[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/byLQYdyk"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "aaravrekhi"] [Black "ronavagrawal6"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "byLQYdyk"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "12:57:13"] [WhiteElo "1814"] [BlackElo "1401"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.31] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.24] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.24] } 3. Nd2 { [%eval 0.09] } { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation } 3... Nf6?! { (0.09 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.02] } (3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bf4) 4. e5 { [%eval 1.07] } 4... Ng4 { [%eval 1.11] } 5. Be2 { [%eval 0.97] } 5... Nh6 { [%eval 1.07] } 6. Nb1 { [%eval 0.57] } 6... Ng8 { [%eval 1.12] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.71] } 7... f6?! { (0.71 → 1.56) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } { [%eval 1.56] } (7... e6 8. a3 Ne7 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O b6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Nb5) 8. Nf3 { [%eval 1.56] } 8... fxe5 { [%eval 1.56] } 9. dxe5 { [%eval 1.61] } 9... Bf5 { [%eval 2.21] } 10. O-O { [%eval 2.12] } 10... g6 { [%eval 2.21] } 11. Re1 { [%eval 1.69] } 11... Bg7 { [%eval 1.75] } 12. Bf4 { [%eval 1.72] } 12... Qc7?! { (1.72 → 2.41) Inaccuracy. Nh6 was best. } { [%eval 2.41] } (12... Nh6 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. e6 Nh8 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Ne2) 13. Bd3?! { (2.41 → 1.45) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.45] } (13. Nd4 Bc8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Ncb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Qd7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. c4 Nc6) 13... Bxd3 { [%eval 2.01] } 14. Qxd3 { [%eval 2.09] } 14... Nh6 { [%eval 2.19] } 15. g3? { (2.19 → 0.97) Mistake. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval 0.97] } (15. Qd2 Nf7 16. Nd4 Nd8 17. e6 Qb6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 O-O 20. h4 Na6) 15... Ng4? { (0.97 → 2.24) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval 2.24] } (15... O-O 16. Ne2 Na6 17. c4 Nf5 18. Rad1 e6 19. Kg2 Qe7 20. Ned4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4) 16. e6? { (2.24 → 0.57) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } { [%eval 0.57] } (16. Ng5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bxf4 18. Ne6 Qd6 19. Qxg4 Be5 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Ne4 Qb8) 16... Qxf4?? { (0.57 → 4.92) Blunder. Qb6 was best. } { [%eval 4.92] } (16... Qb6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. h3 Nf6 19. Be5 Nh5 20. Kg2 Na6 21. Rab1 Nc5) 17. gxf4 { [%eval 4.99] } 17... Bxc3 { [%eval 6.2] } 18. Qxc3 { [%eval 5.56] } 18... Rf8 { [%eval 6.74] } 19. Qb4 { [%eval 7.57] } 19... g5? { (7.57 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b5 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (19... b5 20. Qa5 Rxf4 21. Qc7 Na6 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Qxa8+ Kg7 24. Qxa7 Rxf3 25. Qxe7+) 20. Qxb7 { [%eval 9.21] } 20... Na6? { (9.21 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (20... Kd8 21. Nd4 Nf6 22. Qxa8 Kc7 23. Qxa7+ Kc8 24. Qxe7 Nbd7 25. f3 c5 26. exd7+) 21. Qxa8+ { [%eval #1] } 21... Nb8 { [%eval #1] } 22. Qxb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0