[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/h5wUhhiE"] [Date "2026.04.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Hovik9"] [Black "Malik2019"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "h5wUhhiE"] [UTCDate "2026.04.20"] [UTCTime "12:05:18"] [WhiteElo "490"] [BlackElo "473"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+58"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bb5 { [%eval -0.12] } { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } 2... Bb4?! { (-0.12 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } { [%eval 0.47] } (2... a6 3. Be2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bg5) 3. c3 { [%eval 0.45] } 3... Nf6?? { (0.45 → 3.95) Blunder. a6 was best. } { [%eval 3.95] } (3... a6 4. Be2 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5) 4. cxb4 { [%eval 4.0] } 4... a6 { [%eval 4.26] } 5. Bc4 { [%eval 3.72] } 5... a5 { [%eval 4.51] } 6. bxa5 { [%eval 3.74] } 6... Rxa5 { [%eval 4.1] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 3.62] } 7... Re5?! { (3.62 → 4.98) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 4.98] } (7... d5 8. b4 Ra8 9. Bb5+ c6 10. e5 d4 11. exf6 cxb5 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Ne4) 8. Nf3 { [%eval 4.98] } 8... Rxe4+ { [%eval 4.96] } 9. Nxe4 { [%eval 4.98] } 9... Nxe4 { [%eval 4.87] } 10. O-O { [%eval 4.92] } 10... O-O { [%eval 4.94] } 11. h3 { [%eval 4.86] } 11... f5 { [%eval 5.01] } 12. d3 { [%eval 5.09] } 12... Nxf2 { [%eval 6.37] } 13. Rxf2 { [%eval 6.49] } 13... f4 { [%eval 6.52] } 14. Ne5 { [%eval 5.63] } 14... f3 { [%eval 6.93] } 15. Nxf3 { [%eval 6.81] } 15... Rxf3 { [%eval 8.7] } 16. Qxf3 { [%eval 8.73] } 16... d5? { (8.73 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf6 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (16... Qf6 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Qxc7 h6 19. Be3 Nc6 20. d4 Qe8 21. Qg3 d5 22. Bb5) 17. Qf7+ { [%eval #2] } 17... Kh8 { [%eval #2] } 18. Qf8+ { [%eval #1] } 18... Qxf8 { [%eval #1] } 19. Rxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0