[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/l26nSQiJ"] [Date "2026.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "logan_duncan"] [Black "Stephanel2007"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "l26nSQiJ"] [UTCDate "2026.04.18"] [UTCTime "18:14:03"] [WhiteElo "1015"] [BlackElo "1162"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+81"] [BlackRatingDiff "-42"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [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. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... Bc5?! { (0.08 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.97] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O) 4. d4?! { (0.97 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (4. Nxe5 Bd4 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 d5 8. c4 O-O) 4... exd4 { [%eval -0.08] } 5. Nxd4 { [%eval -0.1] } 5... Bb4?! { (-0.10 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.68] } (5... O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Rb8 10. Bd3) 6. Bd2 { [%eval 0.17] } 6... Bxc3 { [%eval 0.67] } 7. Bxc3 { [%eval 0.63] } 7... Nxe4?! { (0.63 → 1.73) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.73] } (7... d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Qd3 Re8+ 10. Ne2 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2) 8. Qe2?? { (1.73 → -1.65) Blunder. Qg4 was best. } { [%eval -1.65] } (8. Qg4 Nxc3 9. Qxg7 Qe7+ 10. Ne2 Rf8 11. Qxc3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qb4) 8... Qe7?? { (-1.65 → 5.79) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 5.79] } (8... O-O 9. Qe3 Re8 10. O-O-O d5 11. Nb3 a5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nc5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3) 9. Nf5 { [%eval 5.6] } 9... Qe6?! { (5.60 → 7.81) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 7.81] } (9... Nc6 10. Nxe7 Nxc3 11. Qe3 Nxe7 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. O-O-O d6 14. Qa3 Be6 15. Be2) 10. Nxg7+ { [%eval 7.8] } 10... Ke7 { [%eval 7.82] } 11. Nxe6 { [%eval 7.48] } 11... fxe6 { [%eval 9.98] } 12. Qxe4 { [%eval 9.65] } 12... Nc6 { [%eval 10.66] } 13. O-O-O { [%eval 9.22] } 13... b6 { [%eval 10.14] } 14. Bb5 { [%eval 10.03] } 14... Bb7 { [%eval 11.85] } 15. Rhe1 { [%eval 11.22] } 15... Raf8?! { (11.22 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e5 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (15... e5 16. Bxc6 d6 17. Qh4+ Ke6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Qg4+ Ke7 20. Qg7+ Ke6 21. Kb1) 16. Bxc6 { [%eval #5] } 16... Bxc6 { [%eval #5] } 17. Qh4+ { [%eval #4] } 17... Rf6 { [%eval #3] } 18. Bxf6+ { [%eval #5] } 18... Ke8 { [%eval #4] } 19. Bxh8 { [%eval #6] } 19... Bxg2 { [%eval #3] } 20. Qxh7 { [%eval #3] } 20... Bf3 { [%eval #2] } 21. Bf6 { [%eval #2] } 21... Kf8 { [%eval #2] } 22. Qh8+ { [%eval #2] } 22... Kf7 { [%eval #2] } 23. Rxd7+ { [%eval #2] } 23... Kg6 { [%eval #2] } 24. Rg1+ { [%eval #3] } 24... Kf5 { [%eval #3] } 25. Qh3+ { [%eval #2] } 25... Ke4 { [%eval #1] } 26. Rd4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0