[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/iPiB2t6c"] [Date "2026.01.06"] [Round "-"] [White "HerkyHawkeye"] [Black "IamJim"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "iPiB2t6c"] [UTCDate "2026.01.06"] [UTCTime "01:26:10"] [WhiteElo "1763"] [BlackElo "1605"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Knight Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } { C40 King's Knight Opening } 2... Bd6 { [%eval 0.69] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.76] } 3... Bb4+? { (0.76 → 2.26) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.26] } (3... Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Re1) 4. c3 { [%eval 2.28] } 4... Bd6 { [%eval 2.62] } 5. dxe5 { [%eval 2.55] } 5... Bc5 { [%eval 2.78] } 6. b4 { [%eval 2.85] } 6... Be7 { [%eval 2.82] } 7. Bc4 { [%eval 2.82] } 7... h6?? { (2.82 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nh6 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (7... Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. Na3 Nc6 10. h3 Kh8 11. Re1 d6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Nb5) 8. Nbd2?? { (Mate in 9 → 3.96) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd5 was best. } { [%eval 3.96] } (8. Qd5 d6 9. Qxf7+ Kd7 10. e6+ Kc6 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd5+ Kb5) 8... b6?! { (3.96 → 5.55) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval 5.55] } (8... a5 9. a4 h5 10. Nb3 Nh6 11. Nxa5 c5 12. Bd5 cxb4 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. O-O) 9. O-O { [%eval 4.71] } 9... a5 { [%eval 4.76] } 10. b5 { [%eval 4.65] } 10... Bc5 { [%eval 4.65] } 11. Nb3 { [%eval 4.67] } 11... a4?! { (4.67 → 6.84) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } { [%eval 6.84] } (11... Ne7 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. Be3 a4 14. Bxc5 O-O 15. Re1 Re8 16. h3 c6 17. b6) 12. Nxc5 { [%eval 6.3] } 12... bxc5 { [%eval 7.59] } 13. Ba3?! { (7.59 → 4.70) Inaccuracy. Qd5 was best. } { [%eval 4.7] } (13. Qd5 Qe7 14. Qxa8 Qd8 15. Qd5 Qe7 16. Re1 c6 17. Qd1 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Qe6) 13... c6 { [%eval 5.14] } 14. bxc6 { [%eval 4.43] } 14... Nxc6?! { (4.43 → 5.99) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } { [%eval 5.99] } (14... Ne7 15. cxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qd6 O-O 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. f4 Rb8 20. Qd2) 15. Qd5 { [%eval 6.02] } 15... Nb4?? { (6.02 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (15... Qe7 16. Nd4 Ra5 17. Nf5 Qxe5 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Kd8 20. Nd6 Kc7 21. Nb5+) 16. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0