[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/PZnTCe2d"] [Date "2025.09.22"] [White "Arsalan2407"] [Black "nithu1988"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "PZnTCe2d"] [UTCDate "2025.09.22"] [UTCTime "06:18:51"] [WhiteElo "743"] [BlackElo "697"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+23"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } Bc5?! { (0.00 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5) 4. Bc4?! { (0.97 → 0.03) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5 Bd4 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 d5 8. c4 O-O) 4... O-O?! { (0.03 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (4... d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3) 5. O-O?! { (0.63 → 0.03) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (5. Nxe5 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxe4 8. Ne3 Ng5 9. O-O Nxf3+) 5... Na6? { (0.03 → 1.58) Mistake. d6 was best. } (5... d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg4 8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxe6) 6. Nd5? { (1.58 → 0.23) Mistake. Bxa6 was best. } (6. Bxa6 bxa6 7. Nxe5 Bd4 8. Nf3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5) 6... Nxe4?! { (0.23 → 0.80) Inaccuracy. Nxd5 was best. } (6... Nxd5 7. exd5 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Qh4 10. Be3 Nb8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. c3) 7. d3 Nd6?? { (0.71 → 3.52) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } (7... Nf6 8. d4) 8. Bb3?? { (3.52 → 0.78) Blunder. Bg5 was best. } (8. Bg5 Qe8 9. Bxa6 f6 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Be2 c6 12. Nc7 Qd8 13. Nxa8 fxg5) 8... Nb4?? { (0.78 → 5.34) Blunder. Nf5 was best. } (8... Nf5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nxe7+ Nxe7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nxe5 Ne6 13. Bh4 c6 14. d4) 9. Bd2?? { (5.34 → -0.09) Blunder. Bg5 was best. } (9. Bg5 Nxd5 10. Bxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 e4) 9... c6?? { (-0.09 → 3.55) Blunder. Nxd5 was best. } (9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5) 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Nc3?? { (3.68 → 0.17) Blunder. Ne7+ was best. } (11. Ne7+ Kh8 12. a3 Na6 13. Nh4 Ne8 14. Bxf7 Rxf7 15. Qh5 Rxe7 16. Bxe7 Nec7) 11... Nxa2?? { (0.17 → 4.59) Blunder. Nf5 was best. } (11... Nf5 12. Nxe5 d5 13. Nf3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. d4) 12. Rxa2 Qb6?! { (4.20 → 5.52) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (12... Qc7 13. Na4 Bb4 14. c3 Ba5 15. Nxe5 Nf5 16. Nf3 d5 17. d4 f6 18. Bd2) 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nxc5 Nf5 15. Be7?? { (5.53 → 2.74) Blunder. Re1 was best. } (15. Re1 d5 16. Ra1 b6 17. Na6 Qd6 18. Bd2 f6 19. c4 Kh8 20. cxd5 cxd5) 15... d6?? { (2.74 → 6.31) Blunder. Nxe7 was best. } (15... Nxe7 16. Re1 d6 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Ng3 Bg4 19. d4 a5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. h3) 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Na4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ng5 Kg8 20. Qh5 Rf8?? { (5.74 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } (20... h6 21. Nxe6 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nec5 dxc5 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Ne4 Ke6 26. c3) 21. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0