[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QEXyJ7gi"] [Date "2026.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Kirilin87600"] [Black "nigelian"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "QEXyJ7gi"] [UTCDate "2026.01.17"] [UTCTime "18:55:23"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+278"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1 day per move"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.07] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.1] } { C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense } 4. O-O { [%eval -0.2] } 4... d5?! { (-0.20 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.87] } (4... Nxe4 5. Bd5 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. d4 Be6 9. Nc3) 5. Bb3? { (0.87 → -0.61) Mistake. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -0.61] } (5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxd4 9. Qxd5 Qxd5) 5... Bg4?! { (-0.61 → 0.14) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.14] } (5... Nxe4 6. Qe1 Be6 7. d3 Nc5 8. Nxe5 Nd4 9. Qd1 Bd6 10. Nf3) 6. Nc3?? { (0.14 → -2.87) Blunder. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -2.87] } (6. exd5 Nd4 7. Qe1 Nxf3+ 8. gxf3 Bxf3 9. Ba4+ c6 10. dxc6 Bxc6) 6... Bxf3?? { (-2.87 → 0.18) Blunder. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.18] } (6... dxe4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ng5 11. Qh5) 7. Qxf3 { [%eval 0.22] } 7... Nd4 { [%eval 0.26] } 8. Qe2?? { (0.26 → -5.57) Blunder. Qg3 was best. } { [%eval -5.57] } (8. Qg3 Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Nxb3 11. axb3 d4 12. Nb5 Re8 13. Nxd6 Qxd6) 8... Nxe2+ { [%eval -5.53] } 9. Nxe2 { [%eval -5.5] } 9... Nxe4 { [%eval -5.66] } 10. d3 { [%eval -5.62] } 10... Nc5 { [%eval -5.8] } 11. c4 { [%eval -5.95] } 11... Nxb3 { [%eval -6.1] } 12. axb3 { [%eval -6.17] } 12... Bb4 { [%eval -6.12] } 13. Ra4 { [%eval -6.37] } 13... a5 { [%eval -6.39] } 14. Be3 { [%eval -6.37] } 14... d4 { [%eval -6.5] } 15. Bc1 { [%eval -6.89] } 15... b5 { [%eval -6.47] } 16. cxb5 { [%eval -6.25] } 16... Qd5 { [%eval -6.28] } 17. Ng3 { [%eval -6.25] } 17... Qxb3 { [%eval -6.29] } 18. Rxb4 { [%eval -6.72] } 18... axb4 { [%eval -6.59] } 19. Ne4 { [%eval -7.92] } 19... Qxd3 { [%eval -8.2] } 20. Re1 { [%eval -8.46] } 20... Ra1 { [%eval -8.22] } 21. Nc5 { [%eval -8.98] } 21... Qc4 { [%eval -8.83] } 22. b3? { (-8.83 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxe5+ was best. } { [%eval #-8] } (22. Rxe5+ Kd8 23. g4 Rxc1+ 24. Kg2 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 Re8 27. g5 Kd7) 22... Qxc1 { [%eval #-7] } 23. Rxc1 { [%eval #-1] } 23... Rxc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1