[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZRAYM6Vi"] [Date "2026.05.27"] [Round "-"] [White "danielfbennett"] [Black "MatthewVolk"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "ZRAYM6Vi"] [UTCDate "2026.05.27"] [UTCTime "23:06:15"] [WhiteElo "965"] [BlackElo "1153"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1500+0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.1] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.14] } { A04 Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.19] } 3. c3 { [%eval 0.04] } 3... Nc6 { [%eval 0.32] } 4. Bg5 { [%eval 0.03] } 4... f6 { [%eval 0.05] } 5. Be3?! { (0.05 → -0.53) Inaccuracy. Bc1 was best. } { [%eval -0.53] } (5. Bc1 g5 6. h3 Qe7 7. b4 a6 8. a4 h5 9. Ba3 Qg7) 5... Bd6 { [%eval -0.2] } 6. Bd2 { [%eval -0.49] } 6... e5 { [%eval -0.46] } 7. e3 { [%eval -0.67] } 7... Bg4?! { (-0.67 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } { [%eval -0.08] } (7... Be6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Na3 Qe7 12. Nc2 Bf7 13. Nd4) 8. Be2 { [%eval -0.42] } 8... Nge7?! { (-0.42 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } { [%eval 0.47] } (8... Qd7 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. c4 dxc4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bxc4 Nf6 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Qb3) 9. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.52] } 9... fxe5?! { (0.52 → 1.44) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 1.44] } (9... Nxe5 10. Bxg4 Nd3+ 11. Kf1 Nxb2 12. Qb3 Nc4 13. Be2 Na5 14. Qc2 O-O 15. g3) 10. O-O?? { (1.44 → -4.20) Blunder. Bxg4 was best. } { [%eval -4.2] } (10. Bxg4 O-O 11. O-O Kh8 12. g3 Qe8 13. Bh5 Qd7 14. Bf3 Rf6 15. Bg2 Raf8) 10... Bf5?! { (-4.20 → -3.19) Inaccuracy. Bxe2 was best. } { [%eval -3.19] } (10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. b3 Qd7 14. c4 Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. cxd5) 11. Kh1 { [%eval -3.93] } 11... Ng6?! { (-3.93 → -3.00) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -3.0] } (11... O-O 12. c4 exd4 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. exd4 Nd7 15. Nc3 Bg6 16. f4 Nf5 17. Ne4) 12. f3 { [%eval -3.73] } 12... Qh4 { [%eval -3.61] } 13. g3 { [%eval -3.6] } 13... Qh3 { [%eval -3.63] } 14. g4?! { (-3.63 → -4.62) Inaccuracy. Rg1 was best. } { [%eval -4.62] } (14. Rg1 Be6 15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 O-O 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Bd7 19. Rb1 Na5) 14... Be6 { [%eval -4.36] } 15. f4 { [%eval -5.26] } 15... O-O-O?! { (-5.26 → -4.07) Inaccuracy. exf4 was best. } { [%eval -4.07] } (15... exf4 16. Rf3 Qxg4 17. Na3 O-O 18. Rg3 Qf5 19. exf4 Qf7 20. Nb5 Bf5 21. Bf3) 16. f5?! { (-4.07 → -5.29) Inaccuracy. Rf3 was best. } { [%eval -5.29] } (16. Rf3 Qxg4 17. Rg3 Qf5 18. fxe5 Ncxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Be1 h5 21. Nd2 h4) 16... Bf7? { (-5.29 → -3.33) Mistake. exd4 was best. } { [%eval -3.33] } (16... exd4 17. Rf2 dxe3 18. Bf1 Qh6 19. fxe6 exd2 20. g5 Qh4 21. Rg2 Qe1 22. Nxd2) 17. Rf3 { [%eval -3.41] } 17... Qh6 { [%eval -3.43] } 18. e4 { [%eval -4.1] } 18... Nf4 { [%eval -3.93] } 19. g5 { [%eval -4.59] } 19... Qxg5 { [%eval -4.47] } 20. dxe5?? { (-4.47 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxf4 was best. } { [%eval #-1] } (20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Qa4 Rhe8 24. Ba6 Nb8 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7) 20... Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1