[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/O63CsFPd"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Aalshehhi2015"] [Black "hananmeqdadi"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "O63CsFPd"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+238"] [BlackRatingDiff "-238"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.37] } { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.29] } 2... Bb4 { [%eval 0.5] } 3. a3 { [%eval 0.13] } 3... Bd6? { (0.13 → 1.35) Mistake. Bxc3+ was best. } { [%eval 1.35] } (3... Bxc3+ 4. bxc3 d5 5. e3 Nf6 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2) 4. e3 { [%eval 0.96] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.98] } 5. Bd3 { [%eval 0.72] } 5... Nd5?! { (0.72 → 1.75) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 1.75] } (5... c5) 6. Nf3? { (1.75 → 0.60) Mistake. Nxd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.6] } (6. Nxd5 exd5 7. h4 Be7 8. Qg4 Bf6 9. Bd2 d6 10. Qf3 c6 11. O-O-O h5) 6... Nc6?! { (0.60 → 1.40) Inaccuracy. Nxc3 was best. } { [%eval 1.4] } (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3) 7. O-O?! { (1.40 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } (7. Ne2 f5) 7... Nxd4?? { (0.81 → 4.78) Blunder. Nxc3 was best. } { [%eval 4.78] } (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3) 8. exd4 { [%eval 4.65] } 8... e5?! { (4.65 → 7.62) Inaccuracy. Nxc3 was best. } { [%eval 7.62] } (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. c4 O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rb1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4 14. g3) 9. dxe5 { [%eval 6.03] } 9... Bxe5 { [%eval 7.51] } 10. Qe2 { [%eval 6.74] } 10... d6 { [%eval 6.64] } 11. Nxd5 { [%eval 6.6] } 11... Bg4 { [%eval 6.63] } 12. h3 { [%eval 6.65] } 12... Bh5 { [%eval 7.27] } 13. g4 { [%eval 7.41] } 13... Bg6 { [%eval 7.68] } 14. Nxe5 { [%eval 7.5] } 14... dxe5 { [%eval 7.5] } 15. Qxe5+ { [%eval 7.49] } 15... Qe7? { (7.49 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (15... Kf8 16. Be3 b6 17. Rfd1 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 h5 19. g5 h4 20. Nf4 Qc8 21. Qd5) 16. Nxe7?! { (Mate in 1 → 10.12) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe7# was best. } { [%eval 10.12] } (16. Qxe7#) 16... Kf8 { [%eval 9.98] } 17. Nxg6+ { [%eval 10.01] } 17... Kg8?! { (10.01 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. hxg6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (17... hxg6 18. Kg2 Re8 19. Qg3 Rd8 20. a4 b6 21. Re1) 18. Nxh8?! { (Mate in 2 → 15.75) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bh6 was best. } { [%eval 15.75] } (18. Bh6 hxg6 19. Qxg7#) 18... Kxh8?! { (15.75 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (18... Rf8 19. Bh6) 19. Bh6 { [%eval #4] } 19... Re8 { [%eval #1] } 20. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0