[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/K7Ep6Kmh"] [Date "2026.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "LeoVanDerMerwe05768"] [Black "gr55484544x"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "K7Ep6Kmh"] [UTCDate "2026.04.28"] [UTCTime "04:53:08"] [WhiteElo "1443"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.44] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.13] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.61] } 3. f3? { (0.61 → -0.49) Mistake. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.49] } (3. d4 e6 4. a3 a6 5. Be3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 d6) 3... Nb4? { (-0.49 → 0.94) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.94] } (3... e5 4. Bc4 Nd4 5. Nge2 c6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Ne2 d5 8. exd5) 4. a3 { [%eval 1.18] } 4... Nc6 { [%eval 1.09] } 5. Bb5? { (1.09 → -0.12) Mistake. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.12] } (5. d4 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. h4 e6 8. f4 h5 9. f5 Be7 10. g3 exf5) 5... Nh5? { (-0.12 → 1.24) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.24] } (5... Nd4 6. Ba4 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. d3) 6. Nge2?! { (1.24 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } { [%eval 0.62] } (6. g4 Nf4 7. d4 e5 8. Bxf4 exf4 9. h4 Be7 10. h5 Bf6 11. Nge2 a6) 6... Rg8? { (0.62 → 2.03) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.03] } (6... e5 7. O-O Bc5+ 8. Kh1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. d3) 7. O-O?! { (2.03 → 1.41) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } { [%eval 1.41] } (7. g4 Nf6 8. g5 Nh5 9. d4 a6 10. Bc4 e6 11. Ba2 d5 12. exd5 exd5) 7... g5 { [%eval 1.71] } 8. Ng3?? { (1.71 → -0.27) Blunder. g4 was best. } { [%eval -0.27] } (8. g4 Nf6 9. d4 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 d6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5) 8... Rg6?? { (-0.27 → 4.26) Blunder. Nxg3 was best. } { [%eval 4.26] } (8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. Kh2 Nd4 11. Ba4 c5 12. d3 b5 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. Bxg5) 9. Nxh5 { [%eval 4.07] } 9... Re6?! { (4.07 → 5.82) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval 5.82] } (9... Nd4 10. f4 gxf4 11. Nxf4 c6 12. Be2 Rf6 13. d3 e5 14. Nh3 d5 15. Ng5) 10. Bc4 { [%eval 5.1] } 10... Rh6 { [%eval 4.94] } 11. Ng3 { [%eval 4.53] } 11... Bg7 { [%eval 4.87] } 12. Nf5 { [%eval 4.56] } 12... Rf6?! { (4.56 → 7.39) Inaccuracy. Bd4+ was best. } { [%eval 7.39] } (12... Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Rh5 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. f4 Kg6 16. Ne2 d5 17. Neg3 Rxh2+ 18. Kxh2) 13. Nxg7+ { [%eval 7.32] } 13... Kf8 { [%eval 7.14] } 14. Nh5 { [%eval 7.25] } 14... Ne5 { [%eval 7.91] } 15. Be2 { [%eval 7.92] } 15... Nc4 { [%eval 9.09] } 16. Bxc4 { [%eval 8.86] } 16... Rh6 { [%eval 8.1] } 17. Ng3 { [%eval 8.01] } 17... e5 { [%eval 8.73] } 18. Qe2 { [%eval 8.14] } 18... Qe7 { [%eval 8.96] } 19. Qd3 { [%eval 8.18] } 19... Qc5+ { [%eval 8.42] } 20. Kh1 { [%eval 8.03] } 20... Qa5 { [%eval 8.61] } 21. Qd5 { [%eval 8.37] } 21... Rd6? { (8.37 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxd5 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (21... Qxd5 22. exd5 d6 23. d4 f5 24. dxe5 f4 25. Nge4 dxe5 26. Kg1 Rh5 27. Rd1) 22. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0