[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/e9ljBwSi"] [Date "2026.05.16"] [Round "-"] [White "stolepb"] [Black "lichess AI level 3"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "e9ljBwSi"] [UTCDate "2026.05.16"] [UTCTime "05:44:49"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [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 0.55] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.23] } { C41 Philidor Defense } 3... c6 { [%eval 0.61] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.77] } 4... b5 { [%eval 0.98] } 5. Bb3 { [%eval 1.08] } 5... a5 { [%eval 1.64] } 6. dxe5?? { (1.64 → -0.39) Blunder. a4 was best. } { [%eval -0.39] } (6. a4 bxa4 7. Rxa4 Nd7 8. Na3 Ba6 9. Nc4 Bb5 10. dxe5 dxe5) 6... a4 { [%eval -0.32] } 7. Bxf7+ { [%eval -0.3] } 7... Kxf7 { [%eval -0.1] } 8. Ng5+? { (-0.10 → -1.45) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -1.45] } (8. O-O Ke8 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. e5 Qg6) 8... Kg6?? { (-1.45 → 5.73) Blunder. Ke8 was best. } { [%eval 5.73] } (8... Ke8) 9. f4 { [%eval 5.63] } 9... Qa5+?! { (5.63 → 7.40) Inaccuracy. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval 7.4] } (9... Qxg5 10. fxg5 dxe5 11. Be3 h5 12. O-O Bb4 13. Qd8 Bd7 14. Qc7 h4 15. h3) 10. Bd2 { [%eval 7.01] } 10... dxe5 { [%eval 6.8] } 11. Bxa5 { [%eval 5.89] } 11... Nf6?! { (5.89 → 8.05) Inaccuracy. exf4 was best. } { [%eval 8.05] } (11... exf4 12. Bc3 b4 13. Be5 Bc5 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Qxf4 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nh3) 12. Bc3 { [%eval 6.13] } 12... Bg4 { [%eval 7.56] } 13. Qd2 { [%eval 6.61] } 13... Nfd7 { [%eval 7.77] } 14. f5+ { [%eval 7.34] } 14... Bxf5 { [%eval 8.32] } 15. exf5+ { [%eval 8.47] } 15... Kf6 { [%eval 8.37] } 16. Ne4+ { [%eval 8.02] } 16... Kxf5 { [%eval 9.74] } 17. Rf1+ { [%eval 9.53] } 17... Ke6 { [%eval 8.63] } 18. Qf2 { [%eval 8.15] } 18... Nf6 { [%eval 10.56] } 19. Nxf6 { [%eval 10.63] } 19... Kd6 { [%eval 11.55] } 20. Qd2+ { [%eval 11.01] } 20... Ke7?! { (11.01 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } { [%eval #11] } (20... Ke6 21. Qg5 gxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kd7 23. Qxh8 Be7 24. Na3 Bh4+ 25. g3 Kc7 26. Qg7+) 21. Ng4? { (Mate in 11 → 9.29) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bb4+ was best. } { [%eval 9.29] } (21. Bb4+ Ke6 22. Ne8 Bxb4 23. Nxg7+ Ke7 24. Qxb4+ Kd8 25. Qd6+ Nd7 26. Ne6+ Ke8) 21... h5 { [%eval 11.36] } 22. Nxe5 { [%eval 11.0] } 22... Rh6?! { (11.00 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (22... Ke8 23. Qe3 Bd6 24. Ng6+ Kd7 25. Nxh8 a3 26. Rf7+ Kd8 27. Rxg7 Bxh2 28. Nxa3) 23. Qf2? { (Mate in 5 → 9.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bb4+ was best. } { [%eval 9.3] } (23. Bb4+ c5 24. Bxc5+ Ke6 25. Bxf8 Ra6 26. Nc3 Kxe5 27. Qd5#) 23... Nd7? { (9.30 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf6 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (23... Rf6 24. Qe2 Kd8 25. Nf7+ Kc7 26. Be5+ Kb7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nd8+ Kc8 29. Qe6+) 24. Nxc6+? { (Mate in 3 → 8.55) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf7+ was best. } { [%eval 8.55] } (24. Qf7+ Kd6 25. Qxd7+ Kc5 26. Qd4#) 24... Kd6 { [%eval 9.76] } 25. Nb4 { [%eval 8.98] } 25... Kc7 { [%eval 9.16] } 26. Qg3+ { [%eval 9.04] } 26... Bd6 { [%eval 8.58] } 27. Qxg7 { [%eval 8.57] } 27... Re8+ { [%eval 8.35] } 28. Kd1 { [%eval 8.88] } 28... Rhe6 { [%eval 8.87] } 29. Nd5+ { [%eval 8.8] } 29... Kc6 { [%eval 8.76] } 30. Nf4 { [%eval 7.77] } 30... Re3 { [%eval 8.63] } 31. Qd4 { [%eval 8.31] } 31... Nf6 { [%eval 9.5] } 32. Na3 { [%eval 8.89] } 32... R8e7 { [%eval 10.21] } 33. Ba5 { [%eval 9.19] } 33... R7e5? { (9.19 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb7 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (33... Kb7 34. Qb6+ Kc8 35. Qa6+ Kd7 36. Nxb5 Bxf4 37. Rxf4 R3e6 38. Qb7+ Ke8 39. Nc7+) 34. Qb6+ { [%eval #3] } 34... Kd7 { [%eval #3] } 35. Qb7+?! { (Mate in 3 → 10.44) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd8+ was best. } { [%eval 10.44] } (35. Qd8+ Kc6 36. Qc8+ Bc7 37. Qxc7#) 35... Bc7?! { (10.44 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (35... Ke8 36. Qc6+ Kf7 37. Qxd6 Rf5 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Rxf4 40. Qxf4 b4 41. Qxb4) 36. Qxc7+ { [%eval #7] } 36... Ke8 { [%eval #7] } 37. c4?! { (Mate in 7 → 12.95) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd8+ was best. } { [%eval 12.95] } (37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Nxh5 Rd3+ 39. cxd3 Kg6 40. Qxf6+ Kxh5 41. Rf4 Rg5 42. Qh8+ Kg6) 37... bxc4 { [%eval 12.14] } 38. Rc1 { [%eval 12.29] } 38... c3?! { (12.29 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. R3e4 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (38... R3e4 39. Rxc4 Rc5 40. Qxc5 Re7 41. Bd2 h4 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7 Ne8 44. Rxe7+) 39. Rxc3 { [%eval #6] } 39... R5e4 { [%eval #6] } 40. Rxe3 { [%eval #5] } 40... Rxe3 { [%eval #5] } 41. Re1 { [%eval #6] } 41... Rxe1+ { [%eval #6] } 42. Kxe1 { [%eval #5] } 42... h4 { [%eval #4] } 43. Ng6 { [%eval #5] } 43... Nd5 { [%eval #3] } 44. Qe5+ { [%eval #4] } 44... Kd7 { [%eval #3] } 45. Qxd5+ { [%eval #2] } 45... Kc8 { [%eval #2] } 46. Nxh4 { [%eval #3] } 46... Kb8 { [%eval #3] } 47. Qf7 { [%eval #3] } 47... Ka8 { [%eval #3] } 48. Nb5 { [%eval #2] } 48... Kb8 { [%eval #2] } 49. Qc7+ { [%eval #1] } 49... Ka8 { [%eval #1] } 50. Qa7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0