[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/YeUx2Bo7"] [Date "2026.04.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Karthik_Pandiya"] [Black "Lukeas87"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "YeUx2Bo7"] [UTCDate "2026.04.10"] [UTCTime "10:16:05"] [WhiteElo "1113"] [BlackElo "1116"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+26"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit"] [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] } 3... Nc6 { [%eval 0.07] } 4. Nxe5?? { (0.07 → -2.18) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.18] } { C47 Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit } (4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5) 4... Nxe5 { [%eval -1.57] } 5. Qe2?! { (-1.57 → -2.76) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.76] } (5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 c6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 5... Bb4 { [%eval -2.3] } 6. Nd5? { (-2.30 → -3.87) Mistake. d4 was best. } { [%eval -3.87] } (6. d4 Ng6 7. h4 Ne7 8. f3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. h5 h6) 6... Nxd5 { [%eval -3.54] } 7. exd5 { [%eval -3.88] } 7... d6?? { (-3.88 → -0.20) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval -0.2] } (7... O-O 8. Kd1 Re8 9. f4 Ng6 10. Qf2 d6 11. f5 Ne7 12. g4) 8. f4?? { (-0.20 → -2.52) Blunder. Qb5+ was best. } { [%eval -2.52] } (8. Qb5+ Bd7 9. Qxb4 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qd4 c5 13. dxc6 Nxe3) 8... Qe7? { (-2.52 → -1.03) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -1.03] } (8... O-O 9. fxe5 Re8 10. Kd1 Rxe5 11. Qc4 Qg5 12. c3 Ba5 13. Kc2 Re1 14. b4) 9. fxe5 { [%eval -1.16] } 9... dxe5 { [%eval -1.12] } 10. c3 { [%eval -1.0] } 10... Bd6 { [%eval -1.05] } 11. d4?! { (-1.05 → -1.90) Inaccuracy. d3 was best. } { [%eval -1.9] } (11. d3 O-O 12. g3 Bf5 13. Bg2 Rae8 14. Be3 b6 15. O-O Qd7 16. a4 a5) 11... exd4?! { (-1.90 → -0.94) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -0.94] } (11... O-O 12. Bd2 Re8 13. dxe5 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qa4 15. b3 Qa3 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg2) 12. cxd4 { [%eval -0.92] } 12... Qxe2+ { [%eval -0.71] } 13. Bxe2 { [%eval -0.65] } 13... O-O { [%eval -0.86] } 14. g4? { (-0.86 → -2.12) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -2.12] } (14. O-O Re8 15. Bd3 b6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rac1 Bxd5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Rc7 Kf8) 14... Re8 { [%eval -2.08] } 15. h4?? { (-2.08 → -6.31) Blunder. Kf2 was best. } { [%eval -6.31] } (15. Kf2 Re4 16. h3 f5 17. g5 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rh4 20. Rac1 b6) 15... c6?? { (-6.31 → -1.15) Blunder. Bxg4 was best. } { [%eval -1.15] } (15... Bxg4 16. O-O Bxe2 17. Rf2 Re4 18. Bd2 Bh5 19. Re1 Rxh4 20. Rf5 Bg4 21. Rf2) 16. O-O?? { (-1.15 → -5.26) Blunder. Kf2 was best. } { [%eval -5.26] } (16. Kf2 cxd5 17. Bf3 a5 18. Bd2 a4 19. Rhe1 Be6 20. Rac1 a3 21. b3 g6) 16... Rxe2 { [%eval -5.29] } 17. dxc6 { [%eval -6.73] } 17... bxc6 { [%eval -5.82] } 18. Rd1 { [%eval -7.56] } 18... Bh2+ { [%eval -7.32] } 19. Kf1 { [%eval -10.34] } 19... Bxg4?! { (-10.34 → -6.23) Inaccuracy. Ba6 was best. } { [%eval -6.23] } (19... Ba6 20. Rd2 Rxd2+ 21. Ke1 Re2+ 22. Kd1 Rd8 23. Be3 Rxe3 24. Kc2 Re2+ 25. Kc3) 20. d5?? { (-6.23 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd2 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (20. Rd2 Rae8 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. a4 Rc2 23. Be3 Rxb2 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxa7 Bh3+) 20... cxd5?? { (Mate in 3 → -5.99) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rae8 was best. } { [%eval -5.99] } (20... Rae8 21. Be3 R8xe3 22. b4 Bh3#) 21. Rxd5?? { (-5.99 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd4 was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (21. Rd4 Re4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Be3 Be5 24. Rc1 Bxb2 25. Rc4 h5 26. Rxe4 Bf6) 21... Rae8 { [%eval #-6] } 22. b4 { [%eval #-1] } 22... Bh3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1