[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/kDbnC1hB"] [Date "2026.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "stepashkas"] [Black "ziadalaa1zX"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "kDbnC1hB"] [UTCDate "2026.05.17"] [UTCTime "16:41:46"] [WhiteElo "1019"] [BlackElo "991"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-60"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.29] } 3... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.52] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation } 4. Bd3?! { (0.52 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -0.08] } (4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qxe5) 4... Nc6?? { (-0.08 → 3.36) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.36] } (4... d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. Bxe4 Bxe5 7. Bf3 Nc6 8. d4 Bxd4 9. c3) 5. Bxe4?? { (3.36 → 0.53) Blunder. Nxc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.53] } (5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bxe4 d5 7. Bf3 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O f5) 5... Nxe5 { [%eval 0.6] } 6. O-O?! { (0.60 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.25] } (6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5 Bb4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O d6) 6... Bc5? { (-0.25 → 1.07) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.07] } (6... d5 7. d4 dxe4 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. Rd5 Be6 11. Rd1) 7. Qh5 { [%eval 0.62] } 7... O-O?? { (0.62 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (7... Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Bg5 Qb4 11. Rae1 d5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3) 8. Qxe5?? { (Mate in 1 → 3.91) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxh7# was best. } { [%eval 3.91] } (8. Qxh7#) 8... Re8 { [%eval 4.66] } 9. Qxc5 { [%eval 4.71] } 9... d6 { [%eval 5.41] } 10. Qd5 { [%eval 5.01] } 10... Bg4 { [%eval 5.72] } 11. Bf5?! { (5.72 → 3.94) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 3.94] } (11. Nc3 c6 12. Qd3 Qh4 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. fxg3 d5 15. h3 b5 16. hxg4 dxe4) 11... Bxf5?! { (3.94 → 6.12) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } { [%eval 6.12] } (11... Be2 12. Re1 c6 13. Qb3 Qg5 14. Qh3 h6 15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. d4 Bg4 17. Qc3) 12. Qxf5 { [%eval 5.97] } 12... f6 { [%eval 6.73] } 13. Nc3 { [%eval 6.69] } 13... b5 { [%eval 7.05] } 14. Nxb5 { [%eval 6.4] } 14... Rb8 { [%eval 6.72] } 15. Nxa7 { [%eval 6.27] } 15... Rb7 { [%eval 7.67] } 16. Nc6 { [%eval 6.95] } 16... g6 { [%eval 8.72] } 17. Qa5 { [%eval 6.56] } 17... Qd7 { [%eval 6.56] } 18. Na7 { [%eval 5.15] } 18... c5 { [%eval 5.22] } 19. Qa6 { [%eval 4.38] } 19... Rxa7 { [%eval 4.44] } 20. Qc4+ { [%eval 4.37] } 20... Qe6 { [%eval 5.15] } 21. Qxe6+ { [%eval 5.08] } 21... Rxe6 { [%eval 4.97] } 22. d3 { [%eval 5.23] } 22... Ra4 { [%eval 5.52] } 23. Bh6 { [%eval 4.88] } 23... Re5 { [%eval 5.61] } 24. Rae1 { [%eval 4.89] } 24... Rxe1 { [%eval 4.85] } 25. Rxe1 { [%eval 4.95] } 25... Kf7 { [%eval 5.35] } 26. Ra1 { [%eval 5.22] } 26... g5 { [%eval 5.14] } 27. b3 { [%eval 4.69] } 27... Rf4 { [%eval 5.75] } 28. g3 { [%eval 5.9] } 28... Rf3 { [%eval 6.63] } 29. Kg2 { [%eval 6.69] } 29... Rf5 { [%eval 6.48] } 30. c4 { [%eval 5.79] } 30... g4 { [%eval 7.06] } 31. Bf4 { [%eval 7.05] } 31... Ke7 { [%eval 7.57] } 32. a4 { [%eval 7.27] } 32... Rh5 { [%eval 8.47] } 33. a5 { [%eval 8.78] } 33... Kd7 { [%eval 11.02] } 34. a6 { [%eval 9.68] } 34... Kc8? { (9.68 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rh4 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (34... Rh4 35. gxh4 g3 36. Bxg3 f5 37. a7 f4 38. Bxf4 Ke8 39. a8=R+ Kf7) 35. a7 { [%eval #5] } 35... Kb7 { [%eval #3] } 36. a8=Q+ { [%eval #2] } 36... Kb6 { [%eval #2] } 37. Ra6+ { [%eval #2] } 37... Kc7 { [%eval #2] } 38. Qa7+ { [%eval #3] } 38... Kd8 { [%eval #3] } 39. Rb6 { [%eval #2] } 39... Rh6 { [%eval #1] } 40. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0