[Event "Magnus Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/kITahrWg"] [Date "2026.02.19"] [Round "-"] [White "joseescudero"] [Black "Steven1804"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "kITahrWg"] [UTCDate "2026.02.19"] [UTCTime "23:19:29"] [WhiteElo "1787"] [BlackElo "1809"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.03] } 2... Bc5 { [%eval 0.13] } 3. c3 { [%eval -0.08] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.16] } 4. d3 { [%eval -0.2] } 4... Nc6 { [%eval 0.12] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.15] } { C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.14] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.15] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.3] } 7. a4 { [%eval 0.02] } 7... a6 { [%eval 0.21] } 8. h3 { [%eval 0.29] } 8... d6 { [%eval 0.31] } 9. b4 { [%eval 0.32] } 9... Ba7 { [%eval 0.29] } 10. b5?! { (0.29 → -0.73) Inaccuracy. Nbd2 was best. } { [%eval -0.73] } (10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nh2 Qd7 13. Ndf3 Ne7 14. Qb3 Nh5 15. Re1 Ng6) 10... axb5 { [%eval -0.78] } 11. axb5 { [%eval -1.21] } 11... Ne7?? { (-1.21 → 1.29) Blunder. Bxf2+ was best. } { [%eval 1.29] } (11... Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Rxa1 13. Bb2 Rxb1 14. Qxb1 Ne7 15. Nh4 d5 16. exd5 Nexd5 17. Nf3) 12. Be3 { [%eval 1.19] } 12... b6 { [%eval 1.47] } 13. Nbd2 { [%eval 1.38] } 13... Bb7 { [%eval 1.5] } 14. d4 { [%eval 1.35] } 14... exd4 { [%eval 1.69] } 15. cxd4 { [%eval 1.61] } 15... Qd7? { (1.61 → 3.31) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.31] } (15... d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bd3 Bb8 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qb1 Qd7 20. Nh4 Rd8 21. Rc1) 16. e5?? { (3.31 → 0.99) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.99] } (16. d5 Ng6 17. Ra4 Bb8 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qa1 Bb7 20. Bxh6 Nh5 21. Be3 Nhf4) 16... dxe5 { [%eval 1.54] } 17. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.68] } 17... Qd6 { [%eval 2.24] } 18. Qb3 { [%eval 2.26] } 18... Bd5?! { (2.26 → 3.03) Inaccuracy. Ned5 was best. } { [%eval 3.03] } (18... Ned5 19. Ndf3 Bb8 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Ra1 Bb7 22. Bc1 Qe6 23. Ba3 Re8 24. Nc6) 19. Bxd5 { [%eval 2.77] } 19... Qxd5 { [%eval 3.01] } 20. Qxd5? { (3.01 → 1.48) Mistake. Ra3 was best. } { [%eval 1.48] } (20. Ra3 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 Ne4 22. Rfa1 Nc3 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Nxb5 25. Ra1 Re8) 20... Nexd5? { (1.48 → 3.34) Mistake. Nfxd5 was best. } { [%eval 3.34] } (20... Nfxd5 21. Rfc1 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Rcb1 Rfb8 24. Ra3 f6 25. Nd7 Bb6 26. Rxa8) 21. Nc6 { [%eval 3.4] } 21... Nxe3 { [%eval 3.64] } 22. fxe3 { [%eval 3.72] } 22... Nd5 { [%eval 3.68] } 23. Rxa7 { [%eval 3.31] } 23... Rxa7 { [%eval 3.31] } 24. Nxa7 { [%eval 3.25] } 24... Nxe3 { [%eval 3.33] } 25. Re1 { [%eval 3.14] } 25... Nc2 { [%eval 3.38] } 26. Rc1 { [%eval 3.42] } 26... Nxd4 { [%eval 3.56] } 27. Rxc7 { [%eval 3.57] } 27... Rb8 { [%eval 3.74] } 28. Rc8+?? { (3.74 → 1.56) Blunder. Rd7 was best. } { [%eval 1.56] } (28. Rd7 Nf5 29. Nc4 Ng3 30. Rd3 Nh5 31. Kh2 Nf4 32. Rd7 Re8) 28... Rxc8 { [%eval 1.48] } 29. Nxc8 { [%eval 1.53] } 29... Nxb5 { [%eval 1.6] } 30. Nxb6 { [%eval 1.44] } 30... Nd4?! { (1.44 → 2.25) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } { [%eval 2.25] } (30... f5 31. Kf2 g5 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Nf3 Nd6 34. Nd4 Kf6 35. Kd3 g4 36. h4) 31. Kf2 { [%eval 2.27] } 31... f6 { [%eval 2.25] } 32. Ke3 { [%eval 2.22] } 32... Nf5+ { [%eval 2.32] } 33. Kf4 { [%eval 2.36] } 33... Nd4 { [%eval 2.31] } 34. Nd5 { [%eval 2.19] } 34... Kf7 { [%eval 2.21] } 35. Ne4 { [%eval 1.93] } 35... Ne6+ { [%eval 2.21] } 36. Kf3 { [%eval 1.82] } 36... Nd4+ { [%eval 1.96] } 37. Kf2 { [%eval 1.39] } 37... f5 { [%eval 1.33] } 38. Nc5 { [%eval 1.29] } 38... Nc6 { [%eval 1.28] } 39. Nf4 { [%eval 1.22] } 39... Kf6 { [%eval 1.2] } 40. Ncd3 { [%eval 1.2] } 40... Nd4 { [%eval 1.42] } 41. Nd5+ { [%eval 1.38] } 41... Ke6 { [%eval 1.44] } 42. N3f4+? { (1.44 → 0.00) Mistake. N5f4+ was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (42. N5f4+ Kf7 43. Nb4 g5 44. Ne2 Nb5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd3 h5 47. Nc6 f4) 42... Ke5 { [%eval 0.0] } 43. g3 { [%eval 0.0] } 43... Nb5?! { (0.00 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } { [%eval 1.04] } (43... g5 44. Ke3 gxf4+ 45. Nxf4 Nb5 46. Nd3+ Kf6 47. Nc5 Nc3 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Nb7) 44. Ne3 { [%eval 0.98] } 44... Kf6 { [%eval 1.17] } 45. Nfd5+ { [%eval 0.96] } 45... Ke6 { [%eval 1.01] } 46. Kf3 { [%eval 1.06] } 46... Nd6 { [%eval 1.11] } 47. Nf4+ { [%eval 1.07] } 47... Kf6 { [%eval 1.11] } 48. Ned5+ { [%eval 1.06] } 48... Ke5 { [%eval 1.07] } 49. Ne7 { [%eval 1.0] } 49... Kf6 { [%eval 1.07] } 50. Ned5+ { [%eval 1.01] } 50... Ke5 { [%eval 1.0] } 51. Nc3 { [%eval 1.03] } 51... Kf6 { [%eval 1.18] } 52. h4 { [%eval 0.65] } 52... Nf7 { [%eval 1.06] } 53. Ncd5+ { [%eval 0.78] } 53... Ke5 { [%eval 0.9] } 54. Nc3 { [%eval 0.55] } 54... Kf6?! { (0.55 → 1.18) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } { [%eval 1.18] } (54... g5 55. Ng2 Nd6 56. Ne1 Ke6 57. Nd3 Nc4 58. Kf2 Nd6 59. Ne1 Nc4 60. Ne2) 55. Ke3?! { (1.18 → 0.54) Inaccuracy. Nfd5+ was best. } { [%eval 0.54] } (55. Nfd5+ Ke5 56. h5 Ng5+ 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Nf4 Kf6 59. Ncd5+ Kg5 60. Kf2 Kg4) 55... Ne5?! { (0.54 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } { [%eval 