[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage Two CDL 2026 A Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/VUxEiuPa"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "iamshlok_shetty"] [Black "shaikh-khalid2016"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "VUxEiuPa"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "13:12:10"] [WhiteElo "1046"] [BlackElo "1151"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e3 { [%eval 0.08] } { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.26] } 2. d3?! { (0.26 → -0.36) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.36] } (2. d4 exd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nb4) 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.02] } 3. c3 { [%eval -0.43] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval -0.33] } 4. d4 { [%eval -0.6] } 4... e4 { [%eval -0.26] } 5. f3?! { (-0.26 → -0.99) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval -0.99] } (5. c4 d5 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. cxd5 Nb4 8. Bc4 a6 9. a3 b5) 5... d5 { [%eval -0.7] } 6. Qc2?! { (-0.70 → -1.49) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -1.49] } (6. Nd2 Qe7 7. Bb5 h5 8. Qc2 Bd7 9. fxe4 dxe4 10. Nh3 O-O-O) 6... Bf5 { [%eval -1.22] } 7. g4 { [%eval -1.76] } 7... Bg6 { [%eval -1.83] } 8. g5?! { (-1.83 → -3.10) Inaccuracy. Qg2 was best. } { [%eval -3.1] } (8. Qg2 exf3 9. Nxf3 h6 10. Be2 Qd7 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. O-O Bxc3) 8... h6?? { (-3.10 → 2.27) Blunder. exf3 was best. } { [%eval 2.27] } (8... exf3 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 f2+ 11. Kxf2 Ne4+ 12. Ke1 Qxg5 13. Nf3 Qh6 14. Nbd2) 9. gxf6 { [%eval 2.14] } 9... gxf6 { [%eval 2.73] } 10. Bg2?? { (2.73 → -3.47) Blunder. Qf2 was best. } { [%eval -3.47] } (10. Qf2 Bd6 11. Nd2 f5 12. Ne2 Rg8 13. Rg1 Qe7 14. Bh3 f4 15. fxe4 fxe3) 10... exf3 { [%eval -3.44] } 11. Bxf3? { (-3.44 → -6.36) Mistake. Qf2 was best. } { [%eval -6.36] } (11. Qf2 fxg2 12. Qxg2 Qd7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Qf3 Rde8 16. Qxf6 Bd3) 11... Bxc2 { [%eval -6.35] } 12. Na3 { [%eval -6.86] } 12... Be4 { [%eval -6.54] } 13. Bxe4 { [%eval -6.35] } 13... dxe4 { [%eval -6.39] } 14. Ne2 { [%eval -6.73] } 14... Bxa3 { [%eval -6.51] } 15. bxa3 { [%eval -6.45] } 15... f5 { [%eval -6.6] } 16. Ng3 { [%eval -6.47] } 16... Qh4 { [%eval -6.3] } 17. Kf1 { [%eval -7.6] } 17... Qh3+ { [%eval -7.01] } 18. Kg1 { [%eval -9.04] } 18... Rg8 { [%eval -8.79] } 19. Kf2 { [%eval -9.76] } 19... f4 { [%eval -9.49] } 20. Nxe4? { (-9.49 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. exf4 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (20. exf4 Rxg3 21. hxg3 Qxh1 22. Rb1 O-O-O 23. g4 Qf3+ 24. Ke1 Qxc3+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+) 20... fxe3+?! { (Mate in 4 → -10.74) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg2+ was best. } { [%eval -10.74] } (20... Rg2+ 21. Ke1 Qf3 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Rf1 Qe2#) 21. Ke2?! { (-10.74 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke1 was best. } { [%eval #-12] } (21. Ke1 Qh4+ 22. Ng3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Qxh1+ 24. Ke2 Qg2+ 25. Kxe3 O-O-O 26. Bd2 Re8+) 21... Rg2+ { [%eval #-13] } 22. Nf2 { [%eval #-4] } 22... Rxf2+ { [%eval #-3] } 23. Ke1 { [%eval #-2] } 23... Rg2 { [%eval #-3] } 24. Rf1 { [%eval #-3] } 24... Qxh2 { [%eval #-6] } 25. d5 { [%eval #-2] } 25... Re2+ { [%eval #-2] } 26. Kd1 { [%eval #-2] } 26... Rc2 { [%eval #-2] } 27. Rf6 { [%eval #-1] } 27... Qe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1