[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZgDDMbjX"] [Date "2026.02.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Vic798"] [Black "peter159"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ZgDDMbjX"] [UTCDate "2026.02.11"] [UTCTime "12:45:13"] [WhiteElo "1793"] [BlackElo "1810"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+25"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+25"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.14] } 3. exd5 { [%eval 0.1] } 3... Qxd5 { [%eval 0.63] } 4. c3 { [%eval 0.19] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.17] } 5. d4 { [%eval 0.17] } 5... b5?! { (0.17 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 0.94] } (5... c5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bc4 Qf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Bd3) 6. Na3? { (0.94 → -0.20) Mistake. a4 was best. } { [%eval -0.2] } (6. a4 b4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Be2 Qa5 9. O-O bxc3 10. Nxc3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Be7) 6... a6?! { (-0.20 → 0.48) Inaccuracy. Bxa3 was best. } { [%eval 0.48] } (6... Bxa3 7. bxa3 O-O 8. a4 a6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Rd8 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qb3) 7. c4 { [%eval 0.36] } 7... Qe4+ { [%eval 0.34] } 8. Be2 { [%eval 0.31] } 8... b4? { (0.31 → 1.69) Mistake. Bxa3 was best. } { [%eval 1.69] } (8... Bxa3 9. bxa3 bxc4 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 Qg4 13. Be2 O-O 14. a4) 9. Nc2 { [%eval 1.69] } 9... Bb7 { [%eval 1.92] } 10. O-O { [%eval 1.89] } 10... Nbd7 { [%eval 1.91] } 11. Re1 { [%eval 2.0] } 11... Qc6 { [%eval 1.92] } 12. Bd2 { [%eval 1.67] } 12... a5 { [%eval 1.56] } 13. a3 { [%eval 1.57] } 13... b3 { [%eval 1.61] } 14. Ne3 { [%eval 1.59] } 14... a4 { [%eval 1.6] } 15. Bd3 { [%eval 1.16] } 15... Be7 { [%eval 1.13] } 16. h3 { [%eval 0.9] } 16... O-O { [%eval 1.12] } 17. Ng4 { [%eval 0.77] } 17... h5?! { (0.77 → 1.56) Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } { [%eval 1.56] } (17... Qa6 18. Bc3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nxg4 20. hxg4 c5 21. d5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. g5) 18. Ne3?! { (1.56 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. Nge5 was best. } { [%eval 0.6] } (18. Nge5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfd8 20. Bc3 Bd6 21. Rb5 Rab8 22. Qc1 Qe8 23. Rg5 Ne4) 18... Ne4?? { (0.60 → 3.68) Blunder. Qa6 was best. } { [%eval 3.68] } (18... Qa6 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Ng5) 19. d5 { [%eval 3.56] } 19... exd5?! { (3.56 → 4.75) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } { [%eval 4.75] } (19... Qb6 20. Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bb1 Bf6 22. Qc1 Rfe8 23. Bc3 e5 24. Nf5 e4 25. Ng5) 20. Nxd5 { [%eval 4.57] } 20... Nxd2?! { (4.57 → 7.13) Inaccuracy. Bxa3 was best. } { [%eval 7.13] } (20... Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Nxf2 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Kxf2 Qa6 24. Kg1 Rad8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5) 21. Nxd2?? { (7.13 → 0.47) Blunder. Nxe7+ was best. } { [%eval 0.47] } (21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Nxc6 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Nf6 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. c5 Kg8 26. Ne7+ Rxe7) 21... Bf6?? { (0.47 → 5.49) Blunder. Bd8 was best. } { [%eval 5.49] } (21... Bd8 22. Qxh5 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. Rad1 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Nb6 26. Ne4 Nxd5 27. Rc1) 22. Qxh5 { [%eval 5.38] } 22... g6 { [%eval 5.16] } 23. Qh6?? { (5.16 → 0.73) Blunder. Bxg6 was best. } { [%eval 0.73] } (23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Re7 Rf7 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Rxg7+ Bxg7) 23... Bg7?? { (0.73 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rfe8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (23... Rfe8 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Qh7 Bxb2 27. Rad1 Bg7 28. Ne4 Nf6 29. Nexf6) 24. Qh4?? { (Mate in 1 → -0.27) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne7# was best. } { [%eval -0.27] } (24. Ne7#) 24... Nf6?? { (-0.27 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rfe8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (24... Rfe8 25. Ne4 Bxb2 26. Ng5 Nf8 27. Rab1 Bxa3 28. Qf4 f5 29. Qd4 Nh7 30. Nxh7) 25. Ne7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0