[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Jv0QLocE"] [Date "2026.02.16"] [Round "-"] [White "h8rdw8re"] [Black "arkashich"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "Jv0QLocE"] [UTCDate "2026.02.16"] [UTCTime "18:32:10"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. Bb5 { [%eval 0.15] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.17] } { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. Bxc6 { [%eval -0.13] } 4... bxc6 { [%eval 0.27] } 5. Nxe5?! { (0.27 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.35] } (5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qxd4 Bb7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7) 5... d5?! { (-0.35 → 0.61) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 0.61] } (5... Qe7 6. d4 d6 7. Nf3 Qxe4+ 8. Be3 Qg6 9. O-O Bh3 10. Ne1) 6. Nxc6 { [%eval 0.32] } 6... Bc5?? { (0.32 → 5.70) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } { [%eval 5.7] } (6... Qd6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd5 11. Ne5) 7. Nxd8 { [%eval 5.24] } 7... Kxd8 { [%eval 6.39] } 8. O-O { [%eval 5.66] } 8... Nxe4 { [%eval 6.2] } 9. d3 { [%eval 6.17] } 9... Bxf2+ { [%eval 6.54] } 10. Rxf2 { [%eval 6.45] } 10... Nxf2 { [%eval 6.34] } 11. Kxf2 { [%eval 6.36] } 11... Re8 { [%eval 6.42] } 12. Nc3 { [%eval 6.44] } 12... d4 { [%eval 6.66] } 13. Nb5 { [%eval 6.25] } 13... Ba6 { [%eval 7.8] } 14. a4 { [%eval 6.79] } 14... Bxb5 { [%eval 7.38] } 15. axb5 { [%eval 7.13] } 15... f5 { [%eval 9.73] } 16. Bf4 { [%eval 7.94] } 16... h6 { [%eval 8.99] } 17. Qh5 { [%eval 8.5] } 17... Kd7? { (8.50 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #12] } (17... g6 18. Qf3 Ke7 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Bxh6+ Kg8 21. Qc6 Kh7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxe8) 18. Qxf5+ { [%eval #11] } 18... Re6 { [%eval #12] } 19. Qf7+ { [%eval #10] } 19... Re7 { [%eval #10] } 20. Qd5+ { [%eval #9] } 20... Ke8 { [%eval #9] } 21. Qxa8+ { [%eval #9] } 21... Kd7 { [%eval #5] } 22. Qc6+ { [%eval #4] } 22... Kc8 { [%eval #4] } 23. Rxa7 { [%eval #3] } 23... Rf7 { [%eval #1] } 24. b6 { [%eval #4] } 24... Rxf4+ { [%eval #4] } 25. Kg3 { [%eval #4] } 25... Rf6 { [%eval #1] } 26. Qxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0