[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/XbKKEPu3"] [Date "2025.11.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Merlo87"] [Black "Smailkhan"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "XbKKEPu3"] [UTCDate "2025.11.20"] [UTCTime "12:36:31"] [WhiteElo "583"] [BlackElo "691"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+27"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.13] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. c3 { [%eval -0.13] } { C44 Ponziani Opening } 3... Qe7?! { (-0.13 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.88] } (3... d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. exd5) 4. d4 { [%eval 0.73] } 4... d5?! { (0.73 → 1.82) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.82] } (4... exd4 5. Bd3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 d6 7. O-O Qd8 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4) 5. exd5 { [%eval 2.47] } 5... exd4+ { [%eval 2.04] } 6. Be2 { [%eval 1.92] } 6... Ne5?! { (1.92 → 2.73) Inaccuracy. d3 was best. } { [%eval 2.73] } (6... d3 7. Qxd3 Ne5 8. Qb5+ Bd7 9. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qd8 11. Bf4) 7. Bb5+?? { (2.73 → 0.30) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.3] } (7. O-O d3 8. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. c4 Bg4 11. Qf4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 Bd7) 7... Kd8? { (0.30 → 1.42) Mistake. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 1.42] } (7... Bd7) 8. Nxd4 { [%eval 1.36] } 8... a6? { (1.36 → 2.81) Mistake. Nf3+ was best. } { [%eval 2.81] } (8... Nf3+ 9. Kf1) 9. Ba4?? { (2.81 → -0.25) Blunder. Be2 was best. } { [%eval -0.25] } (9. Be2 Qh4 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. N4f3 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qe4 13. O-O Nf6 14. Ng5 Qe7) 9... Nf3+?! { (-0.25 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } { [%eval 0.73] } (9... Bg4 10. Ne2) 10. Kf1 { [%eval 0.77] } 10... Nxd4 { [%eval 0.96] } 11. cxd4 { [%eval 0.48] } 11... Nf6?! { (0.48 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. Qh4 was best. } { [%eval 1.2] } (11... Qh4) 12. Qc2? { (1.20 → -0.32) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.32] } (12. Nc3 b5 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Re1 h6 17. Bf4 a5) 12... Nxd5?! { (-0.32 → 0.34) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval 0.34] } (12... b5) 13. h4 { [%eval 0.35] } 13... Bd7 { [%eval 0.62] } 14. Bg5 { [%eval 0.12] } 14... f6 { [%eval 0.11] } 15. Be3?? { (0.11 → -2.29) Blunder. Bd2 was best. } { [%eval -2.29] } (15. Bd2 Bb5+) 15... Bxa4 { [%eval -2.04] } 16. Qxa4 { [%eval -2.07] } 16... Nxe3+ { [%eval -1.94] } 17. fxe3 { [%eval -1.88] } 17... Qxe3 { [%eval -2.0] } 18. Qd1?! { (-2.00 → -3.15) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -3.15] } (18. Nc3 Qf4+ 19. Kg1 b5 20. Qd1 Bd6 21. Rh3 Re8 22. h5 b4 23. Nd5 Qe4) 18... Bd6?! { (-3.15 → -2.33) Inaccuracy. Qf4+ was best. } { [%eval -2.33] } (18... Qf4+ 19. Kg1 Kd7 20. Na3 Re8 21. Rh3 Kc8 22. Nc2 g6 23. b4 f5 24. b5) 19. Nc3 { [%eval -2.31] } 19... Bg3 { [%eval -1.85] } 20. Nd5?? { (-1.85 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bf4 22. Nd5 Bh6 23. Kf2 c6 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Rhe1 Re8) 20... Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1