[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/UjKZKVff"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Youssef_a06"] [Black "ronaavkumar"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "UjKZKVff"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:28:14"] [WhiteElo "1753"] [BlackElo "582"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.64] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.32] } 3... Qf6?! { (0.32 → 1.18) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 1.18] } (3... c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g4 b5 7. g5 Bb7 8. a3) 4. Bc4 { [%eval 0.98] } 4... g6?! { (0.98 → 1.61) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 1.61] } (4... Qd8 5. d4 Nd7 6. a4 g6 7. e5 a6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. h4) 5. O-O { [%eval 1.29] } 5... c6?! { (1.29 → 1.96) Inaccuracy. Bg7 was best. } { [%eval 1.96] } (5... Bg7 6. d4 Qd8 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. e5 h6 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Bd3 dxe5 11. dxe5) 6. d3 { [%eval 1.44] } 6... b6?! { (1.44 → 2.37) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval 2.37] } (6... b5 7. Bg5 Qg7 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Be7 12. d4) 7. Bg5 { [%eval 2.23] } 7... Qxg5?? { (2.23 → 5.80) Blunder. Qg7 was best. } { [%eval 5.8] } (7... Qg7 8. d4 h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. d5 Nf6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. e5) 8. Nxg5 { [%eval 5.79] } 8... Ne7 { [%eval 6.85] } 9. Qf3 { [%eval 6.91] } 9... f6 { [%eval 7.64] } 10. d4?! { (7.64 → 5.54) Inaccuracy. Qxf6 was best. } { [%eval 5.54] } (10. Qxf6 Rg8 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Bg7 13. Qf7+ Kd8 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. d4 Nf6) 10... fxg5 { [%eval 5.47] } 11. Bxe6 { [%eval 4.88] } 11... Kd8 { [%eval 6.12] } 12. Bxc8 { [%eval 6.08] } 12... Kxc8 { [%eval 6.14] } 13. Qg4+ { [%eval 5.57] } 13... Kb7 { [%eval 5.44] } 14. Qxg5 { [%eval 5.36] } 14... h6 { [%eval 5.95] } 15. Qf6 { [%eval 6.01] } 15... Rg8 { [%eval 6.01] } 16. d5 { [%eval 6.22] } 16... Bg7?! { (6.22 → 8.62) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } { [%eval 8.62] } (16... cxd5 17. exd5 Na6 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. Rxe7 Bxe7 20. Qxe7 Rae8 21. Qxd6 Kb8 22. Qc6) 17. Qxe7+ { [%eval 8.58] } 17... Ka6 { [%eval 8.61] } 18. Qxd6 { [%eval 8.72] } 18... cxd5 { [%eval 9.55] } 19. exd5 { [%eval 8.66] } 19... Nd7 { [%eval 9.25] } 20. Qxd7 { [%eval 9.19] } 20... Rae8? { (9.19 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rad8 was best. } { [%eval #11] } (20... Rad8 21. Qa4+ Kb7 22. Rae1 Bf8 23. Kh1 Rg7 24. Qh4 g5 25. Qe4 Bd6 26. Nb5) 21. Qa4+ { [%eval #11] } 21... Kb7 { [%eval #11] } 22. Nb5 { [%eval #10] } 22... a6 { [%eval #7] } 23. Nd6+ { [%eval #6] } 23... Ka7 { [%eval #2] } 24. Qd7+ { [%eval #1] } 24... Ka8 { [%eval #1] } 25. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0