[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cMsbBQiK"] [Date "2026.02.20"] [Round "-"] [White "firedogg12"] [Black "fivw"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "cMsbBQiK"] [UTCDate "2026.02.20"] [UTCTime "15:54:54"] [WhiteElo "886"] [BlackElo "1011"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Qf6?! { (0.18 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.06] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.93] } 3... Nh6?! { (0.93 → 1.72) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.72] } (3... d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Nd2) 4. d3?! { (1.72 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.97] } (4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Nxd4 Qc5 8. Bd5 cxd5) 4... Be7?! { (0.97 → 1.67) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.67] } (4... Nc6 5. a3 Qg6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h4 Qh5 8. Nd5 Bd8 9. Rh3) 5. Bxh6?! { (1.67 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.66] } (5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 Qg6 7. Bxh6 Qxh6 8. Nxe5 Qf6 9. d4 d6 10. Nf3 Bg4) 5... gxh6 { [%eval 0.77] } 6. Nc3 { [%eval 0.74] } 6... Nc6? { (0.74 → 1.99) Mistake. c6 was best. } { [%eval 1.99] } (6... c6 7. Ne2 d6 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. d4 Kb8 12. Kb1) 7. Nd5 { [%eval 2.08] } 7... Qf4?? { (2.08 → 6.22) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } { [%eval 6.22] } (7... Qd6 8. d4 Rg8 9. O-O Kf8 10. c3 h5 11. g3 h4 12. Qd2 Bd8 13. Rae1) 8. Nxf4 { [%eval 6.29] } 8... exf4 { [%eval 5.98] } 9. O-O { [%eval 5.93] } 9... Rg8 { [%eval 5.98] } 10. e5 { [%eval 5.66] } 10... d6 { [%eval 5.7] } 11. exd6 { [%eval 5.56] } 11... cxd6 { [%eval 5.98] } 12. Re1 { [%eval 5.32] } 12... Bg4 { [%eval 5.96] } 13. Bb5 { [%eval 5.71] } 13... O-O-O { [%eval 6.83] } 14. Bxc6 { [%eval 6.52] } 14... bxc6 { [%eval 7.0] } 15. Rxe7 { [%eval 6.82] } 15... Rde8 { [%eval 7.52] } 16. Rxa7 { [%eval 7.23] } 16... Bh3 { [%eval 7.16] } 17. c4?! { (7.16 → 5.34) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } { [%eval 5.34] } (17. g3 Kb8 18. Rxf7 Ref8 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. c3 c5 21. Qb3+ Kc7 22. Qa4 Rf5) 17... Rxg2+?! { (5.34 → 7.06) Inaccuracy. Bxg2 was best. } { [%eval 7.06] } (17... Bxg2 18. Nh4 Bf3+ 19. Kf1 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Kb8 21. Rxf7 Rgf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Re1) 18. Kh1 { [%eval 6.79] } 18... Rxf2?? { (6.79 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re7 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (18... Re7 19. Rxe7 Rg4 20. Nh4 Rxh4 21. f3 Rh5 22. Re1 Re5 23. Rg1 Re3 24. b4) 19. Qa4 { [%eval #6] } 19... Rf1+ { [%eval #5] } 20. Ng1 { [%eval #5] } 20... Kb8 { [%eval #2] } 21. Ra8+ { [%eval #1] } 21... Kc7 { [%eval #1] } 22. Qa7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0