[Event "Cycle 3 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NG87pF9I"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "LegendaryMasters2025"] [Black "Faisal_504"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "NG87pF9I"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:10:19"] [WhiteElo "1623"] [BlackElo "1773"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-31"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.32] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.19] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.19] } 3... d6 { [%eval 0.41] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.41] } 4... Bg4?! { (0.41 → 1.29) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.29] } (4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. h4) 5. Be2?? { (1.29 → -0.41) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval -0.41] } (5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd1 7. Bb5+ Qd7 8. Kxd1 cxd4 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7) 5... cxd4 { [%eval 0.0] } 6. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.13] } 6... Nxd4 { [%eval 0.63] } 7. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.57] } 7... Bxe2 { [%eval 0.68] } 8. Qa4+?? { (0.68 → -2.38) Blunder. Kxe2 was best. } { [%eval -2.38] } (8. Kxe2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. Rhd1 Rc8 12. a5 Rc6 13. Kf1 Qc8) 8... b5 { [%eval -2.32] } 9. Nxb5?! { (-2.32 → -3.52) Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } { [%eval -3.52] } (9. Qa6 Bg4 10. Nxb5 Bd7 11. a4 g6 12. Qb7 Rc8 13. e5 Bh6 14. exd6 Bxc1) 9... Bxb5 { [%eval -3.57] } 10. Qxb5+ { [%eval -3.34] } 10... Qd7 { [%eval -3.45] } 11. Qxd7+ { [%eval -3.65] } 11... Kxd7 { [%eval -3.65] } 12. O-O { [%eval -3.98] } 12... Nf6 { [%eval -3.58] } 13. f3 { [%eval -3.98] } 13... g6 { [%eval -3.67] } 14. Bg5 { [%eval -4.18] } 14... Bg7 { [%eval -4.24] } 15. Bxf6 { [%eval -4.48] } 15... Bxf6 { [%eval -4.47] } 16. c3 { [%eval -4.55] } 16... Rab8 { [%eval -4.97] } 17. b4 { [%eval -5.6] } 17... Bxc3 { [%eval -5.55] } 18. Rfc1?! { (-5.55 → -7.43) Inaccuracy. Rad1 was best. } { [%eval -7.43] } (18. Rad1 f5 19. Rd5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Ke6 21. b5 Rhc8 22. b6 a6 23. b7 Rc4) 18... Bxa1 { [%eval -7.32] } 19. Rxa1 { [%eval -7.41] } 19... Rxb4 { [%eval -7.46] } 20. a3 { [%eval -7.55] } 20... Rb2 { [%eval -7.67] } 21. a4 { [%eval -7.57] } 21... Rhb8 { [%eval -7.63] } 22. h3 { [%eval -8.05] } 22... Rb1+ { [%eval -8.0] } 23. Rxb1 { [%eval -8.13] } 23... Rxb1+ { [%eval -7.76] } 24. Kh2 { [%eval -7.96] } 24... Ra1 { [%eval -8.11] } 25. a5 { [%eval -8.05] } 25... Rxa5 { [%eval -8.16] } 26. Kg3 { [%eval -8.06] } 26... Rb5 { [%eval -8.47] } 27. f4 { [%eval -8.5] } 27... a5 { [%eval -8.59] } 28. Kg4 { [%eval -8.71] } 28... a4 { [%eval -8.61] } 29. f5 { [%eval -9.14] } 29... a3 { [%eval -9.28] } 30. Kg5? { (-9.28 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh4 was best. } { [%eval #-8] } (30. Kh4 Rb3 31. Kg5 a2 32. f6 a1=Q 33. fxe7 Qe5+ 34. Kh6 Kxe7 35. h4 Qxe4) 30... a2 { [%eval #-9] } 31. g4 { [%eval #-6] } 31... a1=Q { [%eval #-5] } 32. Kf4 { [%eval #-3] } 32... Qf1+ { [%eval #-4] } 33. Kg5 { [%eval #-3] } 33... f6+ { [%eval #-6] } 34. Kh6 { [%eval #-6] } 34... Qxh3+ { [%eval #-5] } 35. Kg7 { [%eval #-5] } 35... gxf5 { [%eval #-4] } 36. gxf5 { [%eval #-4] } 36... Qg4+ { [%eval #-3] } 37. Kxh7 { [%eval #-2] } 37... Rb2 { [%eval #-1] } 38. Kh8 { [%eval #-1] } 38... Rh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1