[Event "tournament 181"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RTe7lyYh"] [Date "2026.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "anandkandikattu"] [Black "nirajvinod"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "RTe7lyYh"] [UTCDate "2026.02.21"] [UTCTime "13:59:34"] [WhiteElo "1115"] [BlackElo "1088"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+33"] [BlackRatingDiff "-112"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+10"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. Bb5 { [%eval 0.15] } 3... a6 { [%eval 0.21] } 4. Bxc6 { [%eval 0.0] } { C68 Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation } 4... dxc6 { [%eval 0.0] } 5. Nxe5 { [%eval -0.5] } 5... f6?? { (-0.50 → 3.47) Blunder. Qd4 was best. } { [%eval 3.47] } (5... Qd4 6. Nf3 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Bd7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. d3) 6. Nf3?? { (3.47 → 0.90) Blunder. Qh5+ was best. } { [%eval 0.9] } (6. Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qxh8 Qe7 9. Qh4 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O-O) 6... Ne7 { [%eval 0.89] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.88] } 7... g6?! { (0.88 → 1.69) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 1.69] } (7... c5 8. d4 Bg4 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Nc6 12. Be3) 8. O-O { [%eval 1.64] } 8... Bh6 { [%eval 2.14] } 9. d3 { [%eval 1.77] } 9... Bg5?? { (1.77 → 3.95) Blunder. Bg7 was best. } { [%eval 3.95] } (9... Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. a5 c5 13. h3 f5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Bh6) 10. Bxg5?! { (3.95 → 2.96) Inaccuracy. Nxg5 was best. } { [%eval 2.96] } (10. Nxg5 fxg5 11. Bxg5 Be6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Be3 h6 15. a4 g5) 10... fxg5 { [%eval 3.16] } 11. Nxg5 { [%eval 3.19] } 11... h6 { [%eval 3.15] } 12. Nf3 { [%eval 2.92] } 12... h5?! { (2.92 → 3.99) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval 3.99] } (12... Rf8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nb3 Qd6 15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. e5 Qb4 17. a3 Qg4 18. f3) 13. b4? { (3.99 → 2.11) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } { [%eval 2.11] } (13. Ng5 Qd4 14. Qf3 Qg7 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Qe3 O-O-O 17. Qa7) 13... h4? { (2.11 → 3.68) Mistake. Bg4 was best. } { [%eval 3.68] } (13... Bg4 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 g5 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Rg1 Nf4 18. Ne2 Nh3 19. Rg3) 14. h3 { [%eval 3.29] } 14... Qd6 { [%eval 3.88] } 15. a3 { [%eval 3.9] } 15... Ng8 { [%eval 4.14] } 16. e5 { [%eval 4.14] } 16... Qe6 { [%eval 4.57] } 17. a4 { [%eval 4.32] } 17... Qf7 { [%eval 4.59] } 18. b5 { [%eval 4.62] } 18... Qf4 { [%eval 4.76] } 19. bxc6 { [%eval 4.69] } 19... bxc6 { [%eval 4.47] } 20. Rb1 { [%eval 4.09] } 20... Bxh3 { [%eval 4.93] } 21. gxh3 { [%eval 5.1] } 21... Rh5 { [%eval 5.24] } 22. Kg2 { [%eval 4.94] } 22... g5 { [%eval 5.48] } 23. Re1 { [%eval 4.94] } 23... g4 { [%eval 4.93] } 24. hxg4?! { (4.93 → 3.70) Inaccuracy. Nh2 was best. } { [%eval 3.7] } (24. Nh2 Rf5 25. Nxg4 Ne7 26. Re4 Qg5 27. Kh1 O-O-O 28. Qe2 Rg8 29. d4 a5) 24... Qxg4+ { [%eval 3.71] } 25. Kf1 { [%eval 3.28] } 25... Rg5? { (3.28 → 6.36) Mistake. Qh3+ was best. } { [%eval 6.36] } (25... Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Rf5 27. Ng1 Qg2 28. Kd2 O-O-O 29. Re3 Nh6 30. Ne4 Rdf8 31. Nh3) 26. Re4 { [%eval 5.75] } 26... Qg2+ { [%eval 5.77] } 27. Ke2 { [%eval 5.61] } 27... h3 { [%eval 6.75] } 28. Nxg5 { [%eval 6.51] } 28... h2 { [%eval 7.99] } 29. Qh1 { [%eval 7.47] } 29... Qh3 { [%eval 11.54] } 30. Nxh3 { [%eval 11.35] } { Black resigns. } 1-0