[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/L0pbXMib"] [Date "2026.04.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Ethan-Christian"] [Black "Matrascuzen"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "L0pbXMib"] [UTCDate "2026.04.10"] [UTCTime "10:30:40"] [WhiteElo "1019"] [BlackElo "1110"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+37"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.68] } 2. e5 { [%eval 0.53] } 2... Nd5 { [%eval 0.51] } { B02 Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.09] } 3... Nb6 { [%eval 0.07] } 4. d3?! { (0.07 → -0.69) Inaccuracy. Bb3 was best. } { [%eval -0.69] } (4. Bb3 c5 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd6 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 Bxd6) 4... d5 { [%eval -0.33] } 5. Bb5+?? { (-0.33 → -3.86) Blunder. Bb3 was best. } { [%eval -3.86] } (5. Bb3 Bf5 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 e6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nd2 Nc6) 5... Bd7?? { (-3.86 → -0.12) Blunder. c6 was best. } { [%eval -0.12] } (5... c6 6. a4 cxb5 7. axb5 a6 8. Na3 Bf5 9. bxa6 Rxa6 10. Nf3 e6 11. Be3) 6. Bxd7+ { [%eval -0.09] } 6... N8xd7 { [%eval 0.33] } 7. Be3?? { (0.33 → -1.63) Blunder. f4 was best. } { [%eval -1.63] } (7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Nc8 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Bf2 Nf5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. d4 Be7) 7... Nxe5 { [%eval -1.58] } 8. Bxb6 { [%eval -1.99] } 8... axb6 { [%eval -2.1] } 9. d4 { [%eval -2.3] } 9... Nc4 { [%eval -2.17] } 10. b3 { [%eval -2.16] } 10... Nb2?? { (-2.16 → 2.05) Blunder. Nd6 was best. } { [%eval 2.05] } (10... Nd6 11. Nf3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. a4 O-O 14. Na3 e6 15. Re1 c6 16. Qd3) 11. Qe2?! { (2.05 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. Qc1 was best. } { [%eval 1.11] } (11. Qc1 Na4 12. bxa4 Rxa4 13. Ne2 e6 14. Nbc3 Ra6 15. Rb1 g6 16. O-O Bg7) 11... e6?! { (1.11 → 1.85) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.85] } (11... e5 12. Qxe5+ Qe7 13. a4 Qxe5+ 14. dxe5 b5 15. Ra2 Nxa4 16. bxa4 Rxa4 17. Rb2) 12. Nf3 { [%eval 1.96] } 12... Bb4+?! { (1.96 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 2.77] } (12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Na4 15. bxa4 Rxa4 16. Rc1 c6 17. c4 Rxc4 18. Rxc4) 13. c3 { [%eval 2.73] } 13... Bxc3+? { (2.73 → 5.42) Mistake. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 5.42] } (13... Bd6 14. Qxb2 f6 15. c4 e5 16. Nc3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qe7+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Ndxe2) 14. Nxc3 { [%eval 5.39] } 14... Nc4 { [%eval 5.54] } 15. bxc4 { [%eval 5.61] } 15... dxc4 { [%eval 5.63] } 16. Qxc4 { [%eval 5.53] } 16... c5 { [%eval 5.62] } 17. dxc5 { [%eval 5.55] } 17... O-O { [%eval 5.6] } 18. O-O { [%eval 5.63] } 18... bxc5 { [%eval 5.59] } 19. Qxc5 { [%eval 5.53] } 19... Rc8 { [%eval 5.8] } 20. Qe3 { [%eval 5.47] } 20... Qa5 { [%eval 5.54] } 21. Rfc1 { [%eval 5.62] } 21... Rfd8 { [%eval 5.63] } 22. Qe4?! { (5.63 → 4.32) Inaccuracy. Kh1 was best. } { [%eval 4.32] } (22. Kh1 h6 23. a3 Qa6 24. Ne4 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qe2 26. Qe1 Qb2 27. h4 Rc8) 22... b5?! { (4.32 → 5.49) Inaccuracy. Rxc3 was best. } { [%eval 5.49] } (22... Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Rb1 b5 25. h3 Qa5 26. Qc2 Ra8 27. Rb2 h6 28. Kh1) 23. Ng5 { [%eval 5.43] } 23... f5?? { (5.43 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (23... h6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 hxg5 27. Ne4 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rd5 29. g3) 24. Qh4?? { (Mate in 4 → 5.28) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe6+ was best. } { [%eval 5.28] } (24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nxd8+ Kf8 27. Qf7#) 24... Kf8?! { (5.28 → 8.77) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } { [%eval 8.77] } (24... h6 25. Nxe6 Re8 26. Qd4 Rxe6 27. Qd5 Re8 28. Re1 Qa6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6+) 25. Nxh7+ { [%eval 7.85] } 25... Kf7 { [%eval 7.25] } 26. Ng5+ { [%eval 7.31] } 26... Ke7 { [%eval 7.24] } 27. Nxe6+ { [%eval 5.96] } 27... Kxe6 { [%eval 5.86] } 28. Re1+ { [%eval 5.44] } 28... Kf7 { [%eval 5.37] } 29. Qe7+ { [%eval 5.45] } 29... Kg8 { [%eval 5.37] } 30. Rac1?! { (5.37 → 4.08) Inaccuracy. Qe6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.08] } (30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Nd5 Qd2 32. Qxf5 Qxd5 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Qxd5 Rcd8 35. Qxb5 Re4) 30... b4 { [%eval 4.93] } 31. Ne2 { [%eval 4.74] } 31... Re8?! { (4.74 → 7.26) Inaccuracy. Rxc1 was best. } { [%eval 7.26] } (31... Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Kh7 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Nb3 Qb6 35. Qf4 g6 36. h4 Rd5 37. g3) 32. Rxc8 { [%eval 7.24] } 32... Rxc8 { [%eval 7.02] } 33. Qe6+ { [%eval 6.38] } 33... Kf8?? { (6.38 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (33... Kh7 34. Qxc8 b3 35. Qc3 Qxa2 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qxf5 Qd2 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qc4+) 34. Qxc8+ { [%eval #4] } 34... Ke7 { [%eval #4] } 35. Nd4+ { [%eval #4] } 35... Kd6 { [%eval #1] } 36. Qf8+ { [%eval #6] } 36... Kc7 { [%eval #6] } 37. Re7+ { [%eval #6] } 37... Kb6 { [%eval #4] } 38. Qd8+ { [%eval #4] } 38... Kc5 { [%eval #4] } 39. Qxa5+ { [%eval #4] } 39... Kxd4 { [%eval #4] } 40. Rd7+ { [%eval #3] } 40... Kc4 { [%eval #2] } 41. Rc7+ { [%eval #4] } { Black resigns. } 1-0