[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZJKdxItb"] [Date "2026.05.23"] [Round "-"] [White "saronamuel"] [Black "Lakshmanan20"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ZJKdxItb"] [UTCDate "2026.05.23"] [UTCTime "18:39:58"] [WhiteElo "692"] [BlackElo "713"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+72"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [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. Bc4?! { (0.34 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.5] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O) 3... Nxe4 { [%eval -0.4] } 4. Nxe5 { [%eval -0.57] } 4... Rg8?? { (-0.57 → 6.49) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 6.49] } (4... d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 Nf6 9. c4) 5. d3?? { (6.49 → 2.13) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval 2.13] } (5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bxg8 d6 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. O-O Kd8 9. Re1 Be7) 5... Nd6 { [%eval 2.67] } 6. O-O? { (2.67 → 1.23) Mistake. Bb3 was best. } { [%eval 1.23] } (6. Bb3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 g5 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nf5) 6... Qe7?? { (1.23 → 5.07) Blunder. Nxc4 was best. } { [%eval 5.07] } (6... Nxc4 7. dxc4 d6 8. Nd3 Nc6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Qxh7 Ne7 12. Nc3) 7. d4?? { (5.07 → 2.32) Blunder. Re1 was best. } { [%eval 2.32] } (7. Re1 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d5 9. Rxe7+ Bxe7 10. Ne5 Bf6 11. d4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6) 7... Nxc4 { [%eval 2.12] } 8. Bf4?? { (2.12 → -2.15) Blunder. Nxc4 was best. } { [%eval -2.15] } (8. Nxc4 d5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. c4 Na6 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Nc4 Qh4) 8... d6?? { (-2.15 → 1.64) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 1.64] } (8... Nxe5 9. Bxe5 d6 10. Bg3 Qd7 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Rb1) 9. Nxc4 { [%eval 1.83] } 9... Qe4?? { (1.83 → 5.57) Blunder. Kd8 was best. } { [%eval 5.57] } (9... Kd8 10. Nc3 g5 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Bd2 Qf5 13. Qe2 Qe6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. d5) 10. Qg4?? { (5.57 → -6.42) Blunder. Re1 was best. } { [%eval -6.42] } (10. Re1 Qxe1+ 11. Qxe1+ Kd8 12. Nc3 g5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bd4 Rg6) 10... Qxc2?? { (-6.42 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxg4 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (10... Bxg4 11. Bg3 Qxd4 12. Ne3 Qxb2 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rab1 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Qc6 16. c4) 11. Nba3?? { (Mate in 5 → -1.80) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc8+ was best. } { [%eval -1.8] } (11. Qxc8+ Ke7 12. Re1+ Qe2 13. Bg5+ f6 14. Rxe2+ Kf7 15. Qe8#) 11... Qa4?? { (-1.80 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxg4 