[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/U4ijMJ5B"] [Date "2026.04.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Willfully4644"] [Black "lichess AI level 4"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "U4ijMJ5B"] [UTCDate "2026.04.10"] [UTCTime "12:30:00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.29] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.28] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.32] } 4. e5 { [%eval 0.39] } { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } 4... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.34] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... c5 { [%eval 0.0] } 6. Bb5 { [%eval -0.2] } 6... cxd4 { [%eval -0.22] } 7. Nxd4 { [%eval -0.16] } 7... a6 { [%eval -0.17] } 8. Bd3? { (-0.17 → -1.56) Mistake. Bxd7+ was best. } { [%eval -1.56] } (8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nce2 Be7 12. O-O O-O) 8... Nxe5 { [%eval -1.55] } 9. Bf4 { [%eval -1.69] } 9... Nbd7 { [%eval -1.74] } 10. Be2 { [%eval -1.95] } 10... Ng6 { [%eval -1.74] } 11. Qd2?? { (-1.74 → -4.14) Blunder. Bg3 was best. } { [%eval -4.14] } (11. Bg3 Nf6 12. h4 e5 13. Nf3 e4 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 O-O) 11... Qf6?? { (-4.14 → 0.94) Blunder. Nxf4 was best. } { [%eval 0.94] } (11... Nxf4 12. Qxf4 e5 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. O-O-O Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nf6 17. Bf3) 12. Bg5 { [%eval 1.01] } 12... Qxg5?? { (1.01 → 3.99) Blunder. Qe5 was best. } { [%eval 3.99] } (12... Qe5 13. f4 Qd6 14. f5 h6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. O-O e5 18. Nb3) 13. Qxg5 { [%eval 4.15] } 13... h6 { [%eval 4.99] } 14. Qd2 { [%eval 4.37] } 14... Nge5 { [%eval 4.89] } 15. O-O-O { [%eval 4.5] } 15... Bc5 { [%eval 4.49] } 16. f4 { [%eval 4.58] } 16... Ng6 { [%eval 5.41] } 17. f5 { [%eval 5.31] } 17... e5 { [%eval 6.1] } 18. Nxd5 { [%eval 6.03] } 18... O-O { [%eval 6.25] } 19. fxg6 { [%eval 6.07] } 19... fxg6 { [%eval 7.45] } 20. Ne6 { [%eval 7.42] } 20... Ra7 { [%eval 8.01] } 21. Nxf8 { [%eval 8.27] } 21... Bxf8 { [%eval 8.6] } 22. Bd3 { [%eval 7.8] } 22... Nf6? { (7.80 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b5 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (22... b5 23. Rhf1 Bc5 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Bxg6 Ra8 26. c3 Rd8 27. Kb1 Kh8 28. Ka1) 23. Nxf6+ { [%eval 12.27] } 23... gxf6?! { (12.27 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (23... Kh8 24. Bxg6 gxf6 25. Qd8 Kg7 26. Qxc8 b5 27. Rd8 Ra8 28. Qxa8 Kxg6 29. Rxf8) 24. Bxg6? { (Mate in 8 → 8.14) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc4+ was best. } { [%eval 8.14] } (24. Bc4+ Kg7 25. Qd5 Be6 26. Qxe6 h5 27. Rd7+ Kh6 28. Qxf6 Be7 29. Qxe7 b5) 24... Bg4? { (8.14 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (24... Be6 25. Kb1 Ra8 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 e4 29. Rhe1 Bg7 30. Rxe4) 25. Qd5+ { [%eval #4] } 25... Be6 { [%eval #4] } 26. Qxe6+ { [%eval #3] } 26... Kg7 { [%eval #2] } 27. Qf7+ { [%eval #1] } 27... Kh8 { [%eval #1] } 28. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0