[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/USgeGCTB"] [Date "2026.01.26"] [Round "-"] [White "josiahjolt89"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "USgeGCTB"] [UTCDate "2026.01.26"] [UTCTime "04:45:10"] [WhiteElo "1272"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nc3 { [%eval -0.04] } { A00 Van Geet Opening } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. Nxd5?? { (0.00 → -3.67) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -3.67] } (2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O) 2... Qxd5 { [%eval -2.82] } 3. d4 { [%eval -3.17] } 3... Qxd4?? { (-3.17 → 5.13) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval 5.13] } (3... e5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. c4 Qf5 8. c5) 4. Qxd4 { [%eval 5.12] } 4... Bd7 { [%eval 5.12] } 5. e4 { [%eval 5.0] } 5... Ba4?! { (5.00 → 7.27) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 7.27] } (5... Nc6 6. Qa4 e6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bb5 a6 9. O-O-O Nxe4 10. Ne2 f5 11. Nc3) 6. Bb5+? { (7.27 → 3.67) Mistake. Qxa4+ was best. } { [%eval 3.67] } (6. Qxa4+ Nd7 7. Be3 c6 8. O-O-O Ngf6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nh3 Nc5 11. Bxc5 Bxc5) 6... Bxb5 { [%eval 3.73] } 7. Qd8+?? { (3.73 → -6.14) Blunder. Qc5 was best. } { [%eval -6.14] } (7. Qc5 Bc6 8. f3 Nd7 9. Qc4 e5 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Qe2 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6) 7... Kxd8 { [%eval -6.13] } 8. Bg5 { [%eval -6.29] } 8... Nh6 { [%eval -5.73] } 9. Bxe7+?! { (-5.73 → -7.92) Inaccuracy. O-O-O+ was best. } { [%eval -7.92] } (9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. e5 Nc6 11. Nh3 e6 12. Nf4 a6 13. Bxh6 g6 14. Bxf8 Rxf8) 9... Kxe7 { [%eval -7.73] } 10. e5 { [%eval -7.85] } 10... Ba4 { [%eval -7.25] } 11. Rc1 { [%eval -8.26] } 11... Bd7 { [%eval -8.34] } 12. Rd1 { [%eval -8.23] } 12... Bg4 { [%eval -7.88] } 13. Rd8 { [%eval -9.71] } 13... Be6 { [%eval -8.0] } 14. Rxb8 { [%eval -8.7] } 14... f6?? { (-8.70 → -3.11) Blunder. Rxb8 was best. } { [%eval -3.11] } (14... Rxb8 15. Ne2 Ke8 16. h3 Bc5 17. O-O Rd8 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. a3 Nd4 20. Nxe6) 15. Nh3?? { (-3.11 → -8.79) Blunder. Rxa8 was best. } { [%eval -8.79] } (15. Rxa8 Kd7 16. c3 fxe5 17. Nf3 Nf7 18. O-O Bd6 19. Rxa7 Rd8 20. Re1 Kc6) 15... Rxb8 { [%eval -8.55] } 16. O-O { [%eval -9.36] } 16... Rd8 { [%eval -8.79] } 17. Kh1 { [%eval -9.32] } 17... Rd2 { [%eval -9.03] } 18. Re1 { [%eval -9.3] } 18... fxe5 { [%eval -9.31] } 19. Rxe5 { [%eval -10.59] } 19... Rd1+ { [%eval -10.54] } 20. Ng1 { [%eval -10.32] } 20... Ra1 { [%eval -9.06] } 21. Re1 { [%eval -11.98] } 21... Rxe1 { [%eval -11.62] } 22. g4?! { (-11.62 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c4 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (22. c4 Kd8 23. g4 Bxc4 24. Kg2 Bd5+ 25. f3 Bd6 26. g5 Nf5 27. b4 Rhe8) 22... Ra1?! { (Mate in 2 → -10.44) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bd5+ was best. } { [%eval -10.44] } (22... Bd5+ 23. f3 Bxf3#) 23. g5?! { (-10.44 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg2 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (23. Kg2 Nxg4 24. Ne2 Rd1 25. f3 Nf6 26. Nc3 Rd2+ 27. Kf1 Rxh2 28. Ne4 Rxc2) 23... Bh3 { [%eval #-3] } 24. gxh6 { [%eval #-3] } 24... gxh6 { [%eval #-2] } 25. f4 { [%eval #-2] } 25... b5 { [%eval #-3] } 26. f5 { [%eval #-3] } 26... c5 { [%eval #-3] } 27. f6+ { [%eval #-3] } 27... Kxf6 { [%eval #-2] } 28. c4 { [%eval #-2] } 28... bxc4 { [%eval #-2] } 29. b4 { [%eval #-2] } 29... cxb4 { [%eval #-2] } 30. a4 { [%eval #-2] } 30... a5?? { (Mate in 2 → 0.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } { Draw by stalemate. } (30... Bc5 31. a5 Rxg1#) 1/2-1/2