[Event "April 4th week Sat Tournament Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/MgXJC2cd"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "ponlakshmanan11"] [Black "VarshikaRTW"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "MgXJC2cd"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "13:54:05"] [WhiteElo "995"] [BlackElo "883"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+79"] [BlackRatingDiff "-62"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d5?! { (0.18 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } { C40 Elephant Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. exd5 { [%eval 0.79] } 3... c5? { (0.79 → 2.20) Mistake. e4 was best. } { [%eval 2.2] } (3... e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3 Qxd5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. dxe4 Qe6 8. Qc4) 4. Nxe5 { [%eval 2.15] } 4... b5?? { (2.15 → 4.73) Blunder. Qxd5 was best. } { [%eval 4.73] } (4... Qxd5 5. Bb5+ Kd8 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Qd7 9. h3) 5. a4?! { (4.73 → 3.76) Inaccuracy. Bxb5+ was best. } { [%eval 3.76] } (5. Bxb5+ Bd7 6. Nxd7 Nxd7 7. d4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5) 5... a5?! { (3.76 → 5.67) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } { [%eval 5.67] } (5... a6 6. axb5 Nf6 7. Be2 Qxd5 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Bf3 Be6 10. Re1 Qd4 11. Bxa8) 6. axb5?! { (5.67 → 4.11) Inaccuracy. Bxb5+ was best. } { [%eval 4.11] } (6. Bxb5+ Nd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Nc4 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb8 11. d3 Bb7) 6... Ra6? { (4.11 → 6.76) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 6.76] } (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 c4 12. Bxc4) 7. Na3?! { (6.76 → 4.29) Inaccuracy. bxa6 was best. } { [%eval 4.29] } (7. bxa6 Bxa6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 Bxe5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Rxe5+ Ne7) 7... Rf6 { [%eval 4.33] } 8. Nac4 { [%eval 4.38] } 8... Rf5 { [%eval 4.92] } 9. Rxa5?! { (4.92 → 3.18) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 3.18] } (9. d4 cxd4 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Rxe5+ 12. Nxe5 dxc3 13. O-O Ne7 14. Re1) 9... Qe7? { (3.18 → 6.09) Mistake. Rxe5+ was best. } { [%eval 6.09] } (9... Rxe5+ 10. Nxe5 Qxa5 11. Qe2 Qa4 12. Ng6+ Be7 13. Nxh8 Qxc2 14. Qc4 Qf5 15. Bd3) 10. Qg4?? { (6.09 → -2.75) Blunder. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -2.75] } (10. Qe2 Rxe5 11. Nxe5 f6 12. Nc6 Nxc6 13. dxc6 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Ne7 15. Ra7 Kd8) 10... Qxe5+?? { (-2.75 → 3.66) Blunder. Rxe5+ was best. } { [%eval 3.66] } (10... Rxe5+ 11. Qe2 Rxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nf6 13. b3 Nxd5 14. Bb2 Qd8 15. Ra8 Be7 16. Bxg7) 11. Be2 { [%eval 3.59] } 11... Qxe2+? { (3.59 → 7.32) Mistake. h5 was best. } { [%eval 7.32] } (11... h5 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Bb7 14. d3 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Re5 16. f4 Rxe3 17. Bxe3) 12. Kxe2 { [%eval 5.84] } 12... Re5+ { [%eval 6.35] } 13. Kd3?? { (6.35 → -3.04) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -3.04] } (13. Nxe5 Bxg4+ 14. Nxg4 Bd6 15. d3 Ne7 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Nc4 Nf5 18. Be3 Re8) 13... Rxd5+ { [%eval -3.02] } 14. Kc3 { [%eval -2.85] } 14... Rxd2?? { (-2.85 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxg4 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (14... Bxg4 15. d3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Kd2 Nd5 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. fxe3) 15. Bxd2?? { (Mate in 6 → 6.53) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc8+ was best. } { [%eval 6.53] } (15. Qxc8+ Ke7 16. Bxd2 h6 17. Qxb8 Ke6 18. Ra6+ Kd7 19. Ra7+ Ke6 20. Qe5#) 15... Bxg4 { [%eval 6.66] } 16. Ra8 { [%eval 6.5] } 16... Bd6 { [%eval 7.6] } 17. Rxb8+?? { (7.60 → -0.67) Blunder. Re1+ was best. } { [%eval -0.67] } (17. Re1+ Kd7 18. Ra7+ Kd8 19. Nxd6 Be6 20. Bg5+ Nf6 21. Bxf6+ gxf6 22. Rd1 Rf8) 17... Ke7?? { (-0.67 → 8.25) Blunder. Bxb8 was best. } { [%eval 8.25] } (17... Bxb8 18. Be3) 18. Rb7+ { [%eval 7.93] } 18... Ke8? { (7.93 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (18... Kf6 19. Nxd6 Nh6 20. Rb6 Be6 21. Be3 Ng4 22. Bxc5 Rd8 23. f3 Ne5 24. Rd1) 19. Nxd6+ { [%eval #4] } 19... Kf8 { [%eval #1] } 20. Rb8+? { (Mate in 1 → 8.47) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxf7# was best. } { [%eval 8.47] } (20. Rxf7#) 20... Ke7 { [%eval 8.39] } 21. Rb7+ { [%eval 8.35] } 21... Kxd6 { [%eval 8.16] } 22. Ra7 { [%eval 6.16] } 22... c4 { [%eval 7.53] } 23. b6?! { (7.53 → 5.39) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } { [%eval 5.39] } (23. Re1 Nf6 24. Kd4 Nd5 25. Ra6+ Kc7 26. Ba5+ Kb7 27. Kxd5 Be6+ 28. Rexe6 fxe6+) 23... Kc5?! { (5.39 → 7.07) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 7.07] } (23... Nf6 24. Kxc4 Nd5 25. Ba5 Kc6 26. Re1 Rd8 27. b7 Rb8 28. Kd4 g6) 24. b7 { [%eval 6.21] } 24... Kc6?? { (6.21 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (24... Nf6 25. b4+ cxb3 26. Ra8 Ne4+ 27. Kb2 Kc6 28. Rxh8 Kxb7 29. f3 Bxf3 30. gxf3) 25. b8=Q { [%eval #4] } 25... Kc5 { [%eval #3] } 26. Qc8+? { (Mate in 3 → 7.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe5+ was best. } { [%eval 7.67] } (26. Qe5+ Kc6 27. Be3 Nf6 28. Rc7#) 26... Kd5? { (7.67 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxc8 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (26... Bxc8 27. Rc7+ Kd6 28. Bf4+ Ke6 29. Rxc8 Nf6 30. Rxh8 Nd5+ 31. Kxc4 Nxf4 32. Rd8) 27. Ra5+ { [%eval #3] } 27... Ke4 { [%eval #1] } 28. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0