[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NiklDe1k"] [Date "2026.05.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Arnold_india"] [Black "sakeles"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "NiklDe1k"] [UTCDate "2026.05.18"] [UTCTime "02:37:51"] [WhiteElo "1641"] [BlackElo "1738"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-39"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.55] } { C41 Philidor Defense } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.31] } 3... c6 { [%eval 0.52] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.5] } 4... exd4?! { (0.50 → 1.14) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } { [%eval 1.14] } (4... Nd7 5. a4 Ngf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1) 5. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.74] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.86] } 6. Bf4 { [%eval 0.7] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 0.83] } 7. Nf5?! { (0.83 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval 0.05] } (7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd8) 7... Bxf5 { [%eval 0.01] } 8. exf5 { [%eval 0.01] } 8... O-O { [%eval 0.4] } 9. Bc4? { (0.40 → -1.00) Mistake. g4 was best. } { [%eval -1.0] } (9. g4 Re8 10. Qf3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bf6+ 12. Be2 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 14. Be3 Bg5) 9... d5 { [%eval -0.93] } 10. Bb3?! { (-0.93 → -1.54) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -1.54] } (10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Re8+ 12. Ne2 Qxd6 13. O-O c5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Rad1 h6) 10... Bc5 { [%eval -1.13] } 11. Qe2?? { (-1.13 → -3.06) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval -3.06] } (11. O-O a5 12. g4 Re8 13. a4 Bd6 14. Qf3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Na6 16. Rae1 Qb6) 11... Re8 { [%eval -3.11] } 12. Be5?! { (-3.11 → -4.24) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -4.24] } (12. Be3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O d4 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qc4+ Kf8 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6) 12... Bd6 { [%eval -3.7] } 13. O-O-O?! { (-3.70 → -5.14) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%eval -5.14] } (13. f4 Nbd7 14. O-O-O Nxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Kb1 h5) 13... Rxe5 { [%eval -4.32] } 14. g4?! { (-4.32 → -6.33) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval -6.33] } (14. Qf3 Nbd7 15. g4 Nc5 16. g5 Nfe4 17. h4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qf3 Qc8) 14... Rxe2 { [%eval -7.17] } 15. Nxe2 { [%eval -7.15] } 15... Nxg4 { [%eval -7.11] } 16. Rhg1 { [%eval -7.04] } 16... Nxf2 { [%eval -6.92] } 17. f6 { [%eval -7.41] } 17... g6 { [%eval -7.53] } 18. Rdf1 { [%eval -7.15] } 18... Ne4 { [%eval -7.05] } 19. Nf4 { [%eval -7.25] } 19... Bxf4+ { [%eval -7.56] } 20. Rxf4 { [%eval -7.48] } 20... Nxf6 { [%eval -7.21] } 21. h4 { [%eval -7.26] } 21... Qe7 { [%eval -7.21] } 22. a3 { [%eval -10.78] } 22... Qe3+ { [%eval -10.61] } 23. Kd1 { [%eval -12.46] } 23... Qxg1+ { [%eval -12.26] } 24. Ke2?! { (-12.26 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd2 was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (24. Kd2 Nbd7 25. c3 Re8 26. Bd1 Qh2+ 27. Kc1 Qxf4+ 28. Kc2 Qf2+ 29. Kc1 Qxh4) 24... Qh2+?! { (Mate in 7 → -11.36) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nbd7 was best. } { [%eval -11.36] } (24... Nbd7 25. Bxd5 Re8+ 26. Be4 Nxe4 27. Rf1 Nc3+ 28. Kd3 Qe3+ 29. Kc4 Re4+ 30. Kb3) 25. Kf3?! { (-11.36 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf2 was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (25. Rf2 Qxh4 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. c3 Nd7 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Kd1 Qf2 30. Kc1 Re8) 25... Qh3+?! { (Mate in 7 → -11.26) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nbd7 was best. } { [%eval -11.26] } (25... Nbd7 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. h5 Re8 29. hxg6 Qh3+ 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg1) 26. Kf2 { [%eval -11.2] } 26... Ne4+ { [%eval -10.93] } 27. Rxe4 { [%eval -11.6] } 27... dxe4 { [%eval -11.3] } 28. Ke2 { [%eval -11.5] } 28... Nd7 { [%eval -11.41] } 29. h5 { [%eval -11.48] } 29... Kg7 { [%eval -11.45] } 30. hxg6?! { (-11.45 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke1 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (30. Ke1 Kh6 31. Ba4 Rf8 32. b4 Qh4+ 33. Kd1 e3 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Kc1) 30... fxg6 { [%eval #-7] } 31. c4 { [%eval #-4] } 31... Nc5 { [%eval #-4] } 32. Bc2 { [%eval #-4] } 32... Qf3+ { [%eval #-3] } 33. Kd2 { [%eval #-3] } 33... Rd8+ { [%eval #-2] } 34. Ke1 { [%eval #-2] } 34... Qh1+ { [%eval #-3] } 35. Kf2 { [%eval #-3] } 35... Qh2+ { [%eval #-2] } 36. Ke3 { [%eval #-1] } 36... Qxc2 { [%eval #-3] } 37. b4 { [%eval #-1] } 37... Qd3+ { [%eval #-3] } 38. Kf4 { [%eval #-2] } 38... Ne6+ { [%eval #-2] } 39. Ke5 { [%eval #-2] } 39... Nf8 { [%eval #-2] } 40. c5 { [%eval #-2] } 40... Qd5+ { [%eval #-4] } 41. Kf4 { [%eval #-4] } 41... Qf5+ { [%eval #-3] } 42. Ke3 { [%eval #-1] } 42... Rd3+ { [%eval #-2] } 43. Ke2 { [%eval #-2] } 43... Qf3+ { [%eval #-1] } 44. Ke1 { [%eval #-1] } 44... Re3+ { [%eval #-2] } 45. Kd2 { [%eval #-2] } 45... Re2+ { [%eval #-1] } 46. Kd1 { [%eval #-1] } 46... Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1