [%eval -5.88] } 15... hxg6 { [%eval -6.18] } 16. Bxg6+ { [%eval -7.96] } 16... Kxg6 { [%eval -7.58] } 17. h4 { [%eval -9.34] } 17... Neg4+ { [%eval -7.75] } 18. Kf1 { [%eval -8.73] } 18... Ne3+ { [%eval -7.56] } 19. Kf2 { [%eval -8.49] } 19... Nxc2 { [%eval -8.06] } 20. h5+ { [%eval -8.91] } 20... Rxh5 { [%eval -8.74] } 21. Rxh5? { (-8.74 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd2 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (21. Bd2 Nxa1 22. Rxh5 Nxh5 23. Kf1 Qh4 24. Be1 Qd4 25. Ne2 Qe4 26. Bc3 d5) 21... Nxh5? { (Mate in 3 → -9.58) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe1+ was best. } { [%eval -9.58] } (21... Qe1+ 22. Kf3 Nd4+ 23. Kf4 Qf2#) 22. g4 { [%eval -10.35] } 22... Qf6+ { [%eval -9.41] } 23. Kg2 { [%eval -9.12] } 23... Nf4+ { [%eval -8.18] } 24. Kg3 { [%eval -8.02] } 24... Qg5 { [%eval -7.51] } 25. Ne4 { [%eval -8.78] } 25... Qe7 { [%eval -8.18] } 26. Rb1 { [%eval -11.83] } 26... Qxe4 { [%eval -10.86] } 27. Bxf4 { [%eval -11.56] } 27... Ne3 { [%eval -10.64] } 28. Bxe3?! { (-10.64 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf2 was best. } { [%eval #-9] } (28. Kf2 Qxf4+ 29. Ke2 d5 30. Rh1 d6 31. Rh4 Bxg4+ 32. Rxg4+ Nxg4 33. Kd1 Qf2) 28... Qxe3+ { [%eval -10.23] } 29. Kh4?! { (-10.23 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg2 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Kf1 Qxb1+ 32. Kf2 d5 33. b4 d6 34. b5 Qe4) 29... Qe4?! { (Mate in 5 → -10.32) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Be7+ was best. } { [%eval -10.32] } (29... Be7+ 30. g5 Qf3 31. Rg1 d5 32. a4 d6 33. a5 Qh3#) 30. b4?! { (-10.32 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh3 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (30. Kh3 Qxb1 31. Kg2 Qe1 32. Kf3 Qf1+ 33. Ke3 Bh6+ 34. g5 Bxg5+ 35. Ke4) 30... Qxb1 { [%eval #-4] } 31. a4 { [%eval #-4] } 31... Qc1 { [%eval #-4] } 32. Kg3 { [%eval #-5] } 32... Qe3+?! { (Mate in 5 → -11.78) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf1 was best. } { [%eval -11.78] } (32... Qf1 33. Kh4 d5 34. a5 Bd6 35. g5 Qf2+ 36. Kg4 Qg3#) 33. Kh4?! { (-11.78 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg2 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 d5 36. Kf3 Qf1+ 37. Ke3 Bh6+ 38. g5 Bxg5+) 33... Be7+ { [%eval #-2] } 34. g5 { [%eval #-2] } 34... Bxg5+ { [%eval #-2] } 35. Kg4 { [%eval #-2] } 35... Qf4+ { [%eval #-3] } 36. Kh3 { [%eval #-3] } 36... Qf3+ { [%eval #-3] } 37. Kh2 { [%eval #-3] } 37... Bf4+ { [%eval #-3] } 38. Kg1 { [%eval #-3] } 38... Qe3+ { [%eval #-4] } 39. Kg2 { [%eval #-4] } 39... Qg3+ { [%eval #-4] } 40. Kf1 { [%eval #-4] } 40... b5 { [%eval #-3] } 41. axb5 { [%eval #-3] } 41... Ba6 { [%eval #-2] } 42. bxa6 { [%eval #-2] } 42... Rh8 { [%eval #-2] } 43. b5 { [%eval #-2] } 43... Rh1+ { [%eval #-1] } 44. Ke2 { [%eval #-1] } 44... Rh2+ { [%eval #-1] } 45. Kf1 { [%eval #-1] } 45... Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1