[Event "Chess Heroes 01 June 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QRbt8AZh"] [Date "2026.06.01"] [Round "-"] [White "mattvaneeden"] [Black "Lehakoe08"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "QRbt8AZh"] [UTCDate "2026.06.01"] [UTCTime "16:17:38"] [WhiteElo "1389"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+166"] [BlackRatingDiff "-303"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Lutikov Variation"] [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. Bb5 { [%eval 0.15] } 3... a6 { [%eval 0.21] } 4. Bxc6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... bxc6 { [%eval 0.47] } { C68 Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Lutikov Variation } 5. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.01] } 5... f6?? { (0.01 → 4.39) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 4.39] } (5... Qe7 6. d4 d6 7. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bb7 10. d5) 6. Qh5+ { [%eval 4.41] } 6... g6 { [%eval 4.49] } 7. Nxg6 { [%eval 4.47] } 7... hxg6 { [%eval 4.31] } 8. Qxh8 { [%eval 4.09] } 8... Ne7?! { (4.09 → 5.25) Inaccuracy. Nh6 was best. } { [%eval 5.25] } (8... Nh6 9. Qh7 d5 10. d4 Nf7 11. O-O dxe4 12. Qxg6 Bd6 13. Qg8+ Bf8 14. Re1) 9. Qxf6?! { (5.25 → 4.15) Inaccuracy. d3 was best. } { [%eval 4.15] } (9. d3 Rb8 10. Bh6 Kf7 11. Qxf8+ Qxf8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Nc3 Rxb2 14. Kd2 d5) 9... Ng8? { (4.15 → 7.92) Mistake. a5 was best. } { [%eval 7.92] } (9... a5 10. Nc3 c5 11. d3 Ra6 12. Qh4 Re6 13. Bg5 d5 14. O-O d4) 10. Qxg6+ { [%eval 8.36] } 10... Ke7 { [%eval 8.1] } 11. Qxg8 { [%eval 7.41] } 11... Ke8 { [%eval 9.1] } 12. Nc3 { [%eval 7.39] } 12... Qh4 { [%eval 8.17] } 13. Qg6+ { [%eval 8.2] } 13... Kd8 { [%eval 8.24] } 14. d3 { [%eval 7.9] } 14... Qe7 { [%eval 9.67] } 15. Bg5 { [%eval 9.81] } 15... d5 { [%eval 10.27] } 16. Bxe7+ { [%eval 10.06] } 16... Bxe7 { [%eval 10.15] } 17. exd5 { [%eval 9.93] } 17... cxd5 { [%eval 10.59] } 18. Nxd5 { [%eval 9.73] } 18... c6 { [%eval 11.15] } 19. Qxc6 { [%eval 11.03] } 19... Bf8?! { (11.03 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ra7 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (19... Ra7 20. Qb6+ Ke8 21. Qxa7 Bd6 22. Qa8 Kd7 23. f3 Bf8 24. Qb8 Bd6 25. Qb6) 20. Qxa8?! { (Mate in 2 → 11.60) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc7+ was best. } { [%eval 11.6] } (20. Qc7+ Ke8 21. Nf6#) 20... Bc5?! { (11.60 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (20... Kd7 21. Nb6+ Ke7 22. Qxc8 Kf7 23. Nd5 Kg7 24. c3 Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qf6+) 21. Qc6 { [%eval 11.86] } 21... Bf8?! { (11.86 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (21... Be6 22. Qc7+ Ke8 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Qxc5+ Kf7 25. Ne4 Ke8 26. h4 Bxa2 27. Qc6+) 22. Qc7+ { [%eval #1] } 22... Ke8 { [%eval #1] } 23. Qxc8+ { [%eval #7] } 23... Kf7 { [%eval #7] } 24. Qc7+?! { (Mate in 7 → 14.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd7+ was best. } { [%eval 14.33] } (24. Qd7+ Kg6 25. Qe6+ Kh7 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Qxf8+ Kg6 28. Nf4+ Kg5 29. f3 a5) 24... Ke8?! { (14.33 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (24... Kg6 25. Nf4+ Kf6 26. c3 Be7 27. Qc6+ Bd6 28. Qxd6+ Kf7 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Qf5+) 25. Nf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0