[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Xwk3Uwk4"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ThomasMrvx"] [Black "If_Then_ElseIf_Else"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "Xwk3Uwk4"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "20:24:37"] [WhiteElo "1392"] [BlackElo "1379"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.31] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.24] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.24] } 3. e5 { [%eval 0.33] } 3... Bf5 { [%eval 0.22] } 4. h4 { [%eval 0.09] } { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation } 4... c5?! { (0.09 → 0.65) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%eval 0.65] } (4... h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. c3) 5. dxc5 { [%eval 0.63] } 5... Qa5+ { [%eval 0.98] } 6. Bd2?! { (0.98 → 0.36) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval 0.36] } (6. c3 Qxc5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. Be3 Qa5) 6... Qxc5 { [%eval 0.35] } 7. Nc3?! { (0.35 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -0.35] } (7. Be3 Qxc2 8. Qxc2 Bxc2 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Rd8 11. Nc3 a6) 7... e6?? { (-0.35 → 2.16) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval 2.16] } (7... d4 8. Nce2 Bxc2 9. b4 Qc6 10. b5 Qc5 11. Qc1 d3 12. Nf4 Qxe5+ 13. Be3) 8. g4 { [%eval 2.15] } 8... Bg6?! { (2.15 → 3.01) Inaccuracy. Be4 was best. } { [%eval 3.01] } (8... Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. h5 d4 11. hxg6 dxc3 12. gxf7+ Kxf7 13. Bxc3 Nc6 14. Qe2) 9. h5 { [%eval 3.06] } 9... Be4 { [%eval 3.03] } 10. f3 { [%eval 2.86] } 10... d4?! { (2.86 → 4.36) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 4.36] } (10... Nc6 11. fxe4 d4 12. Nb5 Qxe5 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. O-O-O a6 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Na3) 11. Nxe4 { [%eval 4.33] } 11... Qb6 { [%eval 4.71] } 12. Qc1?! { (4.71 → 3.61) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval 3.61] } (12. Qe2 Nc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Qb5 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nxe5 16. Kb1 Ne7 17. Ba5 b6) 12... Bb4?! { (3.61 → 5.06) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 5.06] } (12... Nc6 13. f4 Nh6 14. g5 Nf5 15. Bd3 h6 16. a3 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Be7 18. N1f3) 13. Ne2 { [%eval 4.77] } 13... Bxd2+ { [%eval 5.19] } 14. Nxd2?! { (5.19 → 3.93) Inaccuracy. Qxd2 was best. } { [%eval 3.93] } (14. Qxd2 Nc6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. O-O-O Nxe5 17. Nxd4 Nf6 18. g5 Nd5 19. f4 Qxd6) 14... Qa5 { [%eval 4.73] } 15. Nxd4?! { (4.73 → 3.69) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval 3.69] } (15. c3 Nc6 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Nxd4 O-O-O 18. Qe3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc6 20. Na5 Qxf3) 15... Nc6 { [%eval 4.45] } 16. Nxc6 { [%eval 4.45] } 16... bxc6 { [%eval 4.4] } 17. Qd1 { [%eval 3.98] } 17... O-O-O { [%eval 4.87] } 18. Qe2 { [%eval 4.64] } 18... Kb7 { [%eval 5.05] } 19. O-O-O { [%eval 5.06] } 19... Qxa2 { [%eval 5.37] } 20. Nb3 { [%eval 5.4] } 20... Rxd1+?! { (5.40 → 7.28) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } { [%eval 7.28] } (20... Ne7 21. Rd6 Nc8 22. Qc4 Kb8 23. Qxc6 Nb6 24. Qb5 Rxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. Bd3) 21. Qxd1 { [%eval 6.95] } 21... Ne7 { [%eval 7.27] } 22. Qd7+ { [%eval 7.23] } 22... Kb6 { [%eval 8.03] } 23. Qxe7 { [%eval 8.37] } 23... Rc8 { [%eval 8.31] } 24. Qc5+ { [%eval 7.83] } 24... Kb7 { [%eval 7.8] } 25. Qb4+ { [%eval 7.44] } 25... Ka8 { [%eval 7.46] } 26. Bg2 { [%eval 7.48] } 26... Rb8 { [%eval 8.11] } 27. Qd6 { [%eval 7.88] } 27... Qa6 { [%eval 8.23] } 28. f4 { [%eval 7.98] } 28... Qe2? { (7.98 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc8 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (28... Rc8 29. Rd1 g5 30. f5 Qb6 31. Kb1 a5 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Qxe6 Kb8 34. Qd6+) 29. Bxc6+ { [%eval #1] } 29... Rb7 { [%eval #1] } 30. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0