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (11... Bxg4 12. Nxc2 Kd7 13. N4e3 Bh5 14. a4 Nc6 15. d5 Ne7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rad1) 12. b3?? { (Mate in 5 → -1.66) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc8+ was best. } { [%eval -1.66] } (12. Qxc8+ Ke7 13. Rae1+ Kf6 14. Qd8+ Be7 15. Qxe7+ Kf5 16. Qg5#) 12... Qa6?? { (-1.66 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxg4 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (12... Bxg4 13. bxa4 Nc6 14. Nb5 Kd7 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne3 g5 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. d5) 13. Qxc8+ { [%eval #3] } 13... Ke7 { [%eval #3] } 14. Qxc7+? { (Mate in 3 → 8.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg5+ was best. } { [%eval 8.3] } (14. Bg5+ f6 15. Rae1+ Kf7 16. Qe8#) 14... Ke8? { (8.30 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (14... Kf6 15. Qd8+ Be7 16. Qxg8 h6 17. Rae1 b5 18. Qe8 Nc6 19. Qxa8 bxc4 20. bxc4) 15. Qxd6?? { (Mate in 2 → 1.14) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rfe1+ was best. } { [%eval 1.14] } (15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Qxe7#) 15... Bxd6 { [%eval 1.14] } 16. Nxd6+ { [%eval 1.23] } 16... Kd7 { [%eval 1.33] } 17. Nxf7?? { (1.33 → -0.51) Blunder. Nab5 was best. } { [%eval -0.51] } (17. Nab5 Nc6 18. a4 Nb4 19. Nxf7 Nd5 20. Bg3 Rgc8 21. Nfd6 Rc2 22. Rfe1 Nc3) 17... Qxa3 { [%eval -0.72] } 18. Bc1?? { (-0.72 → -2.52) Blunder. Ne5+ was best. } { [%eval -2.52] } (18. Ne5+ Ke7 19. Nc4 Qa6 20. Rae1+ Kf6 21. d5 Rf8 22. Re6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 Kxe6) 18... Qe7 { [%eval -2.52] } 19. Ne5+ { [%eval -2.44] } 19... Kd6?? { (-2.44 → 3.73) Blunder. Kc8 was best. } { [%eval 3.73] } (19... Kc8 20. Re1 Nc6 21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Bg3 Rd8 23. b4 Rd5 24. b5 Rxb5 25. a4) 20. Nc4+?? { (3.73 → -2.12) Blunder. Ba3+ was best. } { [%eval -2.12] } (20. Ba3+ Ke6 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rfe1 Na6 23. Rad1 Rge8 24. f4 Rac8 25. g3 Nc7) 20... Kd5 { [%eval -2.16] } 21. Ba3 { [%eval -2.14] } 21... Qe4?? { (-2.14 → 0.32) Blunder. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 0.32] } (21... Qd8 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Re3 Na6 24. Rf3 b5 25. Ne3+ Rxe3 26. fxe3 b4 27. e4+) 22. Rfe1 { [%eval 0.14] } 22... Qxd4 { [%eval 0.45] } 23. Red1 { [%eval 0.0] } 23... Qxd1+ { [%eval 0.0] } 24. Rxd1+ { [%eval 0.0] } 24... Ke4?? { (0.00 → 1.82) Blunder. Kc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.82] } (24... Kc6 25. h4 b6 26. Rc1 Na6 27. Nd6+ Nc5 28. Ne4 Kb7 29. Nd6+) 25. Nd6+ { [%eval 2.04] } 25... Ke5 { [%eval 1.71] } 26. Nxb7 { [%eval 1.25] } 26... Nc6? { (1.25 → 2.95) Mistake. a5 was best. } { [%eval 2.95] } (26... a5 27. h3 h5 28. Nd6 Ke6 29. f4 Ra6 30. Nb7 Kf5 31. Nc5 Rf6 32. Bb2) 27. Bd6+?? { (2.95 → 0.27) Blunder. Bb2+ was best. } { [%eval 0.27] } (27. Bb2+ Kf4 28. h3 Nd8 