[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/b9nVG3m1"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "navaneeth4040"] [Black "Nitish972014prabagar"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "b9nVG3m1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:36:54"] [WhiteElo "1319"] [BlackElo "1307"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+81"] [BlackRatingDiff "-81"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.1] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... Nxe4?? { (0.10 → 2.59) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.59] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5) 4. Nxe5?? { (2.59 → 0.00) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (4. Nxe4 d5 5. Nc3 e4 6. Nd4 c5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nde2 Bxb5) 4... Bd6?? { (0.00 → 2.19) Blunder. Nxc3 was best. } { [%eval 2.19] } (4... Nxc3 5. dxc3 Qe7 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nf3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nd4) 5. Nxe4?! { (2.19 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. Nxf7 was best. } { [%eval 1.11] } (5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxd6+ Nxd6+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nf5 9. Nd5 Kd8) 5... Bxe5 { [%eval 0.93] } 6. Nc5?? { (0.93 → -1.38) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -1.38] } (6. d4 Bf6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Be7 10. Qf3 d6) 6... Bd6?? { (-1.38 → 0.33) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 0.33] } (6... Qe7 7. Qe2 Qxc5 8. f4 O-O 9. fxe5 Re8 10. Qf2 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Re7 12. d4) 7. Ne4?! { (0.33 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.5] } (7. d4 Qe7+ 8. Be3 Bf4 9. Qf3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7) 7... Be5? { (-0.50 → 0.93) Mistake. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 0.93] } (7... Qe7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be5 10. O-O d5 11. Ng3 h5 12. Bb5 h4 13. Nf5) 8. Ng5?? { (0.93 → -3.97) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -3.97] } (8. d4 Bf6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Be7 12. Qf3 d6) 8... Qxg5 { [%eval -3.96] } 9. d3 { [%eval -4.48] } 9... Qh6?? { (-4.48 → 4.87) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 4.87] } (9... Qe7 10. d4 Bf4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Bg4) 10. Bxh6 { [%eval 4.84] } 10... gxh6 { [%eval 5.04] } 11. Qh5?! { (5.04 → 3.77) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval 3.77] } (11. Qe2 Kd8 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. d4 Bf4+ 14. Kb1 d6 15. Qh5 Ne7 16. Bd3 Rg8) 11... Rg8? { (3.77 → 7.03) Mistake. Bxb2 was best. } { [%eval 7.03] } (11... Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. d4 d6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. h3 b6 17. Rfe1) 12. Rd1? { (7.03 → 3.66) Mistake. Qxe5+ was best. } { [%eval 3.66] } (12. Qxe5+ Kf8 13. Qxc7 Nc6 14. Qd6+ Ke8 15. O-O-O Rg6 16. Qa3 d6 17. d4 Bf5) 12... Rg6?! { (3.66 → 4.65) Inaccuracy. Bxb2 was best. } { [%eval 4.65] } (12... Bxb2 13. Kd2 Nc6 14. c3 Rg6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. d4 d5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Qh4) 13. Rd2?! { (4.65 → 3.59) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 3.59] } (13. d4 Bg7 14. Bd3 Re6+ 15. Kd2 Nc6 16. Rhe1 Kf8 17. Rxe6 dxe6 18. g3 Bd7) 13... Bxb2 { [%eval 3.69] } 14. Re2+?! { (3.69 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. Qc5 was best. } { [%eval 2.77] } (14. Qc5 Re6+ 15. Re2 Nc6 16. Rxe6+ dxe6 17. c3 e5 18. Be2 Be6 19. O-O O-O-O) 14... Re6? { (2.77 → 5.51) Mistake. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval 5.51] } (14... Kf8 15. Kd2 Bg7 16. g3 Nc6 17. Bg2 Rg5 18. Qh4 d5 19. Ree1 Be6 20. f4) 15. Re3?! { (5.51 → 3.77) Inaccuracy. Rxe6+ was best. } { [%eval 3.77] } (15. Rxe6+ dxe6 16. Qb5+ Nc6 17. Qxb2 e5 18. Kd2 Bd7 19. Be2 O-O-O 20. Bf3 f6) 15... Na6?! { (3.77 → 5.52) Inaccuracy. Bc3+ was best. } { [%eval 5.52] } (15... Bc3+ 16. Kd1 Nc6 17. g3 Rb8 18. Bh3 b6 19. d4 Bxd4 20. Bxe6 dxe6 21. Rhe1) 16. Kd2?! { (5.52 → 4.15) Inaccuracy. Rxe6+ was best. } { [%eval 4.15] } (16. Rxe6+ dxe6 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qxb2 O-O-O 19. d4 e5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. dxe5 Be6) 16... Kd8?! { (4.15 → 5.45) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } { [%eval 5.45] } (16... c6 17. Rxe6+ dxe6 18. Be2 Nc7 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. Qxh6 Nd5 21. c4 Be7 22. Ke1) 17. Rf3?! { (5.45 → 4.17) Inaccuracy. Qxf7 was best. } { [%eval 4.17] } (17. Qxf7 c6 18. Rxe6 dxe6 19. c3 Ba3 20. Qg8+ Kc7 21. d4 b5 22. Bd3 b4) 17... c5 { [%eval 4.37] } 18. Qxf7 { [%eval 3.49] } 18... Re8?! { (3.49 → 5.19) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval 5.19] } (18... b5 19. d4 c4 20. Rf6 Re4 21. Qg8+ Kc7 22. Qg3+ Kb7 23. c3 b4 24. Kc2) 19. Re3 { [%eval 5.14] } 19... Nc7 { [%eval 5.36] } 20. Be2 { [%eval 4.89] } 20... Re7?? { (4.89 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (20... Ne6 21. c3 Rb8 22. Qf6+ Kc7 23. Rb1 d6 24. Rxb2 Bd7 25. Qh4 Rf8 26. Rxe6) 21. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0