[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/KqemWy34"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "stephleu"] [Black "brammabaaue"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "KqemWy34"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "19:18:00"] [WhiteElo "1252"] [BlackElo "1310"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+24"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Old Benoni"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.61] } { A43 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni } 2. Nf3?! { (0.61 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -0.08] } (2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Na6) 2... d6?! { (-0.08 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.93] } (2... cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nd5) 3. Bf4? { (0.93 → -0.70) Mistake. dxc5 was best. } { [%eval -0.7] } (3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Qxc5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Nc6) 3... Bd7? { (-0.70 → 0.68) Mistake. cxd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.68] } (3... cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e5 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 Be6 8. Bd3) 4. e3 { [%eval 0.44] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.27] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.39] } 5... b6 { [%eval 0.83] } 6. dxc5 { [%eval 1.21] } 6... dxc5?? { (1.21 → 3.26) Blunder. bxc5 was best. } { [%eval 3.26] } (6... bxc5 7. e4 Nc6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qb6 11. Qd3 Bc6 12. Nb5) 7. Bb5?? { (3.26 → 1.15) Blunder. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (7. Nb5 Na6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 fxe6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 Kf7) 7... Qc8? { (1.15 → 2.40) Mistake. a6 was best. } { [%eval 2.4] } (7... a6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qd2 e6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Ng5 e5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Bf3) 8. Ne5 { [%eval 2.07] } 8... g6?? { (2.07 → 4.78) Blunder. a6 was best. } { [%eval 4.78] } (8... a6 9. Qf3 Ra7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Nc6 Rb7 12. O-O-O h6 13. h4 b5 14. Rd2) 9. Qf3 { [%eval 4.66] } 9... Na6? { (4.66 → 8.29) Mistake. Bxb5 was best. } { [%eval 8.29] } (9... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Bg7 11. Qxa8 O-O 12. Qf3 Nh5 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. g4 Nxf4 15. exf4) 10. Bxa6 { [%eval 7.57] } 10... Qxa6 { [%eval 8.09] } 11. Qxa8+ { [%eval 6.08] } 11... Bc8?! { (6.08 → 9.58) Inaccuracy. Qc8 was best. } { [%eval 9.58] } (11... Qc8 12. Qxc8+ Bxc8 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. O-O-O e6 15. c4 a6 16. Rxd5 exd5 17. Nc7+) 12. O-O-O { [%eval 7.62] } 12... Bg7? { (7.62 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qb7 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (12... Qb7 13. Nb5 e6 14. Qxb7 Bxb7 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. Bg5 Bd5 17. c4 Bh6 18. Nxd5+) 13. Qc6+ { [%eval 7.31] } 13... Bd7 { [%eval 8.0] } 14. Rxd7 { [%eval 7.86] } 14... O-O { [%eval 7.84] } 15. Rxe7 { [%eval 7.97] } 15... Ng4 { [%eval 8.28] } 16. Nxf7 { [%eval 7.65] } 16... Nxf2? { (7.65 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxc3 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (16... Bxc3 17. Qd5 Nf6 18. Qb3 g5 19. Nxg5+ c4 20. Qxc3 Qxa2 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3) 17. Rf1?? { (Mate in 7 → 3.39) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nh6+ was best. } { [%eval 3.39] } (17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Rxg7 Qf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nd3+ 20. cxd3 Kxg7 21. Qc7+ Rf7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8) 17... Qxf1+ { [%eval 5.0] } 18. Kd2 { [%eval 4.98] } 18... Bxc3+ { [%eval 4.11] } 19. bxc3?? { (4.11 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kxc3 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (19. Kxc3 Rxf7 20. Qa8+ Kg7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxa7+ Ke8 23. Qa8+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Kg7) 19... Qd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1