29. Nd6 Kg5 30. f4+ Kg6 31. f5+ Kg5 32. Kh2 a5) 27... Ke6?! { (0.27 → 0.84) Inaccuracy. Kf5 was best. } { [%eval 0.84] } (27... Kf5 28. h4 Nd8 29. Nc5 Re8 30. Bg3 Kg6 31. Rd7 Ne6 32. Ne4 Nf8 33. Rd4) 28. Rc1?! { (0.84 → -0.04) Inaccuracy. Ba3 was best. } { [%eval -0.04] } (28. Ba3 Rac8 29. f4 Rc7 30. Nd6 g6 31. g4 a5 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. f5+ gxf5) 28... Nd4 { [%eval 0.19] } 29. Rc4 { [%eval -0.15] } 29... Ne2+?? { (-0.15 → 4.36) Blunder. Rgc8 was best. } { [%eval 4.36] } (29... Rgc8 30. Bc5 Nb5 31. h3 Kd5 32. a4 Rc7 33. Be3 Rxb7 34. Rc5+ Ke4 35. axb5) 30. Kf1 { [%eval 4.3] } 30... Nf4?! { (4.30 → 5.45) Inaccuracy. Rac8 was best. } { [%eval 5.45] } (30... Rac8 31. Kxe2 Rxc4 32. bxc4 g5 33. Bb4 Rb8 34. Nc5+ Kf5 35. Bc3 Rb1 36. Nb3) 31. Rxf4 { [%eval 4.8] } 31... Rac8 { [%eval 4.96] } 32. Nc5+?? { (4.96 → -0.34) Blunder. g4 was best. } { [%eval -0.34] } (32. g4 h5 33. gxh5 Rh8 34. Ra4 Rxh5 35. Ra6 Rb5 36. Bg3+ Rb6 37. Rxa7 Rc1+) 32... Kxd6 { [%eval -0.36] } 33. Nd3?! { (-0.36 → -1.32) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -1.32] } (33. b4 Kc6 34. g3 Rgf8 35. Rh4 Rf3 36. Rxh7 Rcf8 37. Ne4 Kd5 38. Rh4 Re3) 33... Rgf8?! { (-1.32 → -0.38) Inaccuracy. Rc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.38] } (33... Rc3 34. Rd4+ Ke7 35. g3 Rd8 36. Re4+ Kf8 37. Ne5 Rd2 38. Ra4 Rcc2 39. Rf4+) 34. Rd4+ { [%eval -0.55] } 34... Ke7 { [%eval -0.22] } 35. b4? { (-0.22 → -1.81) Mistake. Ra4 was best. } { [%eval -1.81] } (35. Ra4 Rc7 36. g3 Rf5 37. Nb2 Kf8 38. Nc4 g5 39. Kg1 h5 40. h3 Re7) 35... Rf7? { (-1.81 → -0.55) Mistake. Rfd8 was best. } { [%eval -0.55] } (35... Rfd8 36. Re4+ Kf8 37. Nc5 Rd2 38. Re2 Rd1+ 39. Re1 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Ke7 41. Kd2) 36. a3?! { (-0.55 → -1.29) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } { [%eval -1.29] } (36. Nc5 Rd8 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Re6+ Kf5 39. h3 Rd5 40. Re3 Rd2 41. a3 Ra2) 36... g5?! { (-1.29 → -0.33) Inaccuracy. Rc2 was best. } { [%eval -0.33] } (36... Rc2 37. h4 Rd2 38. Kg1 Ra2 39. Kh2 Ke8 40. Kg3 Rxa3 41. f3 Re7 42. Rd5) 37. b5?! { (-0.33 → -1.23) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } { [%eval -1.23] } (37. Nc5 Rd8 38. Re4+ Kf6 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Ke2 Rdf8 41. Ne4 g4 42. Ke3 Rd8) 37... Rb8?? { (-1.23 → 2.51) Blunder. Rd8 was best. } { [%eval 2.51] } (37... Rd8 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Ne5 Rg7 40. Nc6+ Kc8 41. a4 Kb7 42. Ke2 Rg6 43. a5) 38. a4?? { (2.51 → -0.18) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval -0.18] } (38. Ne5 Rxb5 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. Rxf7 h5 41. g3 Kxe5 42. Rxa7 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Kf6) 38... h5?? { (-0.18 → 3.86) Blunder. Rd8 was best. } { [%eval 3.86] } (38... Rd8 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. a5 Rd7 41. Nb4 Rb7 42. b6 axb6 43. axb6 Rxb6 44. Nd5) 39. Rd5?? { (3.86 → -0.26) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval -0.26] } (39. Ne5 Rf6 40. Nc6+ Rxc6 41. bxc6 Rc8 42. Rd5 Rxc6 43. Rxg5 h4 44. h3 Rc1+) 39... g4?! { (-0.26 → 0.43) Inaccuracy. Rd8 was best. } { [%eval 0.43] } (39... Rd8 40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. a5 Rd7 42. Ke2 Kc8 43. b6 a6 44. Nc5 Rd5 45. Nxa6) 40. Rxh5 { [%eval 0.41] } 40... Rd8 { [%eval 0.91] } 41. Ne5 { [%eval 0.89] } 41... Rg7?? { (0.89 → 6.26) Blunder. Rd5 was best. } { [%eval 6.26] } (41... Rd5 42. Rg5 Rh7 43. Nc6+ Kd6 44. Rxg4 Rxh2 45. Rg6+ Kc5 46. Ke2 Rh4 47. g4) 42. Nc6+ { [%eval 5.91] } 42... Kd7 { [%eval 6.31] } 43. Nxd8 { [%eval 5.15] } 43... Kxd8 { [%eval 4.94] } 44. a5 { [%eval 4.92] } 44... Rd7 { [%eval 5.04] } 45. b6 { [%eval 4.84] } 45... Rd1+?! { (4.84 → 7.93) Inaccuracy. axb6 was best. } { [%eval 7.93] } (45... axb6 46. axb6 Kc8 47. Rc5+ Kb8 48. g3 Rh7 49. Kg2 Rh6 50. Rc4 Rg6 51. h3) 46. Ke2 { [%eval 7.79] } 46... Rd7 { [%eval 8.16] } 47. bxa7 { [%eval 7.95] } 47... Rxa7 { [%eval 7.76] } 48. f3?! { (7.76 → 5.21) Inaccuracy. Rh8+ was best. } { [%eval 5.21] } (48. Rh8+ Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kb8 50. Rxa7 g3 51. fxg3 Kxa7 52. g4 Kb7 53. h4 Kc7) 48... Re7+ { [%eval 5.12] } 49. Kf2 { [%eval 5.14] } 49... gxf3 { [%eval 4.94] } 50. gxf3 { [%eval 5.23] } 50... Kd7 { [%eval 5.65] } 51. a6 { [%eval 5.55] } 51... Re8 { [%eval 6.59] } 52. a7 { [%eval 6.53] } 52... Ke6 { [%eval 7.5] } 53. Ra5 { [%eval 7.87] } 53... Ra8 { [%eval 7.4] } 54. h4 { [%eval 7.32] } 54... Kf6 { [%eval 6.92] } 55. f4 { [%eval 7.46] } 55... Kg6 { [%eval 8.92] } 56. Kf3 { [%eval 7.96] } 56... Kf6 { [%eval 7.64] } 57. h5 { [%eval 7.34] } 57... Ke6 { [%eval 7.94] } 58. Kg4 { [%eval 7.12] } 58... Kd6 { [%eval 8.53] } 59. f5 { [%eval 7.28] } 59... Kc6 { [%eval 7.87] } 60. Ra6+ { [%eval 7.64] } 60... Kb7 { [%eval 7.56] } 61. Ra5 { [%eval 7.49] } 61... Rxa7?! { (7.49 → 13.92) Inaccuracy. Kc6 was best. } { [%eval 13.92] } (61... Kc6 62. f6 Kb6 63. Ra3 Kb5 64. Kf5 Kc4 65. Ra1 Kd3 66. h6 Kd4 67. h7) 62. Rxa7+ { [%eval 13.67] } 62... Kxa7 { [%eval 18.99] } 63. f6 { [%eval 12.55] } 63... Kb7?! { (12.55 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka6 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (63... Ka6 64. Kf5 Kb6 65. Kg6 Kb5 66. f7 Ka4 67. h6) 64. Kg5 { [%eval #8] } 64... Kc7 { [%eval #8] } 65. h6 { [%eval #7] } 65... Kd7 { [%eval #7] } 66. Kg6 { [%eval #7] } 66... Ke8 { [%eval #7] } 67. f7+ { [%eval #6] } 67... Kf8 { [%eval #6] } 68. h7 { [%eval #5] } 68... Ke7 { [%eval #5] } 69. h8=Q { [%eval #4] } 69... Ke6 { [%eval #3] } 70. f8=Q { [%eval #3] } 70... Kd5 { [%eval #3] } 71. Qf5+ { [%eval #3] } 71... Kd6 { [%eval #2] } 72. Kh5 { [%eval #2] } 72... Ke7 { [%eval #1] } 73. Qhh7+ { [%eval #1] } 73... Kd6 { [%eval #1] } 74. Qh6+ { [%eval #2] } 74... Ke7 { [%eval #1] } 75. Qfg6 { [%eval #2] } 75... Kd7 { [%eval #2] } 76. Qhh7+ { [%eval #1] } 76... Kd8 { [%eval #1] } 77. Qgg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0