[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/XhMv2yTc"] [Date "2026.05.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Finebitoftoast"] [Black "el_gran_caiman"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "XhMv2yTc"] [UTCDate "2026.05.08"] [UTCTime "16:05:45"] [WhiteElo "1821"] [BlackElo "1750"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+32"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+5"] [ECO "C57"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.07] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.22] } 4. Ng5 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... Nxe4?? { (0.00 → 2.00) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 2.0] } { C57 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit } (4... d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. h4) 5. Bxf7+ { [%eval 2.43] } 5... Ke7 { [%eval 2.1] } 6. d3?! { (2.10 → 1.21) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 1.21] } (6. d4 h6 7. Nxe4 Kxf7 8. d5 Nd4 9. c3 Nb5 10. O-O Nd6) 6... Nxg5?? { (1.21 → 4.33) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 4.33] } (6... Nf6 7. Bb3 d5 8. c4 Bg4 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bh5 11. Nc3) 7. Bxg5+ { [%eval 4.41] } 7... Kxf7 { [%eval 4.51] } 8. Bxd8 { [%eval 4.13] } 8... Nxd8 { [%eval 4.12] } 9. Qf3+ { [%eval 3.7] } 9... Kg8 { [%eval 3.68] } 10. Nc3 { [%eval 3.72] } 10... Bb4 { [%eval 4.53] } 11. O-O { [%eval 4.56] } 11... d6 { [%eval 5.66] } 12. Nd5 { [%eval 5.7] } 12... Ba5?? { (5.70 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (12... Nc6 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Qd5+ Kf8 15. f4 e4 16. Qxe4 Bg4 17. f5 Bh5 18. Ne6+) 13. Ne7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0