[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/YhJXD93B"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Maverick_James"] [Black "TopNotchTangelo"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "YhJXD93B"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "19:43:38"] [WhiteElo "764"] [BlackElo "797"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+22"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. d4 { [%eval -0.11] } 2... Nc6?! { (-0.11 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.69] } (2... exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. e5) 3. d5 { [%eval 0.73] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation } 3... Nd4?? { (0.73 → 3.24) Blunder. Nce7 was best. } { [%eval 3.24] } (3... Nce7 4. h4 Nf6 5. Bd3 h5 6. Bg5 Ng6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Ne2) 4. c3 { [%eval 3.62] } 4... Nb5?! { (3.62 → 5.03) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 5.03] } (4... Nc6 5. dxc6 Nf6 6. cxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. b4) 5. Bxb5 { [%eval 4.08] } 5... Bc5 { [%eval 4.12] } 6. Nf3 { [%eval 4.18] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 4.17] } 7. Nxe5 { [%eval 3.76] } 7... c6 { [%eval 4.25] } 8. Qf3?! { (4.25 → 2.73) Inaccuracy. Nd3 was best. } { [%eval 2.73] } (8. Nd3 Bb6 9. Ba4 cxd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 d6 13. Be3 dxe5) 8... cxb5 { [%eval 2.69] } 9. O-O { [%eval 2.46] } 9... d6 { [%eval 2.45] } 10. Nd3 { [%eval 2.32] } 10... Bg4 { [%eval 2.56] } 11. Qf4?! { (2.56 → 1.91) Inaccuracy. Qg3 was best. } { [%eval 1.91] } (11. Qg3 Bb6 12. Re1 Bc8 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Bg5) 11... O-O? { (1.91 → 3.61) Mistake. Bb6 was best. } { [%eval 3.61] } (11... Bb6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd2 Bh5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Re3 Bg6 17. Rae1) 12. Nxc5 { [%eval 3.48] } 12... dxc5 { [%eval 3.54] } 13. c4? { (3.54 → 1.57) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.57] } (13. e5 Be2 14. exf6 Bxf1 15. Qg5 g6 16. Kxf1 h6 17. Qxh6 Qxf6 18. Qf4 Qh8) 13... bxc4? { (1.57 → 3.41) Mistake. Be2 was best. } { [%eval 3.41] } (13... Be2 14. Re1 Bxc4 15. b3 Bd3 16. Nd2 c4 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qf5) 14. Nc3?! { (3.41 → 2.62) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.62] } (14. e5 Be2 15. exf6 Bxf1 16. Qg5 g6 17. Kxf1 h6 18. Qxh6 Qxf6 19. Nc3 Qf5) 14... Re8?! { (2.62 → 3.89) Inaccuracy. Bh5 was best. } { [%eval 3.89] } (14... Bh5 15. Qh4 Bg6 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rae1 b5 18. f4 b4 19. f5 bxc3 20. fxg6) 15. h3? { (3.89 → 2.11) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.11] } (15. e5 Nd7 16. Qxg4 Nxe5 17. Qg3 a6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Nd3 20. b3 b5) 15... h5? { (2.11 → 4.34) Mistake. Bh5 was best. } { [%eval 4.34] } (15... Bh5 16. a4 b6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qg3 Ne5 19. f4 Nd3 20. e5 Rb8 21. Bd2) 16. hxg4 { [%eval 4.24] } 16... hxg4 { [%eval 4.68] } 17. e5?! { (4.68 → 3.67) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } { [%eval 3.67] } (17. a4 b6 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qf4 a6 20. Rd1 b5 21. axb5 Nh5 22. Qxg4 Re5) 17... Nh5 { [%eval 4.39] } 18. Qxg4 { [%eval 4.15] } 18... g6?! { (4.15 → 6.16) Inaccuracy. Rxe5 was best. } { [%eval 6.16] } (18... Rxe5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Bd2 Re8 21. a4 a6 22. a5 Nf6 23. Qf3 Nd7 24. Qg3) 19. g3? { (6.16 → 3.84) Mistake. Re1 was best. } { [%eval 3.84] } (19. Re1 Qe7 20. e6 Kg7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Rh8 23. Rad1 Qd6 24. e7 Qxe7) 19... Kg7?! { (3.84 → 5.73) Inaccuracy. Rxe5 was best. } { [%eval 5.73] } (19... Rxe5 20. Qh4 Qd7 21. Bd2 b5 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Rxd5 25. Nxd5) 20. Kg2?! { (5.73 → 4.01) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } { [%eval 4.01] } (20. Re1 f5 21. Qg5 f4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 g5 24. Qe3 Rh8 25. e6 Rh5) 20... Rh8?! { (4.01 → 5.87) Inaccuracy. Rxe5 was best. } { [%eval 5.87] } (20... Rxe5 21. b3 Qe7 22. Bb2 Kg8 23. bxc4 Re8 24. Rh1 Rg5 25. Qf3 Rf5 26. Qd3) 21. Rh1 { [%eval 5.93] } 21... Nf6 { [%eval 7.15] } 22. exf6+ { [%eval 7.11] } 22... Kxf6 { [%eval 9.67] } 23. Ne4+ { [%eval 9.66] } 23... Kg7 { [%eval 8.91] } 24. Bh6+ { [%eval 7.33] } 24... Kh7? { (7.33 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxh6 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (24... Rxh6 25. Qf4 Rh5 26. d6 c3 27. bxc3 f6 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Rh1 b6 30. Rxh5) 25. Bg5+?! { (Mate in 8 → 10.02) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bf8+ was best. } { [%eval 10.02] } (25. Bf8+ Kg8 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Qf4 f6 29. Qh6 Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8) 25... Kg8?! { (10.02 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg7 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (25... Kg7 26. Rxh8 Qxh8 27. Bf6+ Kf8 28. Bxh8 c3 29. Qf4 Re8 30. Re1 Rxe4 31. Qh6+) 26. Bxd8 { [%eval #5] } 26... Rxd8 { [%eval #5] } 27. Nf6+ { [%eval #11] } 27... Kg7 { [%eval 9.71] } 28. Rxh8 { [%eval 9.24] } 28... Rxh8 { [%eval 8.82] } 29. Ne4 { [%eval 8.76] } 29... Rd8? { (8.76 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rh5 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (29... Rh5 30. Qf4 Rf5 31. Qh4 Rxd5 32. Rh1 Rh5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. Qg5+) 30. Qg5 { [%eval #5] } 30... Rxd5 { [%eval #5] } 31. Qxd5 { [%eval #4] } 31... b5 { [%eval #4] } 32. Qxc5 { [%eval #4] } 32... a5 { [%eval #4] } 33. Ng5 { [%eval #3] } 33... a4 { [%eval #3] } 34. Qc7 { [%eval #3] } 34... a3 { [%eval #3] } 35. Qxf7+ { [%eval #2] } 35... Kh6 { [%eval #2] } 36. f4 { [%eval #2] } 36... axb2 { [%eval #1] } 37. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0