[Event "Cycle 3 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZGrx91Sp"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Vedharakshith6B"] [Black "farhan_ahmer"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "ZGrx91Sp"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:16:41"] [WhiteElo "1170"] [BlackElo "1402"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-27"] [BlackRatingDiff "+25"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Two Knights Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.1] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.14] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... d5 { [%eval -0.03] } 3. e4 { [%eval -0.07] } { C00 French Defense: Two Knights Variation } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. b4?? { (0.00 → -1.75) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval -1.75] } (4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 Be7 6. c3 c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. a3 O-O) 4... Nc6? { (-1.75 → -0.11) Mistake. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval -0.11] } (4... dxe4 5. Ng5 Bxb4 6. Ncxe4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb2) 5. b5 { [%eval -0.15] } 5... Nb4?! { (-0.15 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.47] } (5... dxe4 6. bxc6 exf3 7. Qxf3 bxc6 8. Bb5 Rb8 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O) 6. Rb1?? { (0.47 → -1.47) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval -1.47] } (6. e5 d4 7. Nb1 Nd7 8. c3 dxc3 9. dxc3 Nd5 10. Be2 a6 11. c4 Bb4+) 6... Qe7?? { (-1.47 → 0.92) Blunder. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.92] } (6... dxe4 7. Ng5 Qd4 8. f3 e3 9. Nge4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. g3) 7. Ba3? { (0.92 → -0.32) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.32] } (7. e5 Ne4 8. Rb3 Qc5 9. d4 Qxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Nxc3 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Qf4 Bd7) 7... c5?? { (-0.32 → 2.71) Blunder. Nxc2+ was best. } { [%eval 2.71] } (7... Nxc2+ 8. Qxc2 Qxa3 9. Rb3 Qe7 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Qd8 12. Bd3 c5 13. bxc6) 8. Bxb4?? { (2.71 → -1.93) Blunder. bxc6 was best. } { [%eval -1.93] } (8. bxc6 a5 9. Bb5 b6 10. exd5 exd5+ 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. O-O Bc5 13. d4 Be7) 8... cxb4 { [%eval -2.0] } 9. a3?? { (-2.00 → -4.40) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval -4.4] } (9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 cxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxf6 12. c4 Bc5 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7) 9... bxa3?? { (-4.40 → -1.83) Blunder. bxc3 was best. } { [%eval -1.83] } (9... bxc3 10. b6 a6 11. d4 Bd7 12. Ne5 g6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e5 Ne4 15. h4) 10. b6?! { (-1.83 → -2.68) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -2.68] } (10. e5 Ne4 11. Na4 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. d4 f6 14. h4 Qh6 15. g3 fxe5) 10... a2?! { (-2.68 → -1.79) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval -1.79] } (10... dxe4 11. Ne5 a6 12. Qe2 Qc5 13. Nc4 Qd4 14. g4 e5 15. g5 Nd5 16. Nxd5) 11. Nxa2 { [%eval -1.64] } 11... axb6?! { (-1.64 → -0.85) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval -0.85] } (11... dxe4 12. Ne5 a6 13. d4 exd3 14. cxd3 g6 15. Be2 Bg7 16. O-O Nd5 17. d4) 12. Bb5+ { [%eval -1.01] } 12... Bd7 { [%eval -1.0] } 13. Bd3?? { (-1.00 → -4.84) Blunder. Bxd7+ was best. } { [%eval -4.84] } (13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nc1 Bc5 16. O-O Ra3 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Qe1 O-O) 13... Ng4?? { (-4.84 → -0.30) Blunder. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval -0.3] } (13... dxe4 14. Nc3 exd3 15. cxd3 Qd8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. O-O Bc5 19. d4) 14. Nc3 { [%eval -0.29] } 14... dxe4 { [%eval -0.24] } 15. Bxe4 { [%eval -0.34] } 15... Qc5 { [%eval -0.37] } 16. Bxb7?? { (-0.37 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rb3 Be7 18. O-O Nf6 19. d4 Qc8 20. Bd3 O-O 21. g3 Bc6) 16... Nxf2?? { (Mate in 1 → -1.39) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf2# was best. } { [%eval -1.39] } (16... Qxf2#) 17. O-O?? { (-1.39 → -5.72) Blunder. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -5.72] } (17. Qe2 Ra7 18. Qxf2 Rxb7 19. Ra1 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bd6 21. Ne4 Bb8 22. Rhb1 Bc6) 17... Nxd1+ { [%eval -5.68] } 18. d4 { [%eval -5.8] } 18... Qxc3 { [%eval -5.49] } 19. Rbxd1 { [%eval -6.01] } 19... Ra2 { [%eval -5.95] } 20. Rf2 { [%eval -6.35] } 20... Qb2 { [%eval -5.67] } 21. Nd2 { [%eval -7.33] } 21... Qxc2 { [%eval -7.25] } 22. Re1 { [%eval -7.97] } 22... Bb4 { [%eval -7.98] } 23. g4 { [%eval -9.0] } 23... Bxd2 { [%eval -9.02] } 24. Rxd2? { (-9.02 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be4 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (24. Be4 Qb2 25. Kg2 Bxe1 26. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 27. Kf3 Bh4 28. g5 Rb3+ 29. Kg2 Bxg5) 24... Qxd2 { [%eval #-2] } 25. Rxe6+ { [%eval #-2] } 25... Bxe6 { [%eval #-2] } 26. Kf1 { [%eval #-1] } 26... Ra1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1