[Event "Blitz Titled Arena January '26"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LigyPfeF"] [Date "2026.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Gabrielian"] [Black "dr_xStranger"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "LigyPfeF"] [UTCDate "2026.01.17"] [UTCTime "21:44:36"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2587"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteBerserk "true"] [BlackBerserk "true"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: The Walrus"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.1] } 1... e5?! { (0.10 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6) 2. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.08] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 1.5] } 3. Nxc6 { [%eval 1.07] } 3... dxc6 { [%eval 1.61] } { A04 Zukertort Opening: The Walrus } 4. d4 { [%eval 1.12] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 1.19] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.96] } 5... h6?! { (0.96 → 1.94) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 1.94] } (5... Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4) 6. a3 { [%eval 1.42] } 6... Bd6?! { (1.42 → 2.07) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 2.07] } (6... c5 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5 Bf5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Rc1 O-O 11. f3 Be6 12. h4) 7. e4 { [%eval 2.21] } 7... Qe7? { (2.21 → 4.13) Mistake. c5 was best. } { [%eval 4.13] } (7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 c6 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. f3 Be6 13. Ne2) 8. Bd3?? { (4.13 → 1.53) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.53] } (8. e5 Bg4 9. f3 Nd7 10. fxg4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qf3 Rae8) 8... c5 { [%eval 1.66] } 9. d5?! { (1.66 → 0.80) Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.8] } (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. f3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. O-O-O Kb8) 9... O-O { [%eval 0.77] } 10. O-O { [%eval 0.45] } 10... Be5 { [%eval 0.93] } 11. h3 { [%eval 0.79] } 11... Rd8 { [%eval 1.17] } 12. Qe2 { [%eval 0.77] } 12... c6?! { (0.77 → 1.41) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } { [%eval 1.41] } (12... Bxc3) 13. f4? { (1.41 → 0.00) Mistake. dxc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (13. dxc6 bxc6) 13... Bd4+ { [%eval 0.23] } 14. Kh1 { [%eval 0.22] } 14... cxd5 { [%eval 0.21] } 15. e5 { [%eval -0.31] } 15... Nh7?? { (-0.31 → 3.12) Blunder. Bxc3 was best. } { [%eval 3.12] } (15... Bxc3) 16. Nb5 { [%eval 3.0] } 16... a6 { [%eval 3.36] } 17. Nxd4 { [%eval 3.18] } 17... cxd4 { [%eval 3.34] } 18. f5 { [%eval 3.04] } 18... Qh4?! { (3.04 → 4.76) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } { [%eval 4.76] } (18... Re8 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Rae1 Qf8 21. Qf3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qg4 Bd7 24. Rxe4) 19. Rf4 { [%eval 4.75] } 19... Qe7 { [%eval 4.8] } 20. f6 { [%eval 4.72] } 20... gxf6 { [%eval 5.88] } 21. Bxh7+ { [%eval 5.65] } 21... Kxh7 { [%eval 5.92] } 22. Rxf6 { [%eval 5.64] } 22... Rh8 { [%eval 6.05] } 23. Rxh6+ { [%eval 5.67] } 23... Kg8 { [%eval 5.67] } 24. Rxh8+ { [%eval 5.5] } 24... Kxh8 { [%eval 5.58] } 25. Qh5+ { [%eval 5.5] } 25... Kg8 { [%eval 5.37] } 26. Bd2 { [%eval 5.16] } 26... Qe6 { [%eval 5.63] } 27. Rf1 { [%eval 5.55] } 27... Qg6 { [%eval 5.51] } 28. Qh4 { [%eval 5.27] } 28... Be6 { [%eval 6.25] } 29. Rf3 { [%eval 6.41] } 29... Qe4 { [%eval 8.32] } 30. Rg3+ { [%eval 7.25] } 30... Kf8? { (7.25 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (30... Qg6 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qf6 Bf5 33. e6 Rf8 34. Qxd4 Bxe6 35. Bc3 Rf1+ 36. Kh2) 31. Bb4+ { [%eval #1] } { Black resigns. } 1-0