[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2026.01.31"] [Round "?"] [White "arcaplay"] [Black "quantumx9454"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "iWZEPJPa"] [WhiteElo "517"] [BlackElo "513"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... c6?! { (0.08 → 1.14) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.14] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O) 4. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.78] } 4... d5 { [%eval 1.25] } 5. exd5 { [%eval 1.31] } 5... cxd5 { [%eval 1.53] } 6. d4 { [%eval 1.44] } 6... Nc6 { [%eval 1.44] } 7. Nxc6 { [%eval 1.3] } 7... bxc6 { [%eval 0.95] } 8. f4? { (0.95 → -0.36) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -0.36] } (8. Bd3 Be7 9. h3 Qb6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. c3 c4) 8... Qe7+?! { (-0.36 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 0.21] } (8... Bd6) 9. Be2 { [%eval 0.2] } 9... h6 { [%eval 0.45] } 10. O-O { [%eval 0.4] } 10... g5?? { (0.40 → 3.72) Blunder. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 3.72] } (10... Qd8 11. Qe1) 11. fxg5 { [%eval 3.82] } 11... hxg5 { [%eval 3.8] } 12. Bd3? { (3.80 → 2.04) Mistake. Bxg5 was best. } { [%eval 2.04] } (12. Bxg5 Bg7 13. Qd3 Qe6 14. Bf4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe3 f5 17. Rad1 Qg6) 12... Ng4?! { (2.04 → 2.78) Inaccuracy. Nh5 was best. } { [%eval 2.78] } (12... Nh5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Ne2 g4 15. Qf2 O-O-O 16. g3 Qc7 17. b4 Bd6 18. Rb1) 13. Re1 { [%eval 2.84] } 13... Kd8? { (2.84 → 5.10) Mistake. Be6 was best. } { [%eval 5.1] } (13... Be6 14. h3) 14. Rxe7 { [%eval 5.25] } 14... Bxe7 { [%eval 5.13] } 15. Qf1 { [%eval 4.96] } 15... Rf8 { [%eval 5.43] } 16. h3 { [%eval 5.85] } 16... Nh6 { [%eval 6.66] } 17. Bd2 { [%eval 6.57] } 17... Rb8 { [%eval 6.56] } 18. Na4 { [%eval 6.6] } 18... Rb7 { [%eval 6.92] } 19. Ba6 { [%eval 7.01] } 19... Rb8 { [%eval 7.74] } 20. Ba5+ { [%eval 7.43] } 20... Kd7 { [%eval 8.04] } 21. Bxc8+ { [%eval 7.34] } 21... Rbxc8 { [%eval 8.13] } 22. Nc5+ { [%eval 7.27] } 22... Kd6? { (7.27 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxc5 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Rfe8 24. Qf6 Re6 25. Qxg5 Ng8 26. Re1 Ne7 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qe5) 23. b4 { [%eval #17] } 23... g4 { [%eval #1] } 24. hxg4? { (Mate in 1 → 7.15) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf4# was best. } { [%eval 7.15] } (24. Qf4#) 24... Nxg4? { (7.15 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg5 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (24... Bg5 25. Qe1 Bf4 26. Qh4 Be3+ 27. Kf1 f5 28. Bc7+ Rxc7 29. Qh2+ f4 30. Qxh6+) 25. Qf4+ { [%eval #1] } 25... Ne5 { [%eval #1] } 26. Qxe5# { White wins. } 1-0