1.12] } (55... g5 56. Nd3 Nd6 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Ke2 Nc4 59. Nd1 Nd6 60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ne3) 56. Ncd5+ { [%eval 1.2] } 56... Kf7 { [%eval 1.29] } 57. Kd4 { [%eval 1.08] } 57... Nf3+ { [%eval 1.04] } 58. Ke3 { [%eval 1.05] } 58... Ne5 { [%eval 1.33] } 59. Kd4?! { (1.33 → 0.61) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%eval 0.61] } (59. h5 Nc4+ 60. Kd4 Nd2 61. Ke5 Nf1 62. Ne2 g6 63. Kf4 gxh5 64. Ne3 Nxg3) 59... Ng4?? { (0.61 → 2.82) Blunder. Nf3+ was best. } { [%eval 2.82] } (59... Nf3+ 60. Kd3 g5 61. Ke3 Nh2 62. Nd3 Ke6 63. N5b4 Nf1+ 64. Kf2 Nd2 65. Nc2) 60. Kc5?? { (2.82 → 0.52) Blunder. Ne3 was best. } { [%eval 0.52] } (60. Ne3 Nh2 61. Nxf5 g6 62. Nd6+ Kf6 63. Nd5+ Ke6 64. Nc4 Nf1 65. g4 Ng3) 60... Ne3?? { (0.52 → 7.90) Blunder. g5 was best. } { [%eval 7.9] } (60... g5 61. Ne2 Ke6 62. Nd4+ Ke5 63. Nf3+ Ke4 64. hxg5 hxg5 65. Nxg5+ Ke5 66. Nf3+) 61. Nxe3 { [%eval 7.94] } 61... Kf6 { [%eval 7.36] } 62. Kd5 { [%eval 7.06] } 62... g5 { [%eval 8.16] } 63. hxg5+ { [%eval 7.57] } 63... hxg5 { [%eval 6.43] } 64. Nh5+ { [%eval 6.5] } 64... Kg6 { [%eval 5.55] } 65. Nf4+ { [%eval 5.12] } 65... gxf4? { (5.12 → 79.18) Mistake. Kf7 was best. } { [%eval 79.18] } (65... Kf7 66. Ke5 Ke7 67. Ned5+ Kf8 68. Kxf5 g4 69. Kf6 Ke8 70. Ne3 Kd8) 66. gxf4 { [%eval #21] } 66... Kf6 { [%eval #20] } 67. Kd6 { [%eval 6.26] } 67... Kg6?! { (6.26 → 81.15) Inaccuracy. Kf7 was best. } { [%eval 81.15] } (67... Kf7 68. Nxf5 Kg6 69. Ke6 Kh5 70. Ne3 Kg6 71. Ng2 Kh5 72. f5 Kg4 73. f6) 68. Ke5 { [%eval 9.3] } 68... Kf7? { (9.30 → Mate in 16) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg7 was best. } { [%eval #16] } (68... Kg7 69. Nxf5+ Kf7 70. Ne3 Ke7 71. f5 Kd7 72. Nd5 Kc6 73. f6 Kd7 74. f7) 69. Nxf5 { [%eval #14] } 69... Kg6 { [%eval #15] } 70. Ne7+ { [%eval #11] } 70... Kf7 { [%eval #11] } 71. Nd5 { [%eval #10] } 71... Kg6 { [%eval #10] } 72. f5+ { [%eval #10] } 72... Kf7 { [%eval #10] } 73. f6 { [%eval #13] } 73... Kf8 { [%eval #12] } 74. Kf5 { [%eval #14] } 74... Kf7 { [%eval #10] } 75. Nf4 { [%eval #7] } 75... Kf8 { [%eval #7] } 76. Ke6 { [%eval #6] } 76... Ke8 { [%eval #6] } 77. Ng6 { [%eval #6] } 77... Kd8 { [%eval #6] } 78. f7 { [%eval #5] } 78... Kc7 { [%eval #5] } 79. f8=Q { [%eval #4] } 79... Kc6 { [%eval #3] } 80. Qd8 { [%eval #6] } 80... Kc5 { [%eval #6] } 81. Qd7 { [%eval #6] } 81... Kc4 { [%eval #6] } 82. Qd6 { [%eval #6] } 82... Kc3 { [%eval #6] } 83. Qd5 { [%eval #6] } 83... Kc2 { [%eval #6] } 84. Nf4 { [%eval #5] } 84... Kc1 { [%eval #3] } 85. Qd3 { [%eval #4] } 85... Kb2 { [%eval #4] } 86. Ne2 { [%eval #4] } 86... Ka1 { [%eval #3] } 87. Qc2?? { (Mate in 3 → 0.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } { Draw by stalemate. } (87. Qd2 Kb1 88. Nc3+ Ka1 89. Qa2#) 1/2-1/2