[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NsCy1TLR"] [Date "2026.05.13"] [Round "-"] [White "saksham_grandmaster"] [Black "znello"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "NsCy1TLR"] [UTCDate "2026.05.13"] [UTCTime "14:42:37"] [WhiteElo "933"] [BlackElo "903"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.11] } 3. Nf3?! { (0.11 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.5] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a5 7. Bg5 c6) 3... Bc5?? { (-0.50 → 1.28) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.28] } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O) 4. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.42] } 4... d5 { [%eval 1.69] } 5. exd5 { [%eval 1.58] } 5... Ne4? { (1.58 → 3.51) Mistake. Nbd7 was best. } { [%eval 3.51] } (5... Nbd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. d4 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3) 6. d4 { [%eval 3.89] } 6... b5 { [%eval 4.76] } 7. Nxf7?? { (4.76 → 1.39) Blunder. Bxb5+ was best. } { [%eval 1.39] } (7. Bxb5+ c6 8. Nxc6 Qh4 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Ba6 12. Nc3 Bxf1) 7... Kxf7 { [%eval 1.39] } 8. Qf3+? { (1.39 → -0.11) Mistake. Bxb5 was best. } { [%eval -0.11] } (8. Bxb5 Bd6 9. O-O Rf8 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. c4 Kg8 12. c5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+) 8... Ke8?? { (-0.11 → 5.14) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 5.14] } (8... Nf6 9. dxc5 bxc4 10. Nc3 c6 11. d6 Qd7 12. Be3 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. h3) 9. Qxe4+ { [%eval 4.9] } 9... Kf8 { [%eval 5.82] } 10. dxc5 { [%eval 5.71] } 10... bxc4 { [%eval 5.69] } 11. d6 { [%eval 4.98] } 11... cxd6?! { (4.98 → 6.65) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } { [%eval 6.65] } (11... Qe8 12. Qxe8+ Kxe8 13. dxc7 Nc6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Na3 Kd7 16. O-O-O+ Kxc7 17. Nb5+) 12. Qxa8 { [%eval 6.6] } 12... dxc5 { [%eval 7.79] } 13. O-O { [%eval 7.0] } 13... Qf6 { [%eval 8.09] } 14. Qxb8 { [%eval 8.31] } 14... Kf7 { [%eval 8.17] } 15. Nc3 { [%eval 7.97] } 15... Qg6 { [%eval 10.25] } 16. g3 { [%eval 7.32] } 16... Qf6 { [%eval 8.19] } 17. Qxa7+ { [%eval 7.72] } 17... Kg6 { [%eval 7.58] } 18. Qxc5 { [%eval 7.33] } 18... Qf3 { [%eval 8.65] } 19. Qg5+ { [%eval 8.57] } 19... Kf7 { [%eval 8.42] } 20. Nd5 { [%eval 7.64] } 20... Bh3 { [%eval 10.65] } 21. Nf4 { [%eval 8.3] } 21... h6 { [%eval 8.3] } 22. Qh5+ { [%eval 7.09] } 22... g6?! { (7.09 → 12.65) Inaccuracy. Qxh5 was best. } { [%eval 12.65] } (22... Qxh5 23. Nxh5 g5 24. Bd2 Kg6 25. Rfe1 Kxh5 26. f3 Rd8 27. Bc3 g4 28. Re3) 23. Qxf3 { [%eval 11.81] } 23... Bxf1?! { (11.81 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (23... Rf8 24. Nxh3+ Kg8 25. Qg4 g5 26. Qxc4+ Kg7 27. Re1 Kg6 28. Be3 Rd8 29. Qe4+) 24. Nh5+ { [%eval #7] } 24... Ke8 { [%eval #6] } 25. Ng7+ { [%eval #6] } 25... Ke7 { [%eval #6] } 26. Kxf1 { [%eval #6] } 26... Re8 { [%eval #5] } 27. Nxe8 { [%eval #5] } 27... Kxe8 { [%eval #5] } 28. Qe3+ { [%eval #5] } 28... Kd8 { [%eval #5] } 29. Qxh6 { [%eval #5] } 29... Ke8 { [%eval #4] } 30. Qxg6+ { [%eval #4] } 30... Kd8 { [%eval #4] } 31. Qd6+ { [%eval #4] } 31... Ke8 { [%eval #3] } 32. Bg5 { [%eval #3] } 32... Kf7 { [%eval #3] } 33. Qf6+ { [%eval #2] } 33... Ke8 { [%eval #1] } 34. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0