[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Y29qVdVe"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "FaresMohamed17"] [Black "Ashrutlaiju"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "Y29qVdVe"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:12:17"] [WhiteElo "920"] [BlackElo "925"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+30"] [BlackRatingDiff "-40"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [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... Bb4+?! { (0.00 → 0.57) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 0.57] } (2... Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. c4 Bd6 7. Bd3) 3. Bd2 { [%eval 0.1] } 3... Bf8 { [%eval 0.6] } 4. Bc3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Qh4?! { (0.13 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 0.97] } (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3) 5. Bd3 { [%eval 0.98] } 5... g6?! { (0.98 → 1.60) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.6] } (5... d5 6. Nd2 a5 7. a3 Qd8 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. h4 Nbd7 11. e4) 6. Nf3 { [%eval 1.33] } 6... Qd8 { [%eval 1.29] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.99] } 7... Bd6?! { (0.99 → 1.71) Inaccuracy. Bg7 was best. } { [%eval 1.71] } (7... Bg7 8. e4 d6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 a6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bd2) 8. Bd2 { [%eval 1.66] } 8... Ke7?! { (1.66 → 2.40) Inaccuracy. Bf8 was best. } { [%eval 2.4] } (8... Bf8 9. e4 Ne7 10. e5 Bg7 11. Nc3 d6 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Ne4) 9. c4 { [%eval 2.37] } 9... Qf8?? { (2.37 → 5.75) Blunder. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval 5.75] } (9... Kf8 10. e4 Kg7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qe2 d6 13. h3 c6 14. e5 d5 15. c5) 10. Qa4?? { (5.75 → 2.62) Blunder. c5 was best. } { [%eval 2.62] } (10. c5 Bxh2+ 11. Nxh2 b6 12. Be4 c6 13. Bf3 Qg7 14. e4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Ba6) 10... Qh6?? { (2.62 → 5.45) Blunder. Kf6 was best. } { [%eval 5.45] } (10... Kf6 11. Ba5 Kg7 12. c5 b6 13. cxd6 bxa5 14. dxc7 Nc6 15. Nc3 Qd6 16. d5) 11. c5 { [%eval 5.36] } 11... Bxh2+ { [%eval 5.44] } 12. Nxh2 { [%eval 5.26] } 12... Nf6 { [%eval 5.33] } 13. Rd1 { [%eval 4.92] } 13... c6 { [%eval 5.71] } 14. e4 { [%eval 5.9] } 14... b5 { [%eval 6.17] } 15. Bxh6 { [%eval 5.97] } 15... bxa4 { [%eval 5.99] } 16. e5 { [%eval 5.28] } 16... Ne8 { [%eval 5.73] } 17. Ng4 { [%eval 5.77] } 17... Ba6 { [%eval 5.74] } 18. Bxa6 { [%eval 5.2] } 18... Nxa6 { [%eval 5.25] } 19. Nc3 { [%eval 5.27] } 19... Nb4 { [%eval 5.29] } 20. Nxa4 { [%eval 5.32] } 20... Nc2 { [%eval 5.6] } 21. Rac1 { [%eval 5.57] } 21... Nxd4?! { (5.57 → 7.70) Inaccuracy. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval 7.7] } (21... Nb4 22. Rc3 Kd8 23. Rf3 Nd5 24. Bg5+ Kc8 25. Nh6 Rf8 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. bxc3) 22. Rxd4 { [%eval 7.62] } 22... a5 { [%eval 10.3] } 23. Bg5+ { [%eval 8.9] } 23... Kf8 { [%eval 8.77] } 24. Nh6 { [%eval 9.02] } 24... Kg7 { [%eval 8.81] } 25. Rf4 { [%eval 7.54] } 25... Kf8? { (7.54 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (25... Rf8 26. Nb6 Ra7 27. Be7 f5 28. Rd4 Rb7 29. Bxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rcd1 a4 31. Nxd7+) 26. Rxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0