[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/W7dV6scI"] [Date "2026.04.22"] [Round "-"] [White "LeoVanDerMerwe05768"] [Black "lichess AI level 5"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "W7dV6scI"] [UTCDate "2026.04.22"] [UTCTime "03:40:42"] [WhiteElo "1443"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.37] } { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.11] } 3. Bb5+ { [%eval 0.0] } 3... c6 { [%eval 0.02] } 4. Ba4?! { (0.02 → -0.63) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -0.63] } (4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c3 b6) 4... Nf6 { [%eval -0.49] } 5. Nc3?! { (-0.49 → -1.13) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -1.13] } (5. Nd2 b5 6. Bb3 c5 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bc2 Nbd7 9. Ngf3 O-O) 5... g6 { [%eval -0.66] } 6. Bd2?! { (-0.66 → -1.33) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -1.33] } (6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O) 6... Nbd7 { [%eval -1.19] } 7. Nf3 { [%eval -1.34] } 7... Bg7 { [%eval -1.05] } 8. O-O { [%eval -1.32] } 8... O-O { [%eval -1.09] } 9. g3?! { (-1.09 → -2.01) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } { [%eval -2.01] } (9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. c3 a4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. b3 a3 14. Bd3 e5) 9... h5?! { (-2.01 → -1.34) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval -1.34] } (9... b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Ba2 c5 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. c3 Bb7 15. Be1) 10. Nh4?! { (-1.34 → -2.29) Inaccuracy. Bb3 was best. } { [%eval -2.29] } (10. Bb3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Ba6 15. Re1 Ne4) 10... g5?! { (-2.29 → -1.56) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval -1.56] } (10... b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3 e5 13. f3 Re8 14. Ba2 Qc7 15. Ng2 b4 16. axb4) 11. Ng2 { [%eval -1.47] } 11... b5 { [%eval -1.49] } 12. Bb3 { [%eval -1.46] } 12... Bb7?! { (-1.46 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval -0.5] } (12... a5 13. a3 c5 14. Nxb5 a4 15. Ba2 Ba6 16. c4 Qb6 17. Nc3 dxc4 18. Qe2) 13. h4 { [%eval -1.05] } 13... a5? { (-1.05 → 0.35) Mistake. g4 was best. } { [%eval 0.35] } (13... g4 14. Ne2 a5 15. c3 a4 16. Bc2 c5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Qc1 Re8 19. bxa4) 14. hxg5 { [%eval 0.27] } 14... Nh7 { [%eval 0.44] } 15. Qxh5? { (0.44 → -0.99) Mistake. a3 was best. } { [%eval -0.99] } (15. a3 Nxg5 16. Qxh5 c5 17. f3 c4 18. Ba2 b4 19. Ne2 e5 20. e4 Ne6) 15... Nxg5? { (-0.99 → 0.48) Mistake. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval 0.48] } (15... Qxg5 16. Qxg5 Nxg5 17. f4 b4 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Rfd1 c5 20. c3 Bc6 21. g4) 16. f3?? { (0.48 → -1.89) Blunder. a3 was best. } { [%eval -1.89] } (16. a3 c5 17. f3 Ra6 18. Nxb5 c4 19. Ba2 e5 20. e4 Rg6 21. Nd6 Nxf3+) 16... Nb6?? { (-1.89 → 1.58) Blunder. a4 was best. } { [%eval 1.58] } (16... a4 17. Ne2 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 e5 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Nh4 e4 22. Ba5) 17. Kf2? { (1.58 → 0.00) Mistake. a4 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (17. a4 f5 18. Kf2 b4 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. c3 c5 21. Ngf4 Nc4 22. Bc1 Qh6) 17... a4 { [%eval 0.0] } 18. Nxa4?? { (0.00 → -2.48) Blunder. e4 was best. } { [%eval -2.48] } (18. e4 f6 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. e5 axb3 21. Rh1 bxc2 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qh5+) 18... bxa4 { [%eval -2.22] } 19. Bxa4?! { (-2.22 → -3.09) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -3.09] } (19. e4 f6 20. Nh4 axb3 21. e5 Rf7 22. Rh1 Nd7 23. Ng6 Nf8 24. cxb3 c5) 19... Nc4 { [%eval -3.0] } 20. Bc1 { [%eval -3.14] } 20... Qf6 { [%eval -2.9] } 21. Rh1 { [%eval -3.43] } 21... Qf5?! { (-3.43 → -2.13) Inaccuracy. Rxa4 was best. } { [%eval -2.13] } (21... Rxa4 22. b3 Nd6 23. Nf4 Ra6 24. Bb2 c5 25. dxc5 Qxb2 26. Qxg5 Qxc2+ 27. Kg1) 22. Bb3 { [%eval -2.01] } 22... e5 { [%eval -2.02] } 23. dxe5 { [%eval -2.65] } 23... Nxe5 { [%eval -2.64] } 24. f4?! { (-2.64 → -4.18) Inaccuracy. Ne1 was best. } { [%eval -4.18] } (24. Ne1 c5 25. c3 Rfe8 26. Bc2 Qf6 27. Bd1 Nc4 28. Nd3 Ra5 29. Nf4 d4) 24... Ng4+ { [%eval -3.66] } 25. Kg1?? { (-3.66 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke1 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (25. Ke1 Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Rfe8 27. Qxf5 Nd4+ 28. Ke1 Nxf5 29. c3 Nd6 30. Bc2 Nf6) 25... Nf3+ { [%eval #-2] } 26. Kf1 { [%eval #-2] } 26... Ba6+ { [%eval #-1] } 27. Bc4 { [%eval #-1] } 27... Bxc4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1