[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/PAqXBcao"] [Date "2026.02.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Agent_DAS"] [Black "darshanmandrekar"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "PAqXBcao"] [UTCDate "2026.02.15"] [UTCTime "05:15:50"] [WhiteElo "1868"] [BlackElo "1760"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C14"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.15] } 2. Bg5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval -0.19] } 3... e6 { [%eval 0.13] } 4. e4 { [%eval 0.17] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.29] } 5. e5 { [%eval 0.28] } 5... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.36] } 6. Bxe7 { [%eval 0.35] } 6... Qxe7 { [%eval 0.27] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 0.09] } { C14 French Defense: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation } 7... c6 { [%eval 0.63] } 8. Qg4 { [%eval 0.85] } 8... O-O { [%eval 0.79] } 9. Nf3 { [%eval 0.67] } 9... f6?! { (0.67 → 1.27) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } { [%eval 1.27] } (9... h6 10. Nh4 Qb4 11. Qg3 Qxd4 12. f4 Qb6 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Rhf1 Nba6 15. Be2) 10. Qh4?! { (1.27 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. exf6 was best. } { [%eval 0.69] } (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qh4 g6 12. O-O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. Rhe1 Nxc5 15. Ne5 Qg7) 10... g6?! { (0.69 → 1.54) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } { [%eval 1.54] } (10... h6 11. Qg4 c5 12. Nh4 cxd4 13. Ng6 Qe8 14. Nxf8 Nxe5 15. Qxd4 Qxf8 16. Be2) 11. Qg3 { [%eval 1.54] } 11... Qg7 { [%eval 1.98] } 12. h4 { [%eval 1.98] } 12... Na6 { [%eval 2.26] } 13. a3?! { (2.26 → 1.49) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%eval 1.49] } (13. h5 Nb4 14. Ne2 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 gxh5 16. Qxg7+ Kxg7 17. Rxh5 Rf7 18. Kd2 fxe5) 13... c5 { [%eval 2.04] } 14. h5 { [%eval 2.14] } 14... g5? { (2.14 → 4.40) Mistake. gxh5 was best. } { [%eval 4.4] } (14... gxh5 15. Bxh7+ Kf7 16. Qf4 Ke8 17. Rxh5 fxe5 18. Qh4 exd4 19. Nb5 Qf6 20. Bg6+) 15. h6 { [%eval 4.21] } 15... Qf7 { [%eval 4.55] } 16. Nb5 { [%eval 4.42] } 16... c4 { [%eval 5.41] } 17. Nd6 { [%eval 5.43] } 17... Qe7 { [%eval 5.25] } 18. Be2?! { (5.25 → 3.47) Inaccuracy. Rh5 was best. } { [%eval 3.47] } (18. Rh5 cxd3 19. exf6 d2+ 20. Kd1 Nxf6 21. Rxg5+ Kh8 22. Rg7 Nh5 23. Rxe7 Nxg3) 18... Nc7 { [%eval 4.08] } 19. Rh5 { [%eval 3.47] } 19... a6?? { (3.47 → 8.67) Blunder. Ne8 was best. } { [%eval 8.67] } (19... Ne8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Rxg5+ Kh8 23. Kd2 e5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. dxe5) 20. Rxg5+ { [%eval 8.99] } 20... fxg5 { [%eval 8.55] } 21. Nxg5 { [%eval 7.93] } 21... Kh8? { (7.93 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf5 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (21... Rf5 22. Ngf7+ Rg5 23. Nxg5 Nf8 24. Bh5 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. h7+ Kg7 27. Ndf7) 22. O-O-O?? { (Mate in 9 → -1.82) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bh5 was best. } { [%eval -1.82] } (22. Bh5 Qxd6 23. exd6 Nf6 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Nce8 26. Qe5 b5 27. d7 Bxd7) 22... Nb5 { [%eval -1.62] } 23. Nxe6?! { (-1.62 → -2.73) Inaccuracy. b3 was best. } { [%eval -2.73] } (23. b3 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qf6 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Nb6 27. Ba2 Qf4+ 28. Qxf4 Rxf4) 23... Qxe6?? { (-2.73 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (23... Rg8 24. Qf4 Nxd6 25. Nc7 Rb8 26. g4 Qg5 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. f4 Rg6 29. f5) 24. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0