[Event "Lichess Liga 9B Team Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/J8r2OCmj"] [Date "2026.04.30"] [Round "-"] [White "thomas_cross"] [Black "UnknownSuperGM"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "J8r2OCmj"] [UTCDate "2026.04.30"] [UTCTime "19:27:53"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "2547"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [BlackBerserk "true"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.32] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.05] } { B21 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit } 2... cxd4 { [%eval 0.0] } 3. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... e5?? { (0.00 → 2.42) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 2.42] } (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Qd3 a6 6. Nd5 e6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. c3) 4. Qa4?? { (2.42 → -0.02) Blunder. Qxe5+ was best. } { [%eval -0.02] } (4. Qxe5+ Qe7 5. Qxe7+ Bxe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Bb4) 4... Nf6 { [%eval -0.04] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval -0.57] } 5... Nc6?! { (-0.57 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.1] } (5... Bc5 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Nd5 a6 11. Bxc6) 6. Bb5?! { (0.10 → -0.87) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.87] } (6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Ne2 b5 8. Qxb5 Rb8 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6) 6... Bc5?! { (-0.87 → -0.27) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } { [%eval -0.27] } (6... a6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Be2 b5 9. Bxb5 Rb8 10. Bxc6 Rb4 11. Qa3) 7. Nh3? { (-0.27 → -1.67) Mistake. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -1.67] } (7. Nf3 a6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8) 7... Nd4 { [%eval -1.13] } 8. Nc3 { [%eval -1.37] } 8... O-O { [%eval -0.81] } 9. O-O-O?! { (-0.81 → -1.91) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval -1.91] } (9. Nd5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Qa3 Bb7 14. O-O a5) 9... a6 { [%eval -1.92] } 10. Nd5 { [%eval -2.19] } 10... Nxb5 { [%eval -2.22] } 11. Nxf6+?! { (-2.22 → -2.94) Inaccuracy. Nhf4 was best. } { [%eval -2.94] } (11. Nhf4 Nc7 12. Nh5 Nce8 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qxe5 Rg8) 11... gxf6 { [%eval -2.96] } 12. Bh6 { [%eval -3.04] } 12... Re8 { [%eval -2.54] } 13. Qb3 { [%eval -2.91] } 13... Bf8 { [%eval -2.74] } 14. Qg3+ { [%eval -2.88] } 14... Kh8 { [%eval -2.95] } 15. Bd2 { [%eval -3.44] } 15... Nd4 { [%eval -3.31] } 16. Rhe1 { [%eval -3.31] } 16... d5 { [%eval -3.18] } 17. Bc3?! { (-3.18 → -4.41) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval -4.41] } (17. c3 Nb5 18. f4 Bxh3 19. f5 d4 20. Rg1 Bg4 21. Qxg4 Bg7 22. c4 Nd6) 17... dxe4 { [%eval -4.17] } 18. Rxe4 { [%eval -4.33] } 18... Bh6+ { [%eval -3.78] } 19. Kb1?! { (-3.78 → -4.79) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval -4.79] } (19. Nf4 Bxf4+ 20. Qxf4 exf4 21. Rdxd4 Bd7 22. Rxf4 Qe7 23. h4 Bc6 24. a3 Rac8) 19... Bf5 { [%eval -4.47] } 20. Rh4?? { (-4.47 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qh4 was best. } { [%eval #-6] } (20. Qh4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rc8 22. Qh4 Bg7 23. Qh5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qb6+ 25. Kc1 Ne6) 20... Bxc2+ { [%eval #-5] } 21. Ka1 { [%eval #-5] } 21... Bxd1? { (Mate in 5 → -7.29) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nb3+ was best. } { [%eval -7.29] } (21... Nb3+ 22. axb3 Qxd1+ 23. Ka2 Qb1+ 24. Ka3 Bf8+ 25. b4 Qa1#) 22. Rxh6 { [%eval -7.4] } 22... Nf5 { [%eval -7.25] } 23. Rxh7+ { [%eval -8.78] } 23... Kxh7 { [%eval -9.02] } 24. Ng5+ { [%eval -8.46] } 24... fxg5 { [%eval -8.51] } 25. Qh3+ { [%eval -8.06] } 25... Kg6 { [%eval -7.86] } 26. g4 { [%eval -8.69] } 26... Nh4 { [%eval -8.59] } 27. b3 { [%eval -8.55] } 27... Qd5 { [%eval -7.93] } 28. Qe3 { [%eval -9.27] } 28... Rac8 { [%eval -8.98] } 29. Kb2 { [%eval -9.23] } 29... Bxg4 { [%eval -9.34] } 30. h3 { [%eval -9.78] } 30... Bf5 { [%eval -10.1] } 31. Qb6+ { [%eval -10.11] } 31... Rc6 { [%eval -9.77] } 32. Qe3 { [%eval -10.55] } 32... Rec8 { [%eval -10.72] } { White resigns. } 0-1