[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NQE6ra3a"] [Date "2026.02.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Sahana_Dhayalan"] [Black "lichess AI level 3"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "NQE6ra3a"] [UTCDate "2026.02.27"] [UTCTime "06:29:00"] [WhiteElo "1741"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.14] } 3. Ne5?! { (0.14 → -0.57) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.57] } (3. e5 c5 4. c3 d4 5. Na3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6) 3... dxe4 { [%eval -0.67] } 4. c4? { (-0.67 → -1.92) Mistake. d4 was best. } { [%eval -1.92] } (4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 a6 8. h4 b5) 4... Qg5?? { (-1.92 → 0.00) Blunder. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (4... Bc5 5. Nc3 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Qd4+ 7. Ke1 Qxe5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Qxe4) 5. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... Qf6?! { (0.00 → 1.01) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 1.01] } (5... Qd8 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qb3 f5 8. Be2 Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. Bf4) 6. h4 { [%eval 0.55] } 6... c6?? { (0.55 → 4.02) Blunder. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 4.02] } (6... Qd8 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3) 7. Bg5 { [%eval 3.98] } 7... Qf5?! { (3.98 → 5.00) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%eval 5.0] } (7... h5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nc3 fxe5 10. Be2 Nd7 11. dxe5 e3 12. fxe3 Nh6 13. Qd2) 8. g4 { [%eval 5.14] } 8... Bb4+ { [%eval 5.3] } 9. Nd2 { [%eval 5.27] } 9... Qf6 { [%eval 5.68] } 10. Bxf6 { [%eval 4.93] } 10... gxf6 { [%eval 4.77] } 11. Nxf7 { [%eval 4.78] } 11... Bxd2+ { [%eval 5.26] } 12. Qxd2 { [%eval 5.06] } 12... Kxf7 { [%eval 5.39] } 13. g5 { [%eval 5.25] } 13... a5 { [%eval 5.46] } 14. gxf6 { [%eval 5.31] } 14... Nxf6 { [%eval 5.0] } 15. c5 { [%eval 4.93] } 15... Nd5 { [%eval 5.6] } 16. Bc4 { [%eval 5.33] } 16... b5 { [%eval 6.68] } 17. Bb3?! { (6.68 → 4.89) Inaccuracy. Bxd5 was best. } { [%eval 4.89] } (17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qf4+ Ke8 19. Qc7 Bd7 20. Qb7 Rg8 21. Qxa8 Ke7 22. O-O-O Rd8) 17... a4?! { (4.89 → 6.41) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 6.41] } (17... Nf6 18. Rg1 h5 19. Bc2 Na6 20. Qxa5 Bd7 21. Qa3 Rhb8 22. O-O-O b4) 18. Bd1?! { (6.41 → 4.17) Inaccuracy. Bxd5 was best. } { [%eval 4.17] } (18. Bxd5 e3 19. fxe3 exd5 20. Qh2 Nd7 21. Rf1+ Ke8 22. O-O-O Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 18... Rf8?! { (4.17 → 5.95) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } { [%eval 5.95] } (18... h6 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. Bxe4 b4 21. Rg1 N7f6 22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Bg6+ Ke7 24. Qe5) 19. Bh5+ { [%eval 5.66] } 19... Kg8?? { (5.66 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke7 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (19... Ke7 20. Qg5+ Rf6 21. Qe5 Kd8 22. Rg1 Nd7 23. Qd6 Rf8 24. Rg7 Ra7 25. Rxd7+) 20. Qg5+ { [%eval 6.87] } 20... Kh8 { [%eval 6.77] } 21. Qe5+?! { (6.77 → 4.28) Inaccuracy. Rg1 was best. } { [%eval 4.28] } (21. Rg1 Ra7 22. Qe5+ Nf6 23. Qxb8 Re7 24. Qe5 b4 25. d5 a3 26. bxa3 cxd5) 21... Rf6?! { (4.28 → 6.78) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 6.78] } (21... Nf6 22. O-O-O Nd7 23. Qg5 a3 24. bxa3 Rxa3 25. Rhg1 Nxh5 26. Qxh5 Nf6 27. Qg5) 22. Rg1 { [%eval 6.65] } 22... Na6?? { (6.65 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ra7 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (22... Ra7 23. Qxb8 Rc7 24. Rg5 Rf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Bf7 Rxf7 27. Qxc8+ Kg7 28. O-O-O) 23. Bf7?? { (Mate in 5 → 4.05) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg5 was best. } { [%eval 4.05] } (23. Qg5 Rg6 24. Bxg6 Nf4 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qxh7#) 23... h6?? { (4.05 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (23... Bd7 24. a3 b4 25. Bh5 Be8 26. Qg5 Bg6 27. Bxg6 Rxg6 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. Qxe4) 24. Rg8+ { [%eval #2] } 24... Kh7 { [%eval #2] } 25. Qh5?? { (Mate in 2 → 5.02) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg3 was best. } { [%eval 5.02] } (25. Qg3 Rxf7 26. Qg6#) 25... Nab4? { (5.02 → 9.72) Mistake. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval 9.72] } (25... Nf4 26. Qg4 Rxf7 27. Re8 Ng6 28. O-O-O Kg7 29. h5 Rf6 30. hxg6 Ra7 31. Qxe4) 26. Rg6 { [%eval 8.86] } 26... Nc2+? { (8.86 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd3+ was best. } { [%eval #8] } (26... Nd3+ 27. Kf1 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Nf5 29. Rxf6 Nf4 30. Qg4 Nh3+ 31. Kh2 Ng5 32. hxg5) 27. Kd1 { [%eval #7] } 27... Nce3+ { [%eval 8.49] } 28. fxe3 { [%eval 8.17] } 28... Nxe3+ { [%eval 7.78] } 29. Ke2 { [%eval 7.52] } 29... Ng4? { (7.52 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (29... Nf5 30. Rxf6 Ng3+ 31. Ke3 Nxh5 32. Bxh5 a3 33. Raf1 Ra7 34. Rf7+ Rxf7 35. Rxf7+) 30. Qxg4 { [%eval #4] } 30... e5 { [%eval #3] } 31. Qh5 { [%eval #6] } 31... Bg4+ { [%eval #6] } 32. Qxg4 { [%eval #5] } 32... exd4 { [%eval #3] } 33. Qh5 { [%eval #5] } 33... d3+ { [%eval #5] } 34. Kd2 { [%eval #5] } 34... Rf2+ { [%eval #5] } 35. Ke1 { [%eval #4] } 35... Re2+ { [%eval #4] } 36. Kd1 { [%eval #4] } 36... Re1+ { [%eval #3] } 37. Kxe1 { [%eval #2] } 37... d2+ { [%eval #2] } 38. Kxd2 { [%eval #3] } 38... Rd8+ { [%eval #3] } 39. Ke3 { [%eval #3] } 39... Rd3+ { [%eval #3] } 40. Kxe4 { [%eval #2] } 40... Rd4+ { [%eval #2] } 41. Kxd4 { [%eval #1] } 41... Kh8 { [%eval #1] } 42. Qxh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0