[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dOuyBkp9"] [Date "2026.05.20"] [Round "-"] [White "belanger-antoine"] [Black "nikunj_26"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "dOuyBkp9"] [UTCDate "2026.05.20"] [UTCTime "10:48:24"] [WhiteElo "592"] [BlackElo "711"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-28"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } 2... Nf6?! { (0.11 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.73] } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bd3) 3. Nc3?! { (0.73 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Ne7 5. d4 d6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. h4 Ng8) 3... c6?! { (0.00 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.97] } (3... d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Ne2 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. a3) 4. Bc4? { (0.97 → -0.32) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.32] } (4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 d5 6. Be3 b6 7. h4 c5 8. Ne2 Ba6) 4... a5?! { (-0.32 → 0.67) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.67] } (4... d5 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 Be7 8. Bf1 d4 9. e5) 5. O-O?! { (0.67 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 0.05] } (5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nbd7 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O Be7) 5... c5? { (0.05 → 1.59) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.59] } (5... d5 6. e5 dxc4 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. d4 cxd3 9. Ne4 Qd8 10. Ne5) 6. d3 { [%eval 1.19] } 6... Ng4?! { (1.19 → 1.94) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.94] } (6... Nc6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. dxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 gxf6 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. Nc7+) 7. Be3? { (1.94 → 0.55) Mistake. h3 was best. } { [%eval 0.55] } (7. h3 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. Ndb5 Be7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 O-O) 7... a4?! { (0.55 → 1.66) Inaccuracy. Nxe3 was best. } { [%eval 1.66] } (7... Nxe3 8. fxe3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. a4 d6 11. d4 cxd4 12. exd4 Na6 13. Rf2) 8. Nxa4?? { (1.66 → -2.47) Blunder. Bg5 was best. } { [%eval -2.47] } (8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. h3 Nh6 11. a3 d6 12. d4 O-O 13. dxc5 dxc5) 8... Qa5?? { (-2.47 → 1.99) Blunder. Rxa4 was best. } { [%eval 1.99] } (8... Rxa4 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. c3 Ra8 11. d4 cxd4 12. h3 Nf6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4) 9. Nxc5?? { (1.99 → -2.05) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -2.05] } (9. Nc3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Kh1 Qh5 14. Ne2 O-O) 9... Bxc5 { [%eval -1.45] } 10. Bxc5 { [%eval -1.97] } 10... Qxc5 { [%eval -2.07] } 11. b3 { [%eval -2.34] } 11... e5?? { (-2.34 → -0.32) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval -0.32] } (11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Qe1 d5 16. c3 Qc5 17. d4) 12. a3? { (-0.32 → -1.99) Mistake. h3 was best. } { [%eval -1.99] } (12. h3 Nh6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Nb5 Ra6 16. Qd5 Qe7 17. e5 Nc6) 12... Nxf2?? { (-1.99 → 2.48) Blunder. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.48] } (12... d6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Re1 O-O 15. a4 Qc7 16. d4 Nc6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Bf1) 13. Rxf2 { [%eval 2.53] } 13... Rf8 { [%eval 3.16] } 14. b4 { [%eval 3.2] } 14... Qc6? { (3.20 → 5.21) Mistake. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 5.21] } (14... Qe7 15. c3 d6 16. a4 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. a5 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Re1) 15. Bd5?! { (5.21 → 3.56) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 3.56] } (15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nxf7 d5 17. Bxd5 Nd7 18. d4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Nxd5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 15... Qa4? { (3.56 → 5.88) Mistake. Qc3 was best. } { [%eval 5.88] } (15... Qc3 16. Rb1 Rxa3 17. Ng5 Kd8 18. Nxf7+ Kc7 19. b5 b6 20. Qg4 d6 21. Qxg7) 16. Nxe5 { [%eval 5.54] } 16... Qxb4?! { (5.54 → 8.91) Inaccuracy. Qa7 was best. } { [%eval 8.91] } (16... Qa7 17. Nxf7 d6 18. d4 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Ke7 20. Bd5 Nd7 21. Qg4 Qxd4 22. Qg5+) 17. axb4 { [%eval 8.67] } 17... Na6 { [%eval 9.82] } 18. b5 { [%eval 9.0] } 18... Nc7 { [%eval 10.0] } 19. Bc4 { [%eval 8.47] } 19... b6 { [%eval 9.55] } 20. Bd5 { [%eval 8.11] } 20... Nxd5 { [%eval 9.84] } 21. exd5 { [%eval 9.18] } 21... d6? { (9.18 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxa1 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (21... Rxa1 22. Qxa1 f5 23. Nc6 dxc6 24. Qxg7 Rf7 25. Re2+ Kd8 26. Qxf7 Bd7 27. Qf6+) 22. Rxa8 { [%eval #9] } 22... f6 { [%eval #4] } 23. Rxc8+ { [%eval #3] } 23... Ke7 { [%eval #3] } 24. Rxf8 { [%eval #6] } 24... Kxf8 { [%eval #6] } 25. Qa1? { (Mate in 6 → 9.98) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 9.98] } (25. Nc6 Kg8 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 f5 28. Re2 Kf7 29. Nd8+ Kf6 30. Re6#) 25... Kg8? { (9.98 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (25... dxe5 26. Qa8+ Ke7 27. Rf1 f5 28. Qa7+ Kf8) 26. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0