[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ijE2Meqz"] [Date "2025.08.30"] [White "rcarkey"] [Black "stratovex"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "ijE2Meqz"] [UTCDate "2025.08.30"] [UTCTime "21:15:45"] [WhiteElo "1789"] [BlackElo "1809"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+124"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C57"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3?! { (0.11 → -0.45) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a5 7. Bg5 c6) 3... Nc6?! { (-0.45 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O) 4. Ng5 Nxe4?? { (0.17 → 2.00) Blunder. d5 was best. } { C57 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit } (4... d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3) 5. Nxe4?? { (2.00 → -0.97) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } (5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d4 h6 7. Nxe4 Kxf7 8. d5 Nd4 9. c3 Qh4) 5... d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Qe2? { (-1.81 → -3.71) Mistake. d3 was best. } (7. d3 Qe6 8. O-O Qg6 9. Na3 Be6 10. h4 h5 11. f4 O-O-O) 7... Bf5? { (-3.71 → -1.85) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } (7... Nd4 8. Nbc3 Qc6 9. Qd1 f5 10. O-O Qg6 11. Ng3 f4 12. Nd5) 8. Nec3?? { (-1.85 → -6.07) Blunder. Nbc3 was best. } (8. Nbc3 Qe6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Qd1 Qg6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Be3 Bd7 13. f4 f5) 8... Qxg2 9. Rf1 Nd4?? { (-6.06 → -3.00) Blunder. O-O-O was best. } (9... O-O-O 10. f3 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Bxc2 12. Na3 Bd3 13. b3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxf1 15. Bb2) 10. Qxe5+ Ne6?? { (-2.80 → 1.87) Blunder. Be7 was best. } (10... Be7) 11. Nd5?? { (1.87 → -4.14) Blunder. Qxf5 was best. } (11. Qxf5 Bd6 12. Qe4 Qh3 13. d3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Rhe8 15. Nd2 f5 16. Qf3 Qxf3) 11... Qe4+?! { (-4.14 → -2.72) Inaccuracy. Bh3 was best. } (11... Bh3 12. Ne3 Qf3 13. Qb5+ c6 14. Qxb7 Rd8 15. Qa6 f5 16. d4 Bxf1 17. Qxf1) 12. Qxe4 Bxe4 13. Ndc3? { (-2.87 → -5.23) Mistake. Ne3 was best. } (13. Ne3 Bc6) 13... Bxc2 14. b3 O-O-O 15. f3 Bc5 16. Bb2 Rhe8 17. Ne2?! { (-5.90 → -9.16) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (17. Ne4 Bd3 18. Rh1 Nd4 19. Kf2 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nxb3+ 21. Kf3 Nxa1 22. Rc1 Nc2) 17... Bd3?! { (-9.16 → -6.26) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (17... Nf4 18. Rf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rxe2+ 20. Kg1 Re1+ 21. Kf2 Nd3+ 22. Kg2 Nxb2 23. d4) 18. Nbc3 Bxe2?! { (-6.36 → -4.37) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (18... Nf4 19. O-O-O Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Bxe2 21. Bxg7 Ba3+ 22. Kc2 b5 23. Rde1 Bd3+ 24. Kd1) 19. Kxe2 Nf4+ 20. Kd1 Nd3 21. Kc2?! { (-3.88 → -5.47) Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. } (21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Ba1 Re5 23. f4 Rh5 24. Rf3 Nf2+ 25. Kc2 Rxh2 26. Re1 Ng4) 21... Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 23. Kc1 Rxh2 24. Ne4 Be3+?! { (-9.13 → -6.35) Inaccuracy. Ba3+ was best. } (24... Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Rb2+ 26. Kc1 Rf2+ 27. Kd1 Rxf1+ 28. Kd2 Rxa1 29. b4 f5 30. Ke2) 25. Kb1 f5 26. Nc3 Bd4 27. Rc1 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Ree2 29. a4 Rb2+ 30. Kc1 Rbf2 31. Rd3?! { (-6.09 → -9.18) Inaccuracy. Kb1 was best. } (31. Kb1 a5 32. Ra3 f4 33. Rc1 Rxf3 34. Rc2 Rf1+ 35. Kb2 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 g5) 31... Rf1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ { White resigns. } 0-1