[Event "Lotus Chess March Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/fPaBWoNc"] [Date "2026.03.04"] [Round "-"] [White "StephaneLam"] [Black "MARIBORC24"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "fPaBWoNc"] [UTCDate "2026.03.04"] [UTCTime "18:41:34"] [WhiteElo "2070"] [BlackElo "1896"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Schlechter Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.29] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Bd3 { [%eval -0.09] } { C00 French Defense: Schlechter Variation } 3... Nf6?! { (-0.09 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.6] } (3... dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4) 4. e5 { [%eval 0.8] } 4... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.71] } 5. Ne2 { [%eval 0.73] } 5... b6 { [%eval 1.28] } 6. c3 { [%eval 0.83] } 6... Ba6 { [%eval 0.92] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.67] } 7... Bxd3 { [%eval 0.81] } 8. Qxd3 { [%eval 1.03] } 8... c5 { [%eval 1.1] } 9. Be3 { [%eval 0.77] } 9... cxd4 { [%eval 1.31] } 10. cxd4 { [%eval 1.39] } 10... Be7 { [%eval 1.49] } 11. Nbc3 { [%eval 1.42] } 11... O-O { [%eval 1.68] } 12. h4?! { (1.68 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. Rac1 was best. } { [%eval 1.02] } (12. Rac1 b5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 Qb6 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. Qa3 a5) 12... a6 { [%eval 1.15] } 13. h5 { [%eval 1.14] } 13... f6?? { (1.14 → 3.97) Blunder. b5 was best. } { [%eval 3.97] } (13... b5 14. Rac1 Nb6 15. Nd1 Qd7 16. b3 Nc6 17. h6 g6 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Ne3) 14. f4?? { (3.97 → 1.36) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval 1.36] } (14. Nf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nce2 Nc6 18. h6 Ne5 19. Qb3 Nc4) 14... fxe5?! { (1.36 → 2.16) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.16] } (14... Nc6 15. h6 g6 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Qd1 Rc8 18. Qb3 Rc4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qc2) 15. fxe5 { [%eval 2.1] } 15... Bg5 { [%eval 2.17] } 16. Bxg5 { [%eval 2.12] } 16... Qxg5 { [%eval 2.31] } 17. Rxf8+ { [%eval 1.94] } 17... Nxf8 { [%eval 1.78] } 18. Rf1?? { (1.78 → 0.00) Blunder. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Rf1 Qd8 20. h6 Nc6 21. Qg4 g6 22. Nf4 Nxd4 23. Nfxd5 exd5) 18... Nbd7?? { (0.00 → 2.09) Blunder. Qxh5 was best. } { [%eval 2.09] } (18... Qxh5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qb3 Ra7 21. Nf4 Qe8 22. Qxd5+ Rf7 23. e6 Re7 24. Qb3) 19. Qf3 { [%eval 2.17] } 19... Rc8?! { (2.17 → 3.41) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } { [%eval 3.41] } (19... Kh8 20. Qf7 g6 21. Rf3 Qxh5 22. Nf4 Qf5 23. Qe7 Rc8 24. Nfxd5 Qg4 25. Nf4) 20. Qf7+ { [%eval 3.39] } 20... Kh8 { [%eval 3.27] } 21. Nf4 { [%eval 3.12] } 21... Qg3?! { (3.12 → 4.90) Inaccuracy. Qh6 was best. } { [%eval 4.9] } (21... Qh6 22. Rf3 b5 23. a3 Ra8 24. Rg3 Nb6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Nh3 Nbd7 27. Ne2) 22. Nxe6 { [%eval 4.44] } 22... Qe3+ { [%eval 4.97] } 23. Kh1 { [%eval 4.05] } 23... Nxe6 { [%eval 4.02] } 24. Qxd7 { [%eval 4.26] } 24... Rf8 { [%eval 3.88] } 25. Rxf8+ { [%eval 4.08] } 25... Nxf8 { [%eval 4.0] } 26. Qe8?? { (4.00 → 0.00) Blunder. Qg4 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (26. Qg4 g6 27. Nxd5 gxh5 28. Nxe3 hxg4 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Kg3 Ne6 31. d5 Nc5) 26... Qe1+ { [%eval 0.0] } 27. Kh2 { [%eval 0.0] } 27... Qh4+ { [%eval 0.0] } 28. Kg1 { [%eval 0.0] } 28... Qe1+ { [%eval 0.0] } 29. Kh2 { [%eval 0.0] } 29... Qh4+ { [%eval 0.0] } 30. Kg1 { [%eval 0.0] } 30... Qe1+ { [%eval 0.0] } 31. Kh2 { [%eval 0.0] } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2