[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/R2mDuyDx"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Malik_Y"] [Black "Meera_Alkhatri"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "R2mDuyDx"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-16"] [BlackRatingDiff "+53"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.1] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.5] } { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. c3 { [%eval 0.25] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.17] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.2] } 4... e6 { [%eval 0.25] } 5. Ne5?! { (0.25 → -0.37) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval -0.37] } (5. c4 Bd6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 a5 9. Bd3 b6) 5... Nxe5 { [%eval -0.32] } 6. dxe5 { [%eval -0.4] } 6... Nd7 { [%eval -0.5] } 7. Na3? { (-0.50 → -2.00) Mistake. f4 was best. } { [%eval -2.0] } (7. f4 f6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qb3 e5 11. O-O c6) 7... Be7?! { (-2.00 → -0.96) Inaccuracy. Bxa3 was best. } { [%eval -0.96] } (7... Bxa3 8. bxa3 Nxe5 9. Bb2 c5 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O) 8. f3? { (-0.96 → -2.30) Mistake. f4 was best. } { [%eval -2.3] } (8. f4 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Nc5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7) 8... O-O?! { (-2.30 → -1.45) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -1.45] } (8... Nxe5 9. f4 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. c4 a5 13. Bd2 Nf6) 9. e4?! { (-1.45 → -2.49) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%eval -2.49] } (9. f4 Bxa3) 9... Nb6? { (-2.49 → -1.12) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -1.12] } (9... Nxe5 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. fxe4 Bd7 15. h4) 10. Nb5?! { (-1.12 → -1.71) Inaccuracy. Qd4 was best. } { [%eval -1.71] } (10. Qd4 c5) 10... Bc5? { (-1.71 → -0.40) Mistake. a6 was best. } { [%eval -0.4] } (10... a6 11. Nd4 c5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. f4 dxe4 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O Ba4 16. c4) 11. a4?! { (-0.40 → -1.34) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -1.34] } (11. Bd3 Nd7) 11... a6 { [%eval -1.21] } 12. Bd2?? { (-1.21 → -4.55) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -4.55] } (12. Nd4 dxe4) 12... axb5 { [%eval -4.79] } 13. axb5 { [%eval -4.85] } 13... Rxa1 { [%eval -4.9] } 14. Qxa1 { [%eval -5.43] } 14... Qe7?! { (-5.43 → -3.61) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval -3.61] } (14... dxe4 15. Qb1 Bf2+ 16. Kd1 e3 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. g3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Ke2) 15. Qd1?! { (-3.61 → -4.92) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -4.92] } (15. b4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh5 17. bxc5 Qxf3 18. cxb6 Qxe4+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. c4 f6) 15... Bd7 { [%eval -4.07] } 16. b3?! { (-4.07 → -5.17) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -5.17] } (16. b4 dxe4 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bc1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. fxe4 Ra8 21. Qd4 h6) 16... Re8?! { (-5.17 → -4.00) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval -4.0] } (16... dxe4 17. b4 e3 18. Bc1 Bxb4 19. Qb3 Bc5 20. h4 e2 21. Bxe2 f5 22. exf6) 17. exd5?! { (-4.00 → -5.33) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -5.33] } (17. b4 dxe4 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 exf3 20. gxf3 Ra8 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22. Bxe3 Bxb5) 17... exd5 { [%eval -5.52] } 18. Bc1 { [%eval -7.13] } 18... Qxe5+ { [%eval -6.79] } 19. Kd2 { [%eval -6.96] } 19... Qe3+ { [%eval -6.32] } 20. Kc2 { [%eval -5.89] } 20... Bf5+ { [%eval -5.7] } 21. Kb2 { [%eval -6.16] } 21... Qf2+ { [%eval -5.46] } 22. Ka1?? { (-5.46 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (22. Qd2 d4 23. Qxf2 dxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Bxf2 25. Bc4 Bh4 26. Bf4 Bf6+ 27. Kd2 c6) 22... Ra8+ { [%eval #-1] } 23. Ba3 { [%eval #-1] } 23... Rxa3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1