[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/MyrZTZos"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "kartikeya_k"] [Black "JouriSwilam"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "MyrZTZos"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+146"] [BlackRatingDiff "-408"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Qf6?! { (0.18 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.06] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. d4 { [%eval 0.96] } 3... Bc5?? { (0.96 → 5.17) Blunder. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 5.17] } (3... exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. e5 Qc6 7. Be2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3) 4. dxc5 { [%eval 5.16] } 4... b6?! { (5.16 → 6.77) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 6.77] } (4... Qe7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qxc5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nd5 Kd8 9. Qd2) 5. cxb6?! { (6.77 → 5.15) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 5.15] } (5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 Qe6 7. Nd5 Bxd5 8. exd5 Qg6 9. Qe2 e4) 5... axb6 { [%eval 5.18] } 6. Bc4 { [%eval 5.23] } 6... Ra4 { [%eval 5.5] } 7. b3 { [%eval 4.88] } 7... Rxc4 { [%eval 4.77] } 8. bxc4 { [%eval 5.0] } 8... b5 { [%eval 6.12] } 9. cxb5 { [%eval 5.97] } 9... Bb7 { [%eval 6.2] } 10. Qe2 { [%eval 6.01] } 10... Bxe4 { [%eval 7.51] } 11. Qxe4 { [%eval 7.66] } 11... Nc6 { [%eval 8.41] } 12. O-O { [%eval 7.78] } 12... Nh6 { [%eval 8.46] } 13. Rd1 { [%eval 8.1] } 13... O-O { [%eval 8.22] } 14. Bxh6 { [%eval 8.09] } 14... gxh6 { [%eval 8.41] } 15. g3 { [%eval 7.29] } 15... Na5 { [%eval 7.68] } 16. Rxd7 { [%eval 7.73] } 16... Nb3 { [%eval 9.03] } 17. Qg4+ { [%eval 8.35] } 17... Qg6 { [%eval 8.89] } 18. Qxg6+ { [%eval 8.84] } 18... fxg6 { [%eval 8.99] } 19. cxb3 { [%eval 8.61] } 19... Kh8 { [%eval 9.73] } 20. Nxe5 { [%eval 9.59] } 20... Rxf2? { (9.59 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (20... h5 21. Nd2 h4 22. Rc1 hxg3 23. fxg3 Rc8 24. Rc6 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. b6) 21. Kxf2 { [%eval #5] } 21... g5 { [%eval #4] } 22. Na3 { [%eval #3] } 22... g4 { [%eval #3] } 23. Rad1 { [%eval #2] } 23... h5 { [%eval #2] } 24. Nc6 { [%eval #3] } 24... h4 { [%eval #3] } 25. Re1 { [%eval #2] } 25... hxg3+ { [%eval #2] } 26. Kxg3 { [%eval #1] } 26... h6 { [%eval #1] } 27. Ree7 { [%eval #1] } 27... Kg8 { [%eval #1] } 28. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0