[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dDWyMdlJ"] [Date "2026.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "amish_athi05"] [Black "Balasubramanian7"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "dDWyMdlJ"] [UTCDate "2026.02.21"] [UTCTime "02:06:42"] [WhiteElo "1335"] [BlackElo "1331"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [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 0.48] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.23] } { C41 Philidor Defense } 3... h6 { [%eval 0.53] } 4. O-O { [%eval 0.41] } 4... a6 { [%eval 0.89] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.38] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 0.61] } 6. d3 { [%eval 0.28] } 6... Nc6 { [%eval 0.27] } 7. Be3 { [%eval 0.33] } 7... Qe7 { [%eval 0.66] } 8. Qd2 { [%eval 0.62] } 8... g5 { [%eval 0.72] } 9. d4 { [%eval 0.8] } 9... g4 { [%eval 1.09] } 10. Ne1?! { (1.09 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } { [%eval 0.1] } (10. Nh4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qe5 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Nf5 O-O-O) 10... exd4 { [%eval 0.12] } 11. Bxd4 { [%eval 0.13] } 11... Nxd4 { [%eval 0.1] } 12. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.0] } 12... Rg8? { (0.00 → 1.48) Mistake. Bg7 was best. } { [%eval 1.48] } (12... Bg7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qe3 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. c3) 13. Nd3 { [%eval 1.4] } 13... Be6 { [%eval 1.52] } 14. e5?! { (1.52 → 0.80) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.8] } (14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne4 16. Rae1 f5 17. Nf4 Bg7 18. Qe3 Qg5 19. Bd3 Be5) 14... Nd7 { [%eval 1.24] } 15. exd6 { [%eval 0.68] } 15... Qxd6 { [%eval 0.72] } 16. Qxd6 { [%eval 0.78] } 16... Bxd6 { [%eval 0.8] } 17. Rfe1 { [%eval 0.33] } 17... Ke7 { [%eval 0.84] } 18. Nd5+?! { (0.84 → 0.04) Inaccuracy. Bxe6 was best. } { [%eval 0.04] } (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Re3 Kf7 20. Ne4 b6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. h4 a5 23. a4 Rgf8) 18... Kd8 { [%eval 0.45] } 19. Rad1 { [%eval 0.33] } 19... c6 { [%eval 0.64] } 20. Ne3 { [%eval 0.6] } 20... Bxc4?? { (0.60 → 3.96) Blunder. b5 was best. } { [%eval 3.96] } (20... b5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nf1 Rg6 23. Ng3 Kc7 24. Ne4 e5 25. Ra1 a5 26. a4) 21. Nxc4 { [%eval 3.79] } 21... Bc7?! { (3.79 → 5.69) Inaccuracy. Rg6 was best. } { [%eval 5.69] } (21... Rg6 22. Nde5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Re6 24. Nxf7+ Ke7 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 26. Nxh6 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2) 22. Nc5 { [%eval 5.43] } 22... Re8?? { (5.43 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ra7 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (22... Ra7 23. Nxd7 Kc8 24. Nde5 Re8 25. Kf1 Re7 26. Nxg4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 b5 28. Nce5) 23. Rxd7+ { [%eval #2] } 23... Kc8 { [%eval #2] } 24. Rxe8+ { [%eval #1] } { Black resigns. } 1-0