[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/X7kAWb0f"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "apo7_editz"] [Black "niceyhint"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "X7kAWb0f"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "13:36:18"] [WhiteElo "914"] [BlackElo "910"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... Bd6?! { (0.08 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.75] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O) 4. d4?! { (0.75 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.16] } (4. Nxe5 Bxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6. e5 Bb4 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bd3 d5) 4... exd4 { [%eval 0.22] } 5. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.14] } 5... Nc6?! { (0.14 → 1.07) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 1.07] } (5... O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf5 Be5 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5) 6. Nxc6?! { (1.07 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (6. Nf5 Bf8 7. Qe2 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O-O Be6) 6... bxc6 { [%eval 0.39] } 7. Qe2?! { (0.39 → -0.52) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -0.52] } (7. Bd3 O-O 8. f4 Bc5 9. e5 Re8 10. Na4 Qe7 11. Qf3 d6) 7... O-O { [%eval -0.35] } 8. e5?? { (-0.35 → -2.81) Blunder. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval -2.81] } (8. Qf3 Be5 9. Bd3 d5 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. exd5 Rxb2 12. Ne4 Qxd5) 8... Bc5?? { (-2.81 → 2.86) Blunder. Bxe5 was best. } { [%eval 2.86] } (8... Bxe5 9. Qd3 Re8 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O d5 12. Re1 Qd6 13. h3 a4 14. a3) 9. Bg5? { (2.86 → 1.20) Mistake. exf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.2] } (9. exf6 Re8 10. Be3 Qxf6 11. O-O-O Rxe3 12. fxe3 d5 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. Bd3 Rb8) 9... Qe8?? { (1.20 → 4.29) Blunder. Re8 was best. } { [%eval 4.29] } (9... Re8 10. Ne4 Rxe5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Rxe2 14. Bxe2 d5 15. Rd3) 10. Bxf6?? { (4.29 → 0.10) Blunder. exf6 was best. } { [%eval 0.1] } (10. exf6 d5 11. O-O-O Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Re8 13. Bf3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Bxf2 15. Rdf1 Bc5) 10... gxf6 { [%eval 0.06] } 11. Qg4+? { (0.06 → -1.22) Mistake. Na4 was best. } { [%eval -1.22] } (11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. exf6 Qe6 14. O-O-O Qxf6 15. a3 Ra4 16. Qe3 Qf4) 11... Kh8 { [%eval -0.79] } 12. Be2? { (-0.79 → -2.45) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -2.45] } (12. Bd3 d5 13. Qh4 Qxe5+ 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. O-O Rab8 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qg5) 12... Qxe5?! { (-2.45 → -1.42) Inaccuracy. fxe5 was best. } { [%eval -1.42] } (12... fxe5 13. Qf3 f5 14. O-O-O d6 15. Rhe1 Rb8 16. Na4 Bd4 17. Qg3 Qf7) 13. Na4?! { (-1.42 → -2.09) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%eval -2.09] } (13. f4 Qe3 14. Qh4 Be7 15. Rf1 f5 16. Qf2 Qb6 17. O-O-O Bf6 18. a3 d6) 13... Bd4? { (-2.09 → -0.70) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval -0.7] } (13... d5 14. Qh4 Bd6 15. O-O Qg5 16. Qxg5 fxg5 17. c4 Re8 18. Bd3 Kg7 19. Rac1) 14. Qh3?? { (-0.70 → -3.42) Blunder. Qh4 was best. } { [%eval -3.42] } (14. Qh4 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Qc3+ 16. Kd1 Qxb2 17. Bd3) 14... Rb8?! { (-3.42 → -2.28) Inaccuracy. Ba6 was best. } { [%eval -2.28] } (14... Ba6 15. Qh5 Qe4 16. Kd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qf4+ 18. Kd1 Rae8 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. gxf3) 15. O-O-O { [%eval -2.94] } 15... Bxb2+ { [%eval -2.52] } 16. Nxb2 { [%eval -2.5] } 16... Qxb2+ { [%eval -2.47] } 17. Kd2 { [%eval -2.45] } 17... Qxa2?! { (-2.45 → -1.61) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval -1.61] } (17... d6 18. Qc3 Be6 19. Bf3 c5 20. Rhe1 Rb6 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Kc3) 18. Bd3?! { (-1.61 → -2.26) Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best. } { [%eval -2.26] } (18. Ra1 Qd5+ 19. Bd3 Qg5+ 20. Qe3 a6 21. Rhe1 Rb4 22. g3 Kg7 23. h4 Qxe3+) 18... h6?? { (-2.26 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qa5+ was best. } { [%eval #2] } (18... Qa5+ 19. Kc1 Qg5+ 20. f4 Qxf4+ 21. Rd2 h6 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. Rf5 d6 24. Rxg5) 19. Qxh6+ { [%eval #1] } 19... Kg8 { [%eval #1] } 20. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0