[Event "French Defense Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ex4clsQC"] [Date "2026.05.20"] [Round "-"] [White "james59"] [Black "tobi6688"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "ex4clsQC"] [UTCDate "2026.05.20"] [UTCTime "22:00:03"] [WhiteElo "1736"] [BlackElo "1683"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+25"] [Variant "From Position"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rnbqk1nr/ppp2ppp/4p3/3p4/1b1PP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3?! { (0.15 → -0.83) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.83] } (1. e5 c5 2. a3 Ba5 3. Qg4 Ne7 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O) 1... Bxc3+?! { (-0.83 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (1... dxe4 2. Ne5 Ne7 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Be2 Nd5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nc4) 2. bxc3 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... dxe4 { [%eval 0.0] } 3. Ng5?! { (0.00 → -0.64) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval -0.64] } (3. Ne5 Nd7 4. Qg4 Nxe5 5. dxe5 Ne7 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qf6 Rg6) 3... Nf6 { [%eval -0.69] } 4. Bc4?! { (-0.69 → -1.27) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -1.27] } (4. Qe2 Qd5 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 O-O 7. c4 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qa3) 4... h6 { [%eval -1.44] } 5. Nh3 { [%eval -1.66] } 5... Nc6 { [%eval -1.49] } 6. Ba3 { [%eval -1.5] } 6... e5 { [%eval -1.2] } 7. d5?! { (-1.20 → -2.20) Inaccuracy. Qb1 was best. } { [%eval -2.2] } (7. Qb1 Nd7 8. Qb5 Nb6 9. Bb3 a6 10. Qc5 Qf6 11. d5 Bxh3 12. gxh3) 7... Na5 { [%eval -2.47] } 8. Bb3 { [%eval -2.75] } 8... b5?! { (-2.75 → -1.56) Inaccuracy. Nxb3 was best. } { [%eval -1.56] } (8... Nxb3 9. axb3 Bxh3 10. gxh3 Qxd5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bb4 Qb5 14. Rg1) 9. O-O { [%eval -1.94] } 9... Nc4 { [%eval -1.82] } 10. Bxc4 { [%eval -1.74] } 10... bxc4 { [%eval -1.92] } 11. Re1 { [%eval -1.92] } 11... Bxh3 { [%eval -2.04] } 12. gxh3 { [%eval -1.9] } 12... Qd7 { [%eval -1.97] } 13. Re3?! { (-1.97 → -2.93) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -2.93] } (13. Qe2 Qa4 14. Bc5 Qb5 15. Ba3 Qa6 16. Bb4 O-O-O 17. Be7 Rxd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6) 13... Qa4 { [%eval -2.9] } 14. Bb4 { [%eval -3.37] } 14... a5 { [%eval -3.08] } 15. Bc5 { [%eval -3.12] } 15... Qb5 { [%eval -3.13] } 16. Ba3 { [%eval -3.05] } 16... Rd8 { [%eval -3.08] } 17. d6 { [%eval -3.86] } 17... cxd6 { [%eval -3.86] } 18. Bxd6?! { (-3.86 → -5.73) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -5.73] } (18. Qe2 O-O 19. Kh1 Kh7 20. Rg1 Rg8 21. Bc1 Qc6 22. Reg3 Rb8 23. Qe3 d5) 18... Qd7 { [%eval -5.51] } 19. Qe2 { [%eval -5.79] } 19... Qxd6 { [%eval -5.78] } 20. Qxc4 { [%eval -6.07] } 20... O-O { [%eval -5.98] } 21. Ree1 { [%eval -6.19] } 21... Rc8 { [%eval -6.12] } 22. Qb3 { [%eval -6.16] } 22... Rb8 { [%eval -6.16] } 23. Qc4 { [%eval -6.18] } 23... Rbc8 { [%eval -6.13] } 24. Qf1 { [%eval -6.42] } 24... Rxc3 { [%eval -6.23] } 25. Red1 { [%eval -6.45] } 25... Qe6 { [%eval -6.81] } 26. Rab1 { [%eval -6.54] } 26... Rxc2 { [%eval -6.36] } 27. Ra1 { [%eval -8.32] } 27... e3 { [%eval -8.27] } 28. fxe3 { [%eval -8.97] } 28... Ne4 { [%eval -8.53] } 29. h4? { (-8.53 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (29. Qf3 Ng5 30. Rf1 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qa6 32. Raf1 Rd8 33. Re1 Rxa2 34. Rg3 Kh8) 29... Qg6+ { [%eval #-4] } 30. Kh1 { [%eval #-4] } 30... Nf2+ { [%eval #-3] } 31. Qxf2 { [%eval #-3] } 31... Rxf2 { [%eval #-2] } 32. Rg1 { [%eval #-2] } 32... Qe4+ { [%eval #-1] } { White resigns. } 0-1