[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/fP7iwHRD"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "the_iron_crusaders12"] [Black "ZepzypZep"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "fP7iwHRD"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "20:19:45"] [WhiteElo "862"] [BlackElo "775"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "Center Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. d4 { [%eval -0.11] } { C20 Center Game } 2... Nf6? { (-0.11 → 1.38) Mistake. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.38] } (2... exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. e5) 3. dxe5 { [%eval 1.13] } 3... Nxe4 { [%eval 1.29] } 4. Qf3?! { (1.29 → 0.29) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval 0.29] } (4. Qe2 Nc5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 b6 7. O-O-O Ba6 8. Qe1 Bxf1) 4... d5 { [%eval 0.34] } 5. e6?? { (0.34 → -2.17) Blunder. exd6 was best. } { [%eval -2.17] } (5. exd6 Nxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O) 5... Bxe6 { [%eval -2.19] } 6. g4? { (-2.19 → -3.64) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -3.64] } (6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Ne2 Qh4 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. Qxg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3 c6) 6... Bc5 { [%eval -3.47] } 7. g5?! { (-3.47 → -5.34) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -5.34] } (7. Be3 d4 8. Qxe4 dxe3 9. fxe3 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Nbd2 Nf6) 7... Nxg5?! { (-5.34 → -3.77) Inaccuracy. Bxf2+ was best. } { [%eval -3.77] } (7... Bxf2+ 8. Kd1 Nc6 9. Bf4 Bb6 10. Kc1 Nf2 11. Nc3 Nxh1 12. Qxh1 f6 13. Bd3) 8. Bxg5 { [%eval -4.2] } 8... Qxg5 { [%eval -4.17] } 9. Bb5+?! { (-4.17 → -5.30) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -5.3] } (9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nh3 Qf6 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Nf4 c6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bh3 Kf7) 9... Bd7?! { (-5.30 → -3.88) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } { [%eval -3.88] } (9... c6 10. Nc3 cxb5 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. Nxb5 O-O-O 13. Rg1 Qf6 14. Qg3 Qe5 15. Qxe5) 10. Qe2+?! { (-3.88 → -5.23) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -5.23] } (10. Nc3 c6 11. h4 Qg4 12. O-O-O Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Bxf2 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5) 10... Qe7 { [%eval -4.37] } 11. Bxd7+ { [%eval -4.25] } 11... Nxd7 { [%eval -4.32] } 12. Kf1 { [%eval -4.37] } 12... Ne5 { [%eval -4.19] } 13. Qb5+?! { (-4.19 → -5.47) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -5.47] } (13. Nf3 f6 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Rd1 c6 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. c4 d4) 13... c6 { [%eval -5.4] } 14. Qe2 { [%eval -5.54] } 14... O-O-O { [%eval -5.4] } 15. f4 { [%eval -5.96] } 15... Nc4 { [%eval -5.97] } 16. Qg4+?! { (-5.97 → -8.21) Inaccuracy. Qxe7 was best. } { [%eval -8.21] } (16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Nf3 Ne3+ 18. Kf2 Nxc2 19. Nbd2 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Bb4 21. Nb3 Rhe8) 16... Kb8 { [%eval -8.16] } 17. f5? { (-8.16 → Mate in 18) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval #-18] } (17. Qf3 Rhe8 18. Ne2 Ne3+ 19. Ke1 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Nxa1 21. f5 Qc7 22. Nbc3 d4) 17... Nd2+?? { (Mate in 18 → -1.32) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne3+ was best. } { [%eval -1.32] } (17... Ne3+ 18. Ke1 Nxg4+ 19. Ne2 Rhe8 20. Nc3 Qh4+ 21. Kd1 Be3 22. Ng3 Nf2+ 23. Ke2) 18. Nxd2 { [%eval -1.33] } 18... Bxg1?? { (-1.33 → 1.56) Blunder. Rhe8 was best. } { [%eval 1.56] } { Black resigns. } (18... Rhe8 19. h4 Bb6 20. Rh2 Qc5 21. Ndf3 Qb5+ 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Qxb2 24. Re1) 1-0