[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/UCEj5AGL"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "KnightShiftOnly"] [Black "Ram709"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "UCEj5AGL"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "14:32:26"] [WhiteElo "1141"] [BlackElo "1051"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A44"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Old Benoni"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.61] } 2. d5 { [%eval 0.6] } 2... e5 { [%eval 0.98] } { A44 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni } 3. e4 { [%eval 0.96] } 3... b6?! { (0.96 → 1.72) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.72] } (3... Nf6 4. Nd2 d6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. Ne2 Ne8 8. Ng3) 4. g3 { [%eval 1.43] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 1.43] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 1.11] } 5... Bb7 { [%eval 1.57] } 6. Nc3 { [%eval 1.47] } 6... a6 { [%eval 1.57] } 7. Bg5 { [%eval 1.14] } 7... b5 { [%eval 1.17] } 8. a3 { [%eval 0.81] } 8... h6 { [%eval 0.92] } 9. Be3 { [%eval 0.74] } 9... Ng4?? { (0.74 → 4.41) Blunder. d6 was best. } { [%eval 4.41] } (9... d6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. b3 Bc8 14. h3 O-O 15. O-O) 10. Bd2?? { (4.41 → 0.90) Blunder. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval 0.9] } (10. Qxg4 d6 11. Qe2 g6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Nh4 Nd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd2 Nb6) 10... Qf6?? { (0.90 → 4.95) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 4.95] } (10... Nf6 11. Qe2 d6 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Nh3 Be7 14. Nf2 b4 15. Ncd1 a5 16. Ne3) 11. Qxg4 { [%eval 4.82] } 11... h5 { [%eval 4.87] } 12. Qf3 { [%eval 4.92] } 12... Qxf3 { [%eval 4.91] } 13. Nxf3 { [%eval 4.94] } 13... b4 { [%eval 5.42] } 14. axb4 { [%eval 5.34] } 14... cxb4 { [%eval 5.33] } 15. Na4 { [%eval 5.33] } 15... a5 { [%eval 5.3] } 16. Nxe5 { [%eval 5.24] } 16... d6 { [%eval 5.29] } 17. Nc4 { [%eval 5.26] } 17... Nd7 { [%eval 5.27] } 18. Nab6 { [%eval 5.18] } 18... Nxb6 { [%eval 5.31] } 19. Nxb6 { [%eval 5.33] } 19... Rb8 { [%eval 5.31] } 20. Nc4 { [%eval 5.4] } 20... Rc8 { [%eval 5.92] } 21. b3 { [%eval 5.82] } 21... g6 { [%eval 6.08] } 22. Rxa5 { [%eval 6.14] } 22... f5 { [%eval 6.7] } 23. exf5 { [%eval 6.7] } 23... gxf5 { [%eval 6.79] } 24. O-O { [%eval 6.75] } 24... Rh7 { [%eval 6.99] } 25. Re1+ { [%eval 6.86] } 25... Kd7 { [%eval 7.36] } 26. Bh3 { [%eval 7.35] } 26... Kc7 { [%eval 7.78] } 27. Bxf5 { [%eval 7.72] } 27... Rd8 { [%eval 8.89] } 28. Bxh7 { [%eval 8.89] } 28... Rd7 { [%eval 9.16] } 29. Bf5 { [%eval 9.14] } 29... Rf7 { [%eval 8.97] } 30. Be6 { [%eval 9.15] } 30... Rf6 { [%eval 9.66] } 31. Bg5 { [%eval 9.56] } 31... Rg6 { [%eval 9.54] } 32. h4 { [%eval 9.42] } 32... Bg7 { [%eval 11.42] } 33. Bf5 { [%eval 10.99] } 33... Rxg5?! { (10.99 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be5 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (33... Be5 34. Bxg6 Kb8 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Rxe5 Bxd5 37. Raxd5 Kc7 38. Kg2 Kc6 39. Ra5) 34. hxg5? { (Mate in 7 → 9.95) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re7+ was best. } { [%eval 9.95] } (34. Re7+ Kb8 35. hxg5 h4 36. Nxd6 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Bd4 38. Rxd4 hxg3 39. Rxb4+ Ka8) 34... Bc3? { (9.95 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (34... Be5 35. Ra7 Kb8 36. Rxb7+ Kxb7 37. Nxe5 Kb6 38. Nd3 Kc7 39. Nf4 Kb6 40. Kg2) 35. Re7+ { [%eval #4] } 35... Kd8 { [%eval #2] } 36. Rxb7 { [%eval #1] } 36... Ke8 { [%eval #1] } 37. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0