[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/a2EVEWXj"] [Date "2025.07.09"] [White "AaronMelvin123"] [Black "Francis_2889"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "a2EVEWXj"] [UTCDate "2025.07.09"] [UTCTime "16:16:29"] [WhiteElo "1484"] [BlackElo "1474"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. f4 { A02 Bird Opening } Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. fxe5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. d3 Bg6 9. Qf3 e6 10. g3 Qg5?! { (-0.88 → 0.17) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (10... Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qe2 c6 13. O-O Qc7 14. d4 c5 15. c3 h6 16. h4) 11. e4?? { (0.17 → -2.82) Blunder. h4 was best. } (11. h4) 11... Qxe5 12. Bf4?! { (-3.02 → -4.56) Inaccuracy. Bg2 was best. } (12. Bg2 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. c3 Bd6 17. Be3 h5) 12... Qxb2 13. Rd1 Qxc2 14. Bh3?! { (-4.13 → -5.35) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (14. exd5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Qc1+ 17. Qd1 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 exd5 19. Re2+ Kd8) 14... Bb4+ 15. Bd2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Qf1?! { (-6.16 → -8.41) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (17. Qe2 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Qc1+ 19. Rd1 Qc3+ 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Bxh1) 17... Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Qc1+ 19. Rd1 Qc3+ 20. Ke2 Bxh1 21. Qxh1 O-O 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxa7?? { (-6.57 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe4 was best. } (23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. Re1 Rb4 25. Qe3 Rb2+ 26. Kf1 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxa2 28. Kg1 g5) 23... Rb2+ 24. Kf1 Qf3+ 25. Ke1 Qe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1