[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/aSNZZcWw"] [Date "2026.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "John_Anthoni"] [Black "Nuragicus"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "aSNZZcWw"] [UTCDate "2026.05.24"] [UTCTime "11:54:38"] [WhiteElo "1461"] [BlackElo "1473"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Bc5? { (0.18 → 1.81) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.81] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Bc4? { (1.81 → 0.26) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.26] } (3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c3 Bd6 7. d4 Nf6) 3... Nf6?! { (0.26 → 1.29) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.29] } (3... Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3) 4. d3? { (1.29 → 0.03) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.03] } (4. Nxe5 O-O 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bxf7+ Kh8 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3 d5) 4... Ng4?! { (0.03 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.12] } (4... d6 5. O-O a5 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Re1 h6 9. Bb3) 5. O-O { [%eval 0.61] } 5... h5? { (0.61 → 1.89) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.89] } (5... d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. a4 c6 10. b4) 6. Nc3 { [%eval 1.74] } 6... h4? { (1.74 → 3.59) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 3.59] } (6... Nc6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. h3 Nf6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. fxe5) 7. Ng5 { [%eval 3.14] } 7... Qf6? { (3.14 → 5.67) Mistake. Nh6 was best. } { [%eval 5.67] } (7... Nh6 8. Qh5 d5 9. Bxd5 g6 10. Bxf7+ Nxf7 11. Qxg6 Rf8 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Qg7) 8. Nd5 { [%eval 5.05] } 8... Qg6 { [%eval 5.37] } 9. Qxg4 { [%eval 5.3] } 9... Na6 { [%eval 5.39] } 10. Bxa6 { [%eval 5.35] } 10... d6 { [%eval 5.48] } 11. Qe2 { [%eval 4.65] } 11... Kf8 { [%eval 5.83] } 12. Bc4 { [%eval 5.95] } 12... c6 { [%eval 5.78] } 13. Ne3 { [%eval 4.8] } 13... b5 { [%eval 5.59] } 14. Bb3 { [%eval 4.72] } 14... Bb7?! { (4.72 → 6.42) Inaccuracy. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval 6.42] } (14... Qxg5 15. Kh1 h3 16. g3 a5 17. a4 d5 18. Bd2 b4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. g4) 15. c4?! { (6.42 → 4.88) Inaccuracy. Ne6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.88] } (15. Ne6+ fxe6 16. h3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Ke8 18. c3 c5 19. f4 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Rh5) 15... b4 { [%eval 6.02] } 16. Nf5 { [%eval 5.95] } 16... f6 { [%eval 7.5] } 17. Nf3?! { (7.50 → 5.47) Inaccuracy. Ne6+ was best. } { [%eval 5.47] } (17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxb7 Qh7 21. f3 h3 22. g3 g5) 17... Rh5 { [%eval 6.19] } 18. N3xh4 { [%eval 5.79] } 18... Rg5?! { (5.79 → 9.68) Inaccuracy. Qh7 was best. } { [%eval 9.68] } (18... Qh7 19. g3 Kf7 20. Bd1 Rxh4 21. gxh4 Rh8 22. Kh1 Bc8 23. h5 g6 24. Nh6+) 19. Nxg6+ { [%eval 9.62] } 19... Rxg6 { [%eval 9.28] } 20. Ng3 { [%eval 7.82] } 20... Kf7 { [%eval 7.73] } 21. Be3 { [%eval 8.1] } 21... Rh8 { [%eval 7.89] } 22. Bxc5 { [%eval 7.85] } 22... dxc5 { [%eval 7.82] } 23. Qe3 { [%eval 7.9] } 23... Bc8 { [%eval 8.48] } 24. Qxc5 { [%eval 8.31] } 24... Bg4 { [%eval 9.13] } 25. Nf5 { [%eval 8.7] } 25... Bh3 { [%eval 8.91] } 26. Qe7+ { [%eval 9.48] } 26... Kg8 { [%eval 9.28] } 27. c5+ { [%eval 9.22] } 27... Kh7 { [%eval 9.21] } 28. Nh4 { [%eval 8.87] } 28... Kh6 { [%eval 10.69] } 29. Nxg6 { [%eval 10.76] } 29... Kxg6 { [%eval 10.79] } 30. gxh3 { [%eval 10.42] } 30... Rxh3?! { (10.42 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rh4 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (30... Rh4 31. Be6 Rh5 32. Kh1 a5 33. Qe8+ Kh6 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Qg8 Kh6) 31. Kh1 { [%eval #5] } 31... Rh5 { [%eval #5] } 32. Rg1+ { [%eval #4] } 32... Kh6 { [%eval #1] } 33. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0