[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/VSMmfOxc"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "-"] [White "JamesAlexLewis"] [Black "Yuvaan_2019"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "VSMmfOxc"] [UTCDate "2026.03.31"] [UTCTime "23:31:31"] [WhiteElo "543"] [BlackElo "561"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.37] } { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 { [%eval 0.1] } 2... Bb4+?! { (0.10 → 0.65) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.65] } (2... d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd6 7. dxc5) 3. c3 { [%eval 0.6] } 3... Ba5 { [%eval 0.85] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.86] } 4... c6?! { (0.86 → 1.69) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.69] } (4... d5 5. Nd2 Ne7 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. Ngf3 Nd7 9. Bd3) 5. Bd3?! { (1.69 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } { [%eval 0.94] } (5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Rg6 8. Qh4 Rg4 9. Qh3 d6) 5... g6?! { (0.94 → 1.86) Inaccuracy. Bc7 was best. } { [%eval 1.86] } (5... Bc7 6. Qg4 g6 7. Qg3 Bxf4 8. Qxf4 d5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. e4) 6. Nd2 { [%eval 1.29] } 6... Na6?! { (1.29 → 2.25) Inaccuracy. Bc7 was best. } { [%eval 2.25] } (6... Bc7 7. Bxc7 Qxc7 8. h4 h5 9. Qf3 d5 10. e4 e5 11. exd5 exd4 12. Ne2) 7. Ngf3 { [%eval 1.97] } 7... Nh6?? { (1.97 → 5.87) Blunder. Bc7 was best. } { [%eval 5.87] } (7... Bc7 8. Bg3 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nc7 10. g4 d6 11. g5 Kf8 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. e4) 8. O-O? { (5.87 → 3.08) Mistake. Bxh6 was best. } { [%eval 3.08] } (8. Bxh6 d6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Ne4 d5 11. Nc5 f6 12. e4 Bc7 13. h4 Rb8) 8... Ng4 { [%eval 3.8] } 9. Nc4?! { (3.80 → 2.86) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval 2.86] } (9. e4 d6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 f6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rad1 Bc7) 9... b5? { (2.86 → 5.13) Mistake. Bc7 was best. } { [%eval 5.13] } (9... Bc7 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 f6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. e4 Nh6 14. Re1 Nf7 15. Ba3) 10. Nce5? { (5.13 → 2.83) Mistake. Nd6+ was best. } { [%eval 2.83] } (10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Ng5 f5 12. Ngf7 Qg8 13. Nxh8 Qxh8 14. e4 Bc7 15. e5 Bxd6) 10... d6? { (2.83 → 5.46) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 5.46] } (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 h6 12. b4 Bc7 13. a4 Nb8 14. Nd2 a5 15. Ne4 Kf8 16. Nd6) 11. Nxc6 { [%eval 5.18] } 11... Qc7 { [%eval 5.28] } 12. Bxb5 { [%eval 4.97] } 12... Bb7?! { (4.97 → 6.98) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 6.98] } (12... Bd7 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. h3 f6 15. hxg4 g5 16. Nce5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 gxf4 18. Nxd7) 13. Qb3? { (6.98 → 3.56) Mistake. Nxa5+ was best. } { [%eval 3.56] } (13. Nxa5+ Ke7 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nc7) 13... Kd7?? { (3.56 → 7.72) Blunder. Bxc6 was best. } { [%eval 7.72] } (13... Bxc6 14. d5 O-O 15. dxc6 Nc5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bg3 Rab8 18. a4 a6 19. Be2) 14. Nce5+?! { (7.72 → 5.72) Inaccuracy. Nxa5+ was best. } { [%eval 5.72] } (14. Nxa5+ Kd8 15. Nxb7+ Qxb7 16. Bxd6 Nc7 17. Bd3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kd7 19. Bg3 f5) 14... Ke7 { [%eval 5.49] } 15. Nxg4 { [%eval 5.57] } 15... f5 { [%eval 6.95] } 16. Nh6 { [%eval 6.61] } 16... Bb6?? { (6.61 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd5 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (16... Bd5 17. c4 Bxf3 18. c5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Kf6 20. gxf3 Qb7 21. Rfd1 d5 22. c6) 17. Ng5? { (Mate in 7 → 8.20) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg5+ was best. } { [%eval 8.2] } (17. Bg5+ Kf8 18. Qxe6 Bd5 19. Qf6+ Qf7 20. Nxf7 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Bxf7 22. Bh6+ Kg8) 17... Nc5 { [%eval 10.03] } 18. dxc5 { [%eval 9.73] } 18... dxc5? { (9.73 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (18... d5 19. cxb6 Qc5 20. Rfe1 axb6 21. Nhf7 h6 22. Nxh8 Rxh8 23. Nf3 g5 24. Bg3) 19. Qxe6+ { [%eval #2] } 19... Kd8 { [%eval #2] } 20. Rfd1+ { [%eval #2] } 20... Bd5 { [%eval #2] } 21. Rxd5+ { [%eval #2] } 21... Qd7 { [%eval #1] } 22. Rxd7+ { [%eval #1] } 22... Kc8 { [%eval #1] } 23. Bc6 { [%eval #2] } 23... Rb8 { [%eval #1] } 24. Qd6 { [%eval #1] } 24... Rb7 { [%eval #1] } 25. Bxb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0