[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NC9gnkRN"] [Date "2026.06.05"] [Round "-"] [White "gugasth"] [Black "MertAri"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "NC9gnkRN"] [UTCDate "2026.06.05"] [UTCTime "22:37:33"] [WhiteElo "1641"] [BlackElo "1598"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit"] [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] } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. exd5 { [%eval 0.79] } 3... e4 { [%eval 0.92] } { C40 Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit } 4. Qe2 { [%eval 0.96] } 4... Qxd5?! { (0.96 → 2.11) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 2.11] } (4... Nf6 5. d3 Qxd5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. dxe4 Qe6 8. Qc4 a6 9. c3) 5. Nc3 { [%eval 2.35] } 5... Qe6 { [%eval 2.44] } 6. Qxe4?! { (2.44 → 1.57) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } { [%eval 1.57] } (6. Ng5 Qg4 7. Qxg4 Bxg4 8. Bc4 Nh6 9. Ngxe4 Be6 10. d3 Nf5) 6... Qxe4+ { [%eval 1.63] } 7. Nxe4 { [%eval 1.59] } 7... Nc6 { [%eval 1.64] } 8. Bc4 { [%eval 2.03] } 8... f5?! { (2.03 → 3.07) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } { [%eval 3.07] } (8... Bg4 9. c3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 Be7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Kd1) 9. Nc3?! { (3.07 → 2.25) Inaccuracy. Neg5 was best. } { [%eval 2.25] } (9. Neg5 h6 10. Ne6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 g6 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Nf6 14. a3 Kf8) 9... Nb4?! { (2.25 → 3.49) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 3.49] } (9... Bd7 10. d4 O-O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Bd2 Nce7 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. Rfe1) 10. Nd4?? { (3.49 → 1.09) Blunder. Kd1 was best. } { [%eval 1.09] } (10. Kd1 Bd6 11. Re1+ Kd7 12. d4 Nc6 13. a4 h6 14. Nb5 Nf6 15. Ne5+ Bxe5) 10... Bc5? { (1.09 → 2.38) Mistake. c5 was best. } { [%eval 2.38] } (10... c5) 11. a3 { [%eval 2.12] } 11... Bxd4 { [%eval 2.57] } 12. axb4 { [%eval 2.53] } 12... Nf6 { [%eval 2.63] } 13. Nb5 { [%eval 2.58] } 13... Bb6 { [%eval 2.57] } 14. O-O { [%eval 2.5] } 14... Ng4?! { (2.50 → 3.27) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 3.27] } (14... Bd7 15. c3 h6 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. d4 g5 18. h4 f4 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Bd3) 15. Re1+ { [%eval 3.13] } 15... Kd8 { [%eval 3.1] } 16. d4 { [%eval 3.19] } 16... c6?! { (3.19 → 4.64) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 4.64] } (16... Bd7 17. c3 h6 18. Bd3 a5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bf4 Re8 21. Be5 Re7 22. bxa5) 17. Bg5+ { [%eval 4.31] } 17... Kd7?? { (4.31 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval #12] } (17... Nf6 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nf7+ Kd7 20. Be6+ Ke7 21. Bxc8+ Kxf7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bxc6) 18. Be6+?? { (Mate in 12 → 6.82) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re7+ was best. } { [%eval 6.82] } (18. Re7+ Kd8 19. Rxg7+ Ke8 20. Re7+ Kf8 21. Rf7+ Kg8 22. Rxb7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8) 18... Ke8 { [%eval 6.94] } 19. Bxc8+ { [%eval 6.81] } 19... Kf7 { [%eval 6.74] } { Black resigns. } 1-0