[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/MIilrgdV"] [Date "2026.05.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Menakov_Arian"] [Black "TimmerGC"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "MIilrgdV"] [UTCDate "2026.05.07"] [UTCTime "17:25:58"] [WhiteElo "810"] [BlackElo "863"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.11] } 3. Nf3?! { (0.11 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.5] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a5 7. Bg5 c6) 3... d5?! { (-0.50 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.1] } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O) 4. Bxd5 { [%eval -0.18] } 4... c6? { (-0.18 → 1.10) Mistake. Nxd5 was best. } { [%eval 1.1] } (4... Nxd5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. d4 Bg4 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxe5) 5. Nxe5?? { (1.10 → -3.14) Blunder. Bb3 was best. } { [%eval -3.14] } (5. Bb3 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. Qxe5+ Qe7 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7) 5... Bg4?? { (-3.14 → 4.83) Blunder. cxd5 was best. } { [%eval 4.83] } (5... cxd5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3) 6. f3?? { (4.83 → 0.90) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval 0.9] } (6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nxg4 Kxf7 8. Nxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O Ke8 10. Kh1 Qh4) 6... cxd5 { [%eval 1.36] } 7. exd5?? { (1.36 → -2.07) Blunder. Nxg4 was best. } { [%eval -2.07] } (7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. fxg4 dxe4 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxe4 Na6 12. O-O Nb4) 7... Bf5 { [%eval -1.73] } 8. g4?! { (-1.73 → -2.59) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval -2.59] } (8. c4 b5 9. b3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Qb6 11. d4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7) 8... Bg6?! { (-2.59 → -1.56) Inaccuracy. Qxd5 was best. } { [%eval -1.56] } (8... Qxd5 9. d4 Be6 10. c4 Qd6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14. Kf2) 9. Nxg6 { [%eval -2.01] } 9... fxg6 { [%eval -1.57] } 10. Qe2+ { [%eval -2.12] } 10... Be7 { [%eval -2.29] } 11. O-O?! { (-2.29 → -3.21) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval -3.21] } (11. c4 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. d3 Re8 14. Kh1 Nbd7 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bb4) 11... Nxd5 { [%eval -3.27] } 12. Qf2 { [%eval -3.66] } 12... Nf4 { [%eval -3.7] } 13. Re1? { (-3.70 → -6.74) Mistake. Kh1 was best. } { [%eval -6.74] } (13. Kh1 Nc6 14. d3 O-O 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Nd2 Rf7 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Ne4 Ne5) 13... Qb6?? { (-6.74 → -1.85) Blunder. Nh3+ was best. } { [%eval -1.85] } (13... Nh3+ 14. Kg2 Nxf2 15. d3 Nc6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Be3 Nh3 18. Kxh3 Kh8 19. Bf2) 14. Re2?? { (-1.85 → -7.40) Blunder. Qxb6 was best. } { [%eval -7.4] } (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. d4 Nd5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Kg2 Rf7) 14... Nxe2+ { [%eval -7.38] } 15. Kf1 { [%eval -7.6] } 15... Qxf2+ { [%eval -7.5] } 16. Kxf2 { [%eval -7.51] } 16... Nxc1 { [%eval -7.23] } 17. Nc3 { [%eval -7.3] } 17... Bc5+ { [%eval -6.7] } 18. Ke1 { [%eval -7.36] } 18... O-O { [%eval -7.36] } 19. Rxc1 { [%eval -7.43] } 19... Re8+ { [%eval -6.66] } 20. Kf1 { [%eval -6.99] } 20... Nc6 { [%eval -6.96] } 21. Re1 { [%eval -7.22] } 21... Rxe1+ { [%eval -7.24] } 22. Kxe1 { [%eval -7.12] } 22... Re8+ { [%eval -6.69] } 23. Kd1 { [%eval -7.1] } 23... Nb4 { [%eval -6.53] } 24. f4 { [%eval -6.8] } 24... Bf2 { [%eval -6.74] } 25. f5?? { (-6.74 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d3 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (25. d3 Bd4 26. Nb5 Bxb2 27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Nc5 Bd4 30. Ne6 Bc3) 25... Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1