[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage Two CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/alPjjmt2"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Aarushbinju"] [Black "Madhav_Rajeev"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "alPjjmt2"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "13:13:09"] [WhiteElo "869"] [BlackElo "1171"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+27"] [BlackRatingDiff "-26"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "D08"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.27] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.22] } 2... e5 { [%eval 0.65] } { D08 Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit } 3. cxd5 { [%eval 0.11] } 3... exd4?! { (0.11 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. Qxd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.79] } (3... Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4 8. Nd2) 4. Nf3?! { (0.79 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qxd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (4. Qxd4 Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Bb5 c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bxc6 Qc7) 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.09] } 5. Bg5?! { (0.09 → -0.49) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.49] } (5. Nxd4 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Be3 N8c6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6) 5... Bg4?? { (-0.49 → 1.18) Blunder. Bb4+ was best. } { [%eval 1.18] } (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Be2) 6. g3?? { (1.18 → -0.84) Blunder. Qxd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.84] } (6. Qxd4 Nbd7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Ne5 h5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nc4 Bb4 11. e4 O-O) 6... Bb4+ { [%eval -0.84] } 7. Nbd2 { [%eval -0.95] } 7... Nxd5?? { (-0.95 → 4.52) Blunder. Bxf3 was best. } { [%eval 4.52] } (7... Bxf3 8. exf3 Qxd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Be4 Qb5 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2) 8. Nxd4?? { (4.52 → -4.20) Blunder. Bxd8 was best. } { [%eval -4.2] } (8. Bxd8 Bxf3 9. exf3 O-O 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Bxc7 Nxc4) 8... Nb6?? { (-4.20 → 5.73) Blunder. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval 5.73] } (8... Qxg5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Ba5 14. Qxc6) 9. Bxd8 { [%eval 5.37] } 9... Nc4 { [%eval 5.98] } 10. Qa4+ { [%eval 5.27] } 10... Kxd8?! { (5.27 → 7.76) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 7.76] } (10... Nc6 11. Bg5 Nxb2 12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. Qxb2 c5 14. f3 O-O 15. fxg4 Rfe8 16. O-O-O) 11. Qxb4 { [%eval 7.68] } 11... b5 { [%eval 9.03] } 12. Nxc4 { [%eval 9.05] } 12... bxc4 { [%eval 9.01] } 13. Qxc4 { [%eval 9.03] } 13... Re8 { [%eval 8.83] } 14. Rc1 { [%eval 8.74] } 14... Re7 { Black offers draw } { [%eval 9.6] } 15. e3 { [%eval 8.66] } 15... Kd7 { [%eval 10.94] } 16. Bg2 { [%eval 9.05] } 16... Be6 { [%eval 10.04] } 17. Qc6+ { [%eval 7.84] } 17... Nxc6 { [%eval 8.08] } 18. Bxc6+ { [%eval 8.08] } 18... Kd6 { [%eval 8.13] } 19. Bxa8 { [%eval 8.33] } 19... Re8 { [%eval 8.32] } 20. Nb5+ { [%eval 7.9] } 20... Ke5 { [%eval 8.26] } 21. Rc5+ { [%eval 8.07] } 21... Bd5 { [%eval 9.77] } 22. Bc6 { [%eval 9.38] } 22... Rb8 { [%eval 9.43] } 23. Rxd5+ { [%eval 9.48] } 23... Ke4? { (9.48 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (23... Ke6 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. b3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Nd4 Ke7 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Bb5) 24. Nc3+ { [%eval #1] } 24... Kf3 { [%eval #1] } 25. O-O { [%eval #2] } 25... Rxb2 { [%eval #1] } 26. Rf5+ { [%eval #5] } 26... Kg4 { [%eval #5] } 27. Bd7 { [%eval #4] } 27... Rc2 { [%eval #2] } 28. Rxf7+? { (Mate in 2 → 9.86) Lost forced checkmate sequence. f3+ was best. } { [%eval 9.86] } (28. f3+ Kh3 29. Rxf7#) 28... Kg5 { [%eval 9.48] } 29. f4+ { [%eval 8.85] } 29... Kh5? { (8.85 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (29... Kg6 30. Bf5+ Kxf7 31. Bxc2 g6 32. Rf2 Kg7 33. Be4 Kh6 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke1) 30. Rxg7 { [%eval #6] } 30... Kh6 { [%eval #6] } 31. Rg8 { [%eval #12] } 31... Rxc3 { [%eval #5] } 32. Rd1? { (Mate in 5 → 9.43) Lost forced checkmate sequence. g4 was best. } { [%eval 9.43] } (32. g4 Rxe3 33. Rf3 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Kxf1 a6 36. Rh3#) 32... c5? { (9.43 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc2 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (32... Rc2 33. Bf5 Rxa2 34. g4 Ra5 35. Rc1 Ra6 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. g5+ Kh5 38. Be2+) 33. Rd5 { [%eval #5] } 33... c4 { [%eval #2] } 34. f5 { [%eval #5] } 34... Rc1+ { [%eval #5] } 35. Kf2 { [%eval #4] } 35... c3 { [%eval #2] } 36. Rd4 { [%eval #3] } 36... c2 { [%eval #1] } 37. Rh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0