[Event "tournament 181"] [Site "https://lichess.org/IzjjhtHZ"] [Date "2026.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "nirajvinod"] [Black "Daksh7998"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "IzjjhtHZ"] [UTCDate "2026.02.21"] [UTCTime "13:20:26"] [WhiteElo "1617"] [BlackElo "1583"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-190"] [BlackRatingDiff "+205"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+10"] [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 0.08] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... d5?! { (0.08 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.87] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O) 4. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.43] } 4... Qe7?! { (0.43 → 1.47) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 1.47] } (4... d4 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bc4 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bb3 Qd4 9. Nf7) 5. Ng4?? { (1.47 → -4.25) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -4.25] } (5. d4 dxe4 6. Bf4 c6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. O-O Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qe6) 5... Nxe4?? { (-4.25 → 1.75) Blunder. Bxg4 was best. } { [%eval 1.75] } (5... Bxg4 6. f3 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Bd7 8. d4 dxe4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O) 6. Bb5+?? { (1.75 → -2.19) Blunder. Nxd5 was best. } { [%eval -2.19] } (6. Nxd5 Qd8 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Nge3 c6 9. Nf4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Nd6 11. d3 Nxc4) 6... c6 { [%eval -1.97] } 7. Bd3?? { (-1.97 → -7.22) Blunder. Nxd5 was best. } { [%eval -7.22] } (7. Nxd5 Qd8) 7... Nxc3+ { [%eval -7.25] } 8. Kf1 { [%eval -8.18] } 8... Nxd1 { [%eval -8.22] } 9. Be2 { [%eval -8.35] } 9... Bxg4 { [%eval -7.9] } 10. f3 { [%eval -9.2] } 10... Nxb2 { [%eval -8.52] } 11. Bxb2 { [%eval -8.43] } 11... Be6 { [%eval -8.36] } 12. Bd3 { [%eval -8.31] } 12... Qb4 { [%eval -8.12] } 13. Rb1 { [%eval -8.16] } 13... Qxd2 { [%eval -8.37] } 14. Re1 { [%eval -8.69] } 14... Nd7 { [%eval -8.81] } 15. Bf5 { [%eval -10.06] } 15... Bb4 { [%eval -9.85] } 16. Re2? { (-9.85 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c3 was best. } { [%eval #-14] } (16. c3 Bc5 17. Re2 Qd1+ 18. Re1 Qxe1+ 19. Kxe1 Bxf5 20. g4 Be6 21. Kd1 Rg8) 16... Qd1+ { [%eval -13.66] } 17. Kf2 { [%eval -13.37] } 17... Qxh1 { [%eval -10.04] } 18. Bxe6 { [%eval -10.41] } 18... fxe6 { [%eval -9.99] } 19. Rxe6+ { [%eval -11.26] } 19... Kf7 { [%eval -11.09] } 20. Re1?! { (-11.09 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re2 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (20. Re2 Bc5+ 21. Kg3 Qf1 22. h3 Qxe2 23. Kh2 Qxc2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Kh1) 20... Qxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1