[Event "Vm01 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/iFk8bk7o"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Vm01_V"] [Black "Josshua_Sarat"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "iFk8bk7o"] [UTCDate "2026.04.12"] [UTCTime "00:22:42"] [WhiteElo "1485"] [BlackElo "1655"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+207"] [BlackRatingDiff "-48"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.03] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.11] } 3. Nf3?! { (0.11 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a5 7. Bg5 c6) 3... h6?? { (-0.48 → 1.90) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.9] } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. d4) 4. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.7] } 4... d6?? { (1.70 → 4.36) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 4.36] } (4... d5 5. exd5 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nfd7 8. f4 Bxe5 9. fxe5) 5. Nxf7 { [%eval 4.66] } 5... Qe7 { [%eval 4.59] } 6. Nxh8 { [%eval 4.84] } 6... Qxe4+ { [%eval 4.52] } 7. Qe2 { [%eval 4.6] } 7... Qxe2+ { [%eval 4.64] } 8. Kxe2 { [%eval 3.96] } 8... Nc6 { [%eval 4.15] } 9. c3 { [%eval 3.86] } 9... Bf5 { [%eval 4.65] } 10. Re1 { [%eval 3.77] } 10... O-O-O { [%eval 4.47] } 11. Kf1 { [%eval 3.85] } 11... Ng4?! { (3.85 → 5.01) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 5.01] } (11... d5 12. Be2 d4 13. Bc4 Bc5 14. Nf7 Rf8 15. d3 Ng4 16. h3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2) 12. h3 { [%eval 4.12] } 12... Nge5 { [%eval 4.06] } 13. Bb3 { [%eval 3.35] } 13... Bd3+ { [%eval 3.49] } 14. Kg1 { [%eval 3.52] } 14... Bxb1? { (3.52 → 6.17) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 6.17] } (14... d5 15. Re3 Bc5 16. Nf7 Rf8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Bb3 Rf6 20. Rxe5) 15. Rxb1 { [%eval 6.09] } 15... Rd7 { [%eval 7.07] } 16. d4 { [%eval 7.03] } 16... Nf7 { [%eval 8.41] } 17. Re8+ { [%eval 8.01] } 17... Nfd8 { [%eval 8.66] } 18. Rxf8 { [%eval 8.49] } 18... b6 { [%eval 9.65] } 19. Be6 { [%eval 9.24] } 19... Kb7 { [%eval 10.19] } 20. Bxd7 { [%eval 10.11] } 20... Ne6 { [%eval 12.33] } 21. Bxe6 { [%eval 11.27] } 21... b5 { [%eval 11.33] } 22. Bd5 { [%eval 11.14] } 22... Kb6 { [%eval 11.12] } 23. Bxc6 { [%eval 10.94] } 23... Kxc6 { [%eval 11.33] } 24. Be3 { [%eval 10.69] } 24... a5 { [%eval 11.41] } 25. Ng6 { [%eval 11.4] } 25... h5 { [%eval 11.3] } 26. d5+ { [%eval 11.46] } 26... Kxd5 { [%eval 11.41] } 27. Rd1+ { [%eval 11.28] } 27... Kc6 { [%eval 11.25] } 28. Bf4 { [%eval 11.01] } 28... b4 { [%eval 10.87] } 29. Rd8 { [%eval 10.63] } 29... bxc3?! { (10.63 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a4 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (29... a4 30. cxb4 Kb5 31. Kh2 Kxb4 32. Re1 Kc5 33. Bg5 Kb6 34. f3) 30. bxc3?! { (Mate in 9 → 11.20) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne7+ was best. } { [%eval 11.2] } (30. Ne7+ Kb7 31. bxc3 Kb6 32. Rb8+ Kc5 33. Be3+ Kc4 34. Rd4+ Kxc3 35. Nd5+ Kc2) 30... a4?! { (11.20 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (30... Kb6 31. Rb1+ Kc5 32. Ne7 Kc4 33. Rd7 c5 34. Rxd6 Kxc3 35. Nd5+ Kd3 36. Rd1+) 31. Bxd6 { [%eval #5] } 31... a3 { [%eval #4] } 32. Bxc7 { [%eval #5] } 32... Kxc7 { [%eval #5] } 33. R1d6 { [%eval #4] } 33... Kb7 { [%eval #4] } 34. R8d7+ { [%eval #3] } 34... Kc8 { [%eval #3] } 35. Ne7+ { [%eval #2] } 35... Kb8 { [%eval #2] } 36. Rb6+ { [%eval #2] } 36... Ka8 { [%eval #2] } 37. Nc6 { [%eval #1] } 37... g5 { [%eval #1] } 38. Ra7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0