[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/bL5CG2lr"] [Date "2026.05.18"] [Round "-"] [White "ylcheong"] [Black "msaxby7"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "bL5CG2lr"] [UTCDate "2026.05.18"] [UTCTime "09:21:58"] [WhiteElo "896"] [BlackElo "920"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-35"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.55] } { C41 Philidor Defense } 3. Bb5+ { [%eval 0.03] } 3... Bd7 { [%eval 0.35] } 4. a4 { [%eval 0.23] } 4... a6 { [%eval 0.34] } 5. Bxd7+ { [%eval 0.32] } 5... Qxd7 { [%eval 0.46] } 6. b3?! { (0.46 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -0.25] } (6. O-O f5 7. exf5 Qxf5 8. d4 Be7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. a5 Nc6) 6... d5 { [%eval 0.21] } 7. d4 { [%eval -0.29] } 7... dxe4?! { (-0.29 → 0.30) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.3] } (7... exd4 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Bb2) 8. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.26] } 8... Nc6?? { (0.26 → 6.09) Blunder. Qe6 was best. } { [%eval 6.09] } (8... Qe6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. d5 Qg6 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Nc4) 9. Nxd7 { [%eval 5.78] } 9... Kxd7 { [%eval 5.66] } 10. f3 { [%eval 5.02] } 10... Bb4+ { [%eval 5.64] } 11. c3 { [%eval 5.79] } 11... Bd6 { [%eval 6.14] } 12. Be3 { [%eval 5.62] } 12... Re8 { [%eval 5.58] } 13. Nd2 { [%eval 5.38] } 13... exf3 { [%eval 5.3] } 14. Qxf3 { [%eval 5.5] } 14... Nf6 { [%eval 5.46] } 15. O-O-O { [%eval 5.07] } 15... Ba3+ { [%eval 5.86] } 16. Kb1 { [%eval 5.79] } 16... Nd5 { [%eval 7.35] } 17. Qxd5+ { [%eval 7.39] } 17... Kc8 { [%eval 7.28] } 18. Rhe1 { [%eval 7.23] } 18... Rd8 { [%eval 7.48] } 19. Qf5+ { [%eval 7.84] } 19... Rd7 { [%eval 7.91] } 20. c4 { [%eval 6.7] } 20... g6 { [%eval 6.61] } 21. Qe4 { [%eval 6.21] } 21... Re8?! { (6.21 → 8.54) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } { [%eval 8.54] } (21... Re7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Bg5 Nf5 24. g4 f6 25. Bxf6 Rf8 26. Ne4 Bb4 27. gxf5) 22. Qxe8+ { [%eval 8.55] } 22... Rd8 { [%eval 8.56] } 23. Qxf7 { [%eval 8.37] } 23... Nb4? { (8.37 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (23... Rf8 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 25. d5 Nb4 26. Ne4 b6 27. Bd4 a5 28. Bc3 Kb7 29. g4) 24. Bf4 { [%eval #7] } 24... Nd3 { [%eval #1] } 25. Re8 { [%eval #5] } 25... Rxe8 { [%eval #1] } 26. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0