[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/hjrxJkeX"] [Date "2026.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Smoddy72"] [Black "dandypandygal"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "hjrxJkeX"] [UTCDate "2026.04.17"] [UTCTime "10:28:35"] [WhiteElo "1577"] [BlackElo "1471"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2 days per move"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.03] } { C23 Bishop's Opening } 2... a5 { [%eval 0.5] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.6] } 3... Nf6?! { (0.60 → 1.63) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.63] } (3... d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2) 4. d4?! { (1.63 → 0.51) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.51] } (4. Nxe5 d5 5. exd5 Nbd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be7) 4... Nc6? { (0.51 → 2.02) Mistake. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 2.02] } (4... exd4 5. O-O Nc6 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4) 5. O-O? { (2.02 → 0.62) Mistake. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.62] } (5. dxe5 Ng4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Ke8 8. Qxg4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Qg3 Bd6) 5... Rb8?? { (0.62 → 3.08) Blunder. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 3.08] } (5... exd4 6. Re1 d6 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxd5) 6. Be3?? { (3.08 → 0.97) Blunder. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.97] } (6. dxe5 b5 7. Bd5 Ng8 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Rd1 h6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Na4 g5) 6... b5 { [%eval 1.42] } 7. Bd5?! { (1.42 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.7] } (7. dxe5 bxc4 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Qxc4 Rxb2) 7... Nxd5 { [%eval 1.15] } 8. dxe5?? { (1.15 → -4.51) Blunder. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -4.51] } (8. exd5 e4 9. Ng5 Ne7 10. Nxe4 Nxd5 11. Bd2 d6 12. Bxa5 Be7 13. Nbc3 Be6) 8... Nxe3 { [%eval -4.67] } 9. Qe2?! { (-4.67 → -6.47) Inaccuracy. fxe3 was best. } { [%eval -6.47] } (9. fxe3 g6 10. Qd5 Qe7 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Nxe5 14. Qxa5 Nxf3+) 9... Nxf1 { [%eval -6.47] } 10. Qxf1 { [%eval -6.61] } 10... Nxe5 { [%eval -5.24] } 11. Nxe5 { [%eval -5.43] } 11... Qf6 { [%eval -5.26] } 12. Ng4 { [%eval -5.08] } 12... Qxb2 { [%eval -5.11] } 13. Nd2 { [%eval -4.99] } 13... Qxc2 { [%eval -4.92] } 14. Qc1?! { (-4.92 → -6.46) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -6.46] } (14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rc1 Qxe4 16. h3 Kd8 17. Nge5 Rf8 18. Re1 Qd5 19. h4 Qd6) 14... Qxe4?? { (-6.46 → 5.83) Blunder. Qxc1+ was best. } { [%eval 5.83] } (14... Qxc1+ 15. Rxc1 c6 16. Nf3 h5 17. Ne3 f6 18. Rd1 b4 19. e5 Kd8 20. exf6) 15. Qxc7?? { (5.83 → -2.76) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval -2.76] } (15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Qxc7 O-O 17. Nh6+ gxh6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qxb8 d6 20. Qa7 Re8) 15... Qxg4?? { (-2.76 → -0.15) Blunder. Qd4 was best. } { [%eval -0.15] } (15... Qd4 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Qxb8 O-O 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Qf4 Bb7 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. h4) 16. Qxb8 { [%eval -0.2] } 16... Bc5?? { (-0.20 → 5.90) Blunder. f6 was best. } { [%eval 5.9] } (16... f6 17. Qxc8+ Kf7 18. Nf3 Rg8 19. Qb7 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qe5 21. Rd1 Be7 22. g3) 17. Re1+?? { (5.90 → -4.00) Blunder. Qxc8+ was best. } { [%eval -4.0] } (17. Qxc8+ Ke7 18. Qxc5+ Kf6 19. Re1 Kg6 20. Nf3 f6 21. Qd6 Kh5 22. h3 Qc4) 17... Qe6?? { (-4.00 → 8.22) Blunder. Kd8 was best. } { [%eval 8.22] } (17... Kd8 18. Nb3 Qf5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qa8 Qc7 21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Qe3 Bc6 23. Qg5+) 18. Qxc8+ { [%eval 8.1] } 18... Ke7 { [%eval 7.8] } 19. Qxc5+ { [%eval 8.01] } 19... d6 { [%eval 8.21] } 20. Rxe6+ { [%eval 7.58] } 20... fxe6 { [%eval 8.38] } 21. Qxb5 { [%eval 7.2] } 21... Rf8 { [%eval 7.5] } 22. Ne4 { [%eval 7.69] } 22... d5? { (7.69 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc8 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (22... Rc8 23. Qb7+ Kd8 24. g4 h5 25. Qb6+ Ke7 26. Qxd6+ Ke8 27. Qxe6+ Kd8 28. Qd5+) 23. Qb7+ { [%eval #6] } 23... Ke8 { [%eval #6] } 24. Nd6+ { [%eval 8.0] } 24... Kd8 { [%eval 7.95] } 25. Qc8+ { [%eval 7.92] } 25... Ke7 { [%eval 7.84] } 26. Qc7+ { [%eval 7.73] } 26... Kf6 { [%eval 7.67] } 27. Qxa5 { [%eval 7.05] } 27... Kg5 { [%eval 7.64] } 28. a4 { [%eval 7.12] } 28... g6 { [%eval 7.38] } 29. Qb4 { [%eval 7.56] } 29... e5 { [%eval 9.24] } 30. Ne4+ { [%eval 8.74] } 30... Kf5 { [%eval 8.81] } 31. Ng3+ { [%eval 8.48] } 31... Kg5? { (8.48 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (31... Ke6 32. Qxf8 g5 33. h3 e4 34. Kh2 g4 35. Qe8+ Kd6 36. Nf1 h5 37. a5) 32. Qxf8 { [%eval #4] } 32... d4 { [%eval #3] } 33. a5 { [%eval #3] } 33... Kg4 { [%eval #3] } 34. a6 { [%eval #3] } 34... d3 { [%eval #3] } 35. Qb4+ { [%eval #3] } 35... Kg5 { [%eval #3] } 36. Qd2+ { [%eval #5] } 36... Kh4 { [%eval #2] } 37. Qxd3 { [%eval #4] } 37... e4 { [%eval #3] } 38. Qxe4+ { [%eval #3] } 38... Kg5 { [%eval #3] } 39. f4+ { [%eval #4] } 39... Kg4 { [%eval #3] } 40. f5+ { [%eval #4] } 40... Kg5 { [%eval #4] } 41. fxg6 { [%eval #4] } 41... hxg6 { [%eval #4] } 42. h4+ { [%eval #4] } 42... Kh6 { [%eval #4] } 43. h5 { [%eval #4] } 43... gxh5 { [%eval #4] } 44. Nf5+ { [%eval #4] } 44... Kg5 { [%eval #4] } 45. Qh4+ { [%eval #5] } 45... Kxf5 { [%eval #5] } 46. Qxh5+ { [%eval #5] } 46... Kf4 { [%eval #5] } 47. a7 { [%eval #4] } 47... Kg3 { [%eval #1] } 48. Qf3+ { [%eval #2] } 48... Kh4 { [%eval #2] } 49. a8=Q { [%eval #2] } 49... Kg5 { [%eval #2] } 50. Qg8+ { [%eval #1] } 50... Kh4 { [%eval #1] } 51. Qh3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0