[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/I0c4pGZx"] [Date "2026.05.25"] [Round "-"] [White "weirxun"] [Black "NicoEsponda"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "I0c4pGZx"] [UTCDate "2026.05.25"] [UTCTime "20:52:59"] [WhiteElo "881"] [BlackElo "770"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French Defense: Paulsen Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.27] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval -0.07] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.32] } 3. e4 { [%eval 0.28] } { C10 French Defense: Paulsen Variation } 3... c6?! { (0.28 → 0.89) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.89] } (3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Be3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bd3) 4. exd5?! { (0.89 → 0.14) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval 0.14] } (4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7) 4... cxd5 { [%eval 0.25] } 5. Bg5?? { (0.25 → -4.42) Blunder. Bf4 was best. } { [%eval -4.42] } (5. Bf4 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg3 Nb4 9. Be2 Nf6) 5... Qxg5 { [%eval -4.47] } 6. Qd3 { [%eval -4.8] } 6... b6?! { (-4.80 → -3.77) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval -3.77] } (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Qf4 8. g3 Qc7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Qe3 Nge7 11. h4 h6 12. Bh3) 7. Nf3 { [%eval -3.82] } 7... Qh5? { (-3.82 → -2.08) Mistake. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval -2.08] } (7... Qd8 8. Ne5 a6 9. Qf3 Ra7 10. O-O-O Qf6 11. Qe3 Rc7 12. f4 Bd6 13. Bb5+) 8. Qb5+? { (-2.08 → -4.08) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval -4.08] } (8. Nb5 Na6 9. Qb3 f6 10. Be2 Qf7 11. c4 Qd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Be7) 8... Nd7?? { (-4.08 → 0.02) Blunder. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 0.02] } (8... Bd7 9. g4 Qxg4 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Qe3 a6 12. Rg1 Qh5 13. Ne5) 9. Qc6 { [%eval 0.32] } 9... Bb4?? { (0.32 → 2.56) Blunder. Rb8 was best. } { [%eval 2.56] } (9... Rb8 10. Qc7 a6 11. Ne5 Ra8 12. Bxa6 Qxe5+ 13. dxe5 Bxa6 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Kb1) 10. a3?? { (2.56 → -3.19) Blunder. Qxa8 was best. } { [%eval -3.19] } (10. Qxa8 Ne7 11. Qxa7 O-O 12. Bb5 Nf6 13. O-O e5 14. Nxe5 Nf5 15. Ne2 Bd6) 10... Bxc3+ { [%eval -3.09] } 11. bxc3 { [%eval -2.96] } 11... Rb8 { [%eval -2.91] } 12. Ne5?! { (-2.91 → -4.24) Inaccuracy. Qd6 was best. } { [%eval -4.24] } (12. Qd6 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bd3 Rb6 15. Qa3 Ne7 16. O-O Qh6 17. Ne5 Qf6) 12... Ne7?! { (-4.24 → -3.07) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval -3.07] } (12... Nf6 13. Qc7 O-O 14. Nc6 Rb7 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Qc6 Nb8 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Nxc8) 13. Qa4 { [%eval -3.75] } 13... O-O?? { (-3.75 → -1.11) Blunder. Rb7 was best. } { [%eval -1.11] } (13... Rb7 14. h4 Qh6 15. Ba6 Rc7 16. Bxc8 Nxc8 17. Rh3 f6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rf3) 14. Nxd7 { [%eval -0.77] } 14... Ba6?? { (-0.77 → 4.48) Blunder. Bxd7 was best. } { [%eval 4.48] } (14... Bxd7 15. Qxd7 Qg5 16. h4 Qf6 17. Qxa7 e5 18. Bb5 Nf5 19. O-O e4 20. Qc7) 15. Bxa6 { [%eval 3.81] } 15... Rbc8 { [%eval 4.44] } 16. Nxf8 { [%eval 4.78] } 16... Rxf8 { [%eval 4.83] } 17. O-O { [%eval 4.52] } 17... f5?! { (4.52 → 6.23) Inaccuracy. Ng6 was best. } { [%eval 6.23] } (17... Ng6 18. f4 Qg4 19. h3 Qh4 20. Qb5 Nxf4 21. Rf3 g5 22. Qf1 Qh6 23. Qf2) 18. Rae1 { [%eval 4.92] } 18... Rf6 { [%eval 5.6] } 19. Be2 { [%eval 5.68] } 19... Qg5 { [%eval 6.4] } 20. Qe8+ { [%eval 6.29] } 20... Rf8 { [%eval 6.04] } 21. Qa4 { [%eval 4.77] } 21... f4 { [%eval 5.98] } 22. Qxa7 { [%eval 5.06] } 22... Re8 { [%eval 6.41] } 23. Qxb6 { [%eval 5.26] } 23... e5?! { (5.26 → 6.91) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } { [%eval 6.91] } (23... Nf5 24. Qc6 Re7 25. Qc8+ Kf7 26. Kh1 Nh4 27. Rg1 Nf5 28. g3 fxg3 29. fxg3) 24. Bb5 { [%eval 6.32] } 24... Kf8 { [%eval 7.1] } 25. dxe5 { [%eval 6.46] } 25... Qh5 { [%eval 7.85] } 26. Bxe8 { [%eval 8.0] } 26... Qxe8 { [%eval 7.92] } 27. Qd4 { [%eval 7.92] } 27... Nf5 { [%eval 7.98] } 28. Qxf4 { [%eval 7.94] } 28... Qh5 { [%eval 10.39] } 29. e6 { [%eval 10.36] } 29... g5?! { (10.36 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe8 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (29... Qe8 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. e7 h5 32. Kh1 g6 33. Qf6 Kh7 34. a4 Kg8 35. a5) 30. Qf3? { (Mate in 8 → 7.60) Lost forced checkmate sequence. e7+ was best. } { [%eval 7.6] } (30. e7+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Qxf5 Qe8 33. Qf8+ Qxf8 34. exf8=Q+ Kh5 35. Re6 h6) 30... g4 { [%eval 10.48] } 31. Qxd5 { [%eval 9.5] } 31... g3? { (9.50 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg6 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (31... Qg6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. e7 Qf7 34. Qd7 Kh6 35. e8=Q Qf6 36. Qf8+ Qxf8 37. Re6+) 32. fxg3 { [%eval #6] } 32... Qg5 { [%eval #5] } 33. e7+ { [%eval #5] } 33... Ke8 { [%eval #3] } 34. Qa8+ { [%eval #2] } 34... Kd7 { [%eval #2] } 35. e8=Q+ { [%eval #1] } 35... Kd6 { [%eval #1] } 36. Rd1+ { [%eval #1] } 36... Kc5 { [%eval #1] } 37. Qac8+ { [%eval #2] } 37... Kb6 { [%eval #2] } 38. Qec6+ { [%eval #1] } 38... Ka7 { [%eval #1] } 39. Qb5 { [%eval #3] } 39... Qe3+ { [%eval #3] } 40. Rf2 { [%eval #2] } 40... Nxg3 { [%eval #1] } 41. Qcb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0