[Event "Brilliant Junior April 2026"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SrldNHOs"] [Date "2026.04.11"] [Round "-"] [White "vedantmanikmolkeri2"] [Black "ShamithaG"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "SrldNHOs"] [UTCDate "2026.04.11"] [UTCTime "15:01:15"] [WhiteElo "1228"] [BlackElo "970"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+64"] [BlackRatingDiff "-67"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Bc4?! { (0.34 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O) 3... Nxe4 { [%eval -0.4] } 4. Nxe5 { [%eval -0.57] } 4... Qe7? { (-0.57 → 0.80) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.8] } (4... d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 Nf6 9. c4) 5. d4?! { (0.80 → 0.06) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.06] } (5. O-O Qxe5 6. d4 Qf5 7. Bd3 d5 8. f3 Qh5 9. fxe4 Qxd1) 5... d6 { [%eval 0.14] } 6. f3?? { (0.14 → -4.97) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval -4.97] } (6. Bxf7+ Kd8 7. O-O dxe5 8. dxe5+ Bd7 9. Bd5 Qxe5 10. Re1 Nxf2) 6... dxe5?? { (-4.97 → -2.15) Blunder. Qh4+ was best. } { [%eval -2.15] } (6... Qh4+ 7. g3 Nxg3 8. Bg5 Qxg5 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. hxg3 Qxg3+ 11. Kd2) 7. fxe4 { [%eval -1.89] } 7... exd4? { (-1.89 → -0.60) Mistake. Qh4+ was best. } { [%eval -0.6] } (7... Qh4+ 8. Kf1 Nc6 9. Qe1 Qxe1+ 10. Kxe1 Nxd4 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Nc3) 8. Qxd4 { [%eval -0.91] } 8... Bf5? { (-0.91 → 0.26) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.26] } (8... Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 Qb4 12. Be3 f6 13. O-O-O Qxd4 14. Bxd4) 9. Nc3 { [%eval 0.25] } 9... Bxe4?? { (0.25 → 4.44) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 4.44] } (9... Nc6 10. Qf2 Bg6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Be2 Qe6 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Bc5) 10. Qxe4 { [%eval 4.46] } 10... Qxe4+ { [%eval 4.43] } 11. Nxe4 { [%eval 4.53] } 11... f5 { [%eval 4.99] } 12. Nc3 { [%eval 4.47] } 12... Bb4 { [%eval 5.57] } 13. a3 { [%eval 5.15] } 13... Bxc3+ { [%eval 5.17] } 14. bxc3 { [%eval 5.13] } 14... Nd7 { [%eval 5.16] } 15. O-O { [%eval 5.2] } 15... Ne5 { [%eval 6.17] } 16. Re1 { [%eval 6.16] } 16... O-O-O { [%eval 6.06] } 17. Rxe5 { [%eval 5.91] } 17... Rd1+ { [%eval 5.98] } 18. Kf2 { [%eval 6.01] } 18... Rhd8 { [%eval 6.3] } 19. Be2 { [%eval 6.45] } 19... Rh1 { [%eval 6.44] } 20. Rxf5 { [%eval 6.54] } 20... g6 { [%eval 7.63] } 21. Rf7 { [%eval 7.24] } 21... Rxh2 { [%eval 9.35] } 22. Bg4+ { [%eval 8.67] } 22... Kb8 { [%eval 9.5] } 23. Bf4 { [%eval 9.11] } 23... Rh4? { (9.11 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka8 was best. } { [%eval #11] } (23... Ka8 24. Bxh2 Rd2+ 25. Kg1 a6 26. Bxc7 Ka7 27. Rb1) 24. Bxc7+ { [%eval #10] } 24... Ka8 { [%eval #10] } 25. Bxd8 { [%eval #10] } 25... Rxg4 { [%eval #10] } 26. Rf8? { (Mate in 10 → 8.12) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ba5 was best. } { [%eval 8.12] } (26. Ba5 b6 27. Re1 Rf4+ 28. Rxf4 Kb7 29. Rf6 Ka6 30. Re5 g5 31. a4 g4) 26... Kb8? { (8.12 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b5 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (26... b5 27. Re1 Kb7 28. Re7+ Kc6 29. Rf6+ Kd5 30. Rf3 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 b4 32. axb4) 27. Ba5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0