[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/O96hbZ43"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "KingJosh2"] [Black "akramkarim14"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "O96hbZ43"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "19:41:17"] [WhiteElo "914"] [BlackElo "866"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. c3 { [%eval -0.13] } { C44 Ponziani Opening } 3... Bc5?! { (-0.13 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.88] } (3... d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. exd5) 4. d4 { [%eval 0.88] } 4... Bd6?! { (0.88 → 1.53) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.53] } (4... exd4 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Be2 Nge7 9. O-O) 5. dxe5?! { (1.53 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval 0.68] } (5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Ne8 8. a3 Kh8 9. b4 a6) 5... Nxe5 { [%eval 0.79] } 6. Bf4 { [%eval 0.26] } 6... Qe7 { [%eval 0.46] } 7. Qd4?? { (0.46 → -4.78) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -4.78] } (7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. g3 Nge7 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Qb4+) 7... c5?? { (-4.78 → 0.85) Blunder. Nxf3+ was best. } { [%eval 0.85] } (7... Nxf3+ 8. gxf3 Bxf4 9. Qxg7 Be5 10. Qg2 Qf6 11. Rg1 Ne7 12. Qg5 Ng6 13. Qxf6) 8. Qd5?? { (0.85 → -5.69) Blunder. Qe3 was best. } { [%eval -5.69] } (8. Qe3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 Qf6 11. Qe3 Ne7 12. Nd2 d6 13. O-O-O O-O) 8... Nf6?? { (-5.69 → -1.59) Blunder. Nxf3+ was best. } { [%eval -1.59] } (8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bxf4 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Qf5 Bh6 12. Qh3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Rd1) 9. Qd2? { (-1.59 → -3.41) Mistake. Qd1 was best. } { [%eval -3.41] } (9. Qd1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Nxe4 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 d5) 9... Nxe4 { [%eval -3.31] } 10. Qd3?? { (-3.31 → -6.75) Blunder. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -6.75] } (10. Qe2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bxf4 12. fxe4 O-O 13. Qf3 Qh4 14. Bc4 d6 15. h3 Be6) 10... Ng5?? { (-6.75 → -1.09) Blunder. Nxd3+ was best. } { [%eval -1.09] } (10... Nxd3+ 11. Bxd3 Bxf4 12. O-O d5 13. c4 d4 14. g3 Bh6 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Nc3) 11. Nxe5 { [%eval -0.99] } 11... Bxe5 { [%eval -0.99] } 12. Bxg5 { [%eval -1.06] } 12... Qxg5 { [%eval -1.07] } 13. g3?? { (-1.07 → -4.03) Blunder. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -4.03] } (13. Nd2 O-O 14. g3 Bf6 15. f4 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bxd5 Re8+) 13... O-O?? { (-4.03 → -0.28) Blunder. Qc1+ was best. } { [%eval -0.28] } (13... Qc1+ 14. Qd1 Qxb2 15. Bd3 Qxa1 16. O-O Qb2 17. Nd2 Qxc3 18. Ne4 Qd4 19. Re1) 14. f4 { [%eval -0.47] } 14... Qf6?? { (-0.47 → 1.69) Blunder. Bxf4 was best. } { [%eval 1.69] } (14... Bxf4 15. gxf4 Qxf4 16. Kd1 d5 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Qg3 Bg4+ 19. Kc2 Qg5 20. Rg1) 15. fxe5 { [%eval 1.61] } 15... Qxe5+?! { (1.61 → 2.53) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } { [%eval 2.53] } (15... Re8 16. Be2 Rxe5 17. Na3 d5 18. O-O-O Qh6+ 19. Rd2 Bh3 20. Bd1 Bg2 21. Rg1) 16. Be2 { [%eval 2.43] } 16... Re8 { [%eval 2.52] } 17. O-O?? { (2.52 → -3.25) Blunder. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -3.25] } (17. Nd2 d5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. O-O Re4 20. Qd2 Bg4 21. Rae1 h6 22. b3 Bh3) 17... Qxe2 { [%eval -3.17] } 18. Qd5 { [%eval -3.05] } 18... b6?? { (-3.05 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe6 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (18... Qe6 19. Qxe6 dxe6 20. Rd1 b6 21. Na3 e5 22. Nb5 Bg4 23. Rd2 h5 24. a4) 19. Na3?? { (Mate in 3 → -2.52) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf7+ was best. } { [%eval -2.52] } (19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qf8+ Rxf8 21. Rxf8#) 19... Ba6 { [%eval -2.43] } 20. Qxf7+ { [%eval -2.46] } 20... Kh8 { [%eval -2.37] } 21. Rae1? { (-2.37 → -4.06) Mistake. Rf2 was best. } { [%eval -4.06] } (21. Rf2 Qe4 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Kg8 24. Rf2 Re5 25. Rd1 d5 26. Rfd2 Bb7) 21... Qxb2?? { (-4.06 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxe1 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (21... Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 Bf1+ 24. Kf2 Rae8 25. Qxd7 R1e7 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kxf1) 22. Rxe8+ { [%eval #1] } 22... Rxe8 { [%eval #1] } 23. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0