[Event "Final selection Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZO9U3eBd"] [Date "2026.06.10"] [Round "-"] [White "nikhilesh_saravanan"] [Black "nivedh09"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "ZO9U3eBd"] [UTCDate "2026.06.10"] [UTCTime "08:41:31"] [WhiteElo "880"] [BlackElo "923"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-26"] [BlackRatingDiff "+37"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Goldsmith Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... h5?! { (0.18 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.97] } { B00 Goldsmith Defense } (1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5) 2. h4?! { (0.97 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (2. d4 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 cxd4) 2... Nh6?! { (0.00 → 0.83) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 0.83] } (2... c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. f3) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.43] } 3... g5?? { (0.43 → 2.82) Blunder. g6 was best. } { [%eval 2.82] } (3... g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. a4 Nd7 8. a5) 4. Nxg5?! { (2.82 → 1.97) Inaccuracy. hxg5 was best. } { [%eval 1.97] } (4. hxg5 Ng4 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nd5 c5 8. c3 e6 9. Nf4 cxd4) 4... Nc6 { [%eval 2.39] } 5. c4?! { (2.39 → 1.33) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 1.33] } (5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nd5 d6 7. c3 e5 8. Ne3 Qe7 9. Be2 Ng4 10. Nxg4 hxg4) 5... Rb8?! { (1.33 → 2.45) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.45] } (5... e5 6. Be2 Ng4 7. f3 Nh6 8. f4 Ng4 9. Nc3 f6 10. Nh3 Nd4 11. Bxg4) 6. Na3?! { (2.45 → 1.51) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } { [%eval 1.51] } (6. Be2 Bg7 7. Bxh5 b5 8. cxb5 Rxb5 9. Nc3 Rb6 10. d3 e6 11. O-O Qe7) 6... Nd4 { [%eval 1.79] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 1.22] } 7... b6?! { (1.22 → 1.98) Inaccuracy. Bg7 was best. } { [%eval 1.98] } (7... Bg7 8. Rb1 c5 9. Be2 Ng4 10. b4 cxb4 11. Nc2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 b5 13. cxb5) 8. e5? { (1.98 → 0.49) Mistake. Nc2 was best. } { [%eval 0.49] } (8. Nc2 c5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qxh5 d6 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. Bc2 a6 13. d3 b5) 8... c6?? { (0.49 → 2.29) Blunder. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.29] } (8... d6 9. Nb5 dxe5 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Be4 Bg7 12. d3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. O-O) 9. Bf5?? { (2.29 → -4.49) Blunder. Nc2 was best. } { [%eval -4.49] } (9. Nc2 Nhf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qf3 d5 12. Ne3 Nh6 13. Qxh5 d4 14. e6 Bxe6) 9... f6?? { (-4.49 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nhxf5 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (9... Nhxf5 10. Nc2 d6 11. g4 hxg4 12. e6 Nxe6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qxg4 Bg7 15. Qxf5+) 10. exf6?? { (Mate in 2 → 2.64) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxh5+ was best. } { [%eval 2.64] } (10. Qxh5+ Nf7 11. Qxf7#) 10... exf6 { [%eval 2.55] } 11. Ne6?? { (2.55 → -3.91) Blunder. Bg6+ was best. } { [%eval -3.91] } (11. Bg6+ Ke7 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. d4 d5 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Kd8) 11... dxe6 { [%eval -3.92] } 12. Bxe6?! { (-3.92 → -5.95) Inaccuracy. Bg6+ was best. } { [%eval -5.95] } (12. Bg6+ Kd7 13. Nc2 Kc7 14. b4 e5 15. Bb2 Rg8 16. Bxh5 Nhf5 17. Bf3 Nxc2+) 12... f5?? { (-5.95 → 0.00) Blunder. Bxe6 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (12... Bxe6 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Bc5 15. Kh1 Nhf5 16. fxg4 Ng3+ 17. Kh2 Nxf1+ 18. Qxf1) 13. Qxh5+ { [%eval 0.0] } 13... Ke7 { [%eval 0.0] } 14. Qxf5?? { (0.00 → -7.37) Blunder. Qg5+ was best. } { [%eval -7.37] } (14. Qg5+ Ke8 15. Qh5+ Ke7) 14... Bxe6?! { (-7.37 → -5.07) Inaccuracy. Nhxf5 was best. } { [%eval -5.07] } (14... Nhxf5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Kd1 Kf7 17. h5 Kg8) 15. Rh3? { (-5.07 → -9.30) Mistake. Qf4 was best. } { [%eval -9.3] } (15. Qf4 Bg7 16. d3 Kd7 17. Kd1 Kc8 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. cxb5) 15... Bxf5 { [%eval -8.84] } 16. f4 { [%eval -11.41] } 16... Ke6 { [%eval -10.35] } 17. Re3+ { [%eval -10.11] } 17... Kf7 { [%eval -9.95] } 18. Re5? { (-9.95 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g3 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (18. g3 Ng4 19. b3 Rb7 20. h5 Qf6 21. Nb5 Nxe3 22. Bb2 cxb5 23. dxe3) 18... Kf6? { (Mate in 4 → -9.57) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxh4+ was best. } { [%eval -9.57] } (18... Qxh4+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Qh2#) 19. Rxf5+? { (-9.57 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g3 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (19. g3 Kf7 20. Re3 Bxa3 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. bxa3 Nxe3+ 23. dxe3 Bh3+ 24. Kg1) 19... Kxf5 { [%eval #-4] } 20. g3 { [%eval #-4] } 20... Nf3+ { [%eval #-6] } 21. Ke2 { [%eval #-6] } 21... Ke4 { [%eval #-5] } 22. Kf2 { [%eval #-4] } 22... Qxd2+? { (Mate in 4 → -7.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd3 was best. } { [%eval -7.3] } (22... Qd3 23. g4 Bc5+ 24. Kg3 Ng1+ 25. Kh2 Qh3#) 23. Kf1? { (-7.30 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxd2 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (23. Bxd2 Bxa3 24. Bc3 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Ng4 26. Bxh8 Ne3+ 27. Kh3 Rxh8 28. b3 Bb4) 23... Qxc1+? { (Mate in 3 → -8.44) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe1+ was best. } { [%eval -8.44] } (23... Qe1+ 24. Kg2 Qe2+ 25. Kh1 Qh2#) 24. Ke2? { (-8.44 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxc1 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (24. Rxc1 Bxa3 25. c5 b5 26. Rc2 Nd4 27. Rd2 Bb4 28. Rxd4+ Kxd4 29. Kg2 Kxc5) 24... Qxa1 { [%eval #-3] } 25. Nb1 { [%eval #-3] } 25... Qxb1 { [%eval #-2] } 26. Kf2 { [%eval #-2] } 26... Qxb2+ { [%eval #-2] } { Black wins on time. } 0-1