[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/bkmnB3Ht"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [Round "-"] [White "MevinduS"] [Black "Lincolnspawn"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "bkmnB3Ht"] [UTCDate "2026.04.01"] [UTCTime "21:17:41"] [WhiteElo "954"] [BlackElo "999"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-16"] [BlackRatingDiff "+17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "English Opening: The Whale"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 { [%eval 0.12] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.14] } 2. e4 { [%eval -0.34] } { C20 English Opening: The Whale } 2... Nf6 { [%eval -0.17] } 3. f3? { (-0.17 → -1.36) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -1.36] } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Na4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7) 3... Nc6 { [%eval -0.82] } 4. Qc2?! { (-0.82 → -1.71) Inaccuracy. d3 was best. } { [%eval -1.71] } (4. d3 Bc5 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 a5 7. Nbc3 d6 8. h4 Be6) 4... Nd4 { [%eval -1.88] } 5. Qd1? { (-1.88 → -3.56) Mistake. Qa4 was best. } { [%eval -3.56] } (5. Qa4 Nh5 6. g3 Bc5 7. Na3 Qf6 8. Bg2 Nf4 9. gxf4 Qh4+ 10. Kd1 Qf2) 5... d6?? { (-3.56 → -0.52) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval -0.52] } (5... Nxe4 6. g3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nce2 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. d3 d5 11. Bg5) 6. a3?? { (-0.52 → -3.42) Blunder. Ne2 was best. } { [%eval -3.42] } (6. Ne2 c5 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. d3 g6 9. Be2 Nh5 10. O-O Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4) 6... Be7?? { (-3.42 → -0.93) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval -0.93] } (6... Nxe4 7. g3 Nc5 8. Nc3 Ncb3 9. Rb1 g6 10. Bg2 Bf5 11. d3 Nxc1 12. Rxc1) 7. Ra2?! { (-0.93 → -2.02) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } { [%eval -2.02] } (7. Ne2 c5 8. d3 O-O 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. f4 Nd7) 7... O-O { [%eval -1.98] } 8. d3 { [%eval -1.99] } 8... Bd7?! { (-1.99 → -1.33) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } { [%eval -1.33] } (8... Nd7 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. b4 Nce6 11. Ne2 a5 12. b5 a4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. g3) 9. Bg5?! { (-1.33 → -2.27) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } { [%eval -2.27] } (9. Ne2 c5 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd2 b5 12. Be2 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Be6 14. Ra1 a5) 9... Qe8 { [%eval -1.82] } 10. Be3?! { (-1.82 → -2.87) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -2.87] } (10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nge2 c5 13. Bf2 Bg5 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Be6) 10... c5?! { (-2.87 → -1.89) Inaccuracy. Ba4 was best. } { [%eval -1.89] } (10... Ba4 11. Qc1 Bb3 12. Bxd4 Bxa2 13. Be3 Bxb1 14. Qxb1 c6 15. Ne2 d5 16. Ng3) 11. f4?? { (-1.89 → -4.38) Blunder. b3 was best. } { [%eval -4.38] } (11. b3 b5 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Nbc3 f5 14. Nd5 Bd8) 11... Rc8?! { (-4.38 → -2.88) Inaccuracy. Ba4 was best. } { [%eval -2.88] } (11... Ba4 12. Qc1 Nb3 13. Qd1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd4 15. Qd2 Nh5 16. Nc3 Bb3 17. Nf3) 12. fxe5?! { (-2.88 → -4.00) Inaccuracy. Bxd4 was best. } { [%eval -4.0] } (12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Be2 exf4 14. b3 Bd8 15. h4 h5 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4) 12... Ng4 { [%eval -4.02] } 13. Bxd4 { [%eval -4.02] } 13... cxd4 { [%eval -3.88] } 14. exd6 { [%eval -3.83] } 14... Bxd6 { [%eval -3.94] } 15. Ra1?! { (-3.94 → -5.67) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -5.67] } (15. Nd2 f5 16. Ngf3 Bf4 17. Qe2 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qh6 19. g3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Ne3) 15... Ne3 { [%eval -5.64] } 16. Qf3 { [%eval -5.87] } 16... Ba4 { [%eval -5.52] } 17. Ke2 { [%eval -7.06] } 17... Nc2?! { (-7.06 → -5.42) Inaccuracy. Bd1+ was best. } { [%eval -5.42] } (17... Bd1+ 18. Kf2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nc2 20. g3 Kh8 21. Bh3 Nxa1 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Nbd2) 18. Ra2 { [%eval -5.77] } 18... Bb3 { [%eval -5.64] } 19. Ra1 { [%eval -6.06] } 19... Nxa1 { [%eval -6.03] } 20. Qf5 { [%eval -6.95] } 20... b5 { [%eval -6.4] } 21. Qd5 { [%eval -6.97] } 21... Rd8 { [%eval -5.7] } 22. Qxd4?! { (-5.70 → -7.80) Inaccuracy. Qxb5 was best. } { [%eval -7.8] } (22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. cxb5 Rc8 24. Nd2 Rc2 25. Nf3 Bf4 26. g3 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Be6) 22... Ba2 { [%eval -6.36] } 23. Qxa7 { [%eval -8.13] } 23... Bxb1 { [%eval -7.92] } 24. Nh3 { [%eval -8.86] } 24... Rd7 { [%eval -7.89] } 25. Qe3 { [%eval -7.68] } 25... Bc7 { [%eval -7.39] } 26. Qc1 { [%eval -8.76] } 26... Bxd3+ { [%eval -8.84] } 27. Kf2 { [%eval -8.34] } 27... Qxe4 { [%eval -8.57] } 28. Qxa1? { (-8.57 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c5 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (28. c5 Qf5+ 29. Kg1 Bxf1 30. Nf2 Nc2 31. Qxf1 Qxc5 32. b4 Qc4 33. Qxc4 bxc4) 28... Re8 { [%eval #-4] } 29. Bxd3 { [%eval #-3] } 29... Rxd3 { [%eval #-4] } 30. cxb5 { [%eval #-2] } 30... Qe2+ { [%eval #-2] } 31. Kg1 { [%eval #-2] } 31... Bb6+ { [%eval #-1] } 32. Nf2 { [%eval #-1] } 32... Bxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1