[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lIaRZZXU"] [Date "2026.04.29"] [Round "-"] [White "NajeemJalal"] [Black "georg-stamoulakis"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "lIaRZZXU"] [UTCDate "2026.04.29"] [UTCTime "12:55:23"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "1892"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+23"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1 day per move"] [ECO "A30"] [Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 { [%eval 0.11] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.19] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.16] } { A30 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.2] } 3. e3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... d6?! { (0.00 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 0.66] } (3... Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. h3 a6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4) 4. d4 { [%eval 0.64] } 4... cxd4 { [%eval 0.68] } 5. exd4 { [%eval 0.74] } 5... e5 { [%eval 0.66] } 6. d5 { [%eval 0.64] } 6... Nce7 { [%eval 0.6] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.66] } 7... Nf6 { [%eval 0.63] } 8. Bd3 { [%eval 0.78] } 8... Ng6 { [%eval 1.17] } 9. h3?! { (1.17 → 0.50) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } { [%eval 0.5] } (9. h4 Be7 10. h5 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. h6 g6 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Qxf4 Re8) 9... Be7 { [%eval 0.51] } 10. a4 { [%eval 0.41] } 10... O-O { [%eval 0.39] } 11. O-O { [%eval 0.31] } 11... h6?! { (0.31 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } { [%eval 1.04] } (11... Nd7 12. a5 f5 13. Be2 Bf6 14. Ne1 Bg5 15. b4 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf4 17. Qe3) 12. Be3 { [%eval 0.95] } 12... a6 { [%eval 1.39] } 13. a5 { [%eval 1.37] } 13... Re8 { [%eval 1.86] } 14. b4 { [%eval 1.8] } 14... Bf8 { [%eval 2.01] } 15. Qc2 { [%eval 2.09] } 15... Bd7 { [%eval 2.05] } 16. Bxg6 { [%eval 2.1] } 16... fxg6 { [%eval 1.99] } 17. Qxg6 { [%eval 2.09] } 17... Qe7?! { (2.09 → 2.91) Inaccuracy. Qc8 was best. } { [%eval 2.91] } (17... Qc8 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. Qf3 Bg6 22. Nce4 Be7 23. Nxf6+) 18. Bxh6 { [%eval 2.64] } 18... Qf7 { [%eval 3.21] } 19. Qxf7+ { [%eval 3.11] } 19... Kxf7 { [%eval 3.19] } 20. Be3?! { (3.19 → 2.32) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } { [%eval 2.32] } (20. Bg5 Rac8 21. Nd2 Bf5 22. Na4 Be7 23. Nb6 Rcd8 24. Nf3 Kg6 25. h4 e4) 20... Nh5? { (2.32 → 3.84) Mistake. Rac8 was best. } { [%eval 3.84] } (20... Rac8 21. Nd2 Bb5 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. cxb5 Nxd5 24. a6 bxa6 25. bxa6 Nxb4 26. a7) 21. g4 { [%eval 3.99] } 21... Nf4 { [%eval 3.87] } 22. Bxf4 { [%eval 3.95] } 22... exf4 { [%eval 3.95] } 23. Ne4 { [%eval 3.94] } 23... Rxe4?! { (3.94 → 5.19) Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval 5.19] } (23... Kg8 24. Rfe1 Re7 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Rac1 Rce8 27. Nfg5 Re5 28. Kf3 Be7 29. h4) 24. Ng5+ { [%eval 5.28] } 24... Kf6 { [%eval 5.3] } 25. Nxe4+ { [%eval 5.34] } 25... Ke5 { [%eval 5.68] } 26. Rfe1 { [%eval 5.45] } 26... Kd4 { [%eval 5.5] } 27. c5 { [%eval 5.54] } 27... dxc5 { [%eval 5.96] } 28. Rad1+ { [%eval 5.87] } 28... Kc4 { [%eval 5.87] } 29. bxc5 { [%eval 5.77] } 29... Kb5 { [%eval 6.65] } 30. Rb1+ { [%eval 6.62] } 30... Kc4 { [%eval 6.35] } 31. Rxb7 { [%eval 6.35] } 31... Bb5 { [%eval 6.81] } 32. c6 { [%eval 6.64] } 32... Kxd5 { [%eval 6.71] } 33. c7 { [%eval 6.5] } 33... Rc8 { [%eval 6.55] } 34. Nc3+ { [%eval 7.19] } 34... Kc6 { [%eval 7.26] } 35. Rb6+ { [%eval 7.22] } 35... Kxc7 { [%eval 7.08] } 36. Nxb5+ { [%eval 6.8] } 36... axb5 { [%eval 7.59] } 37. Rc1+ { [%eval 7.44] } 37... Kd7 { [%eval 7.16] } 38. Rxc8 { [%eval 7.45] } 38... Kxc8 { [%eval 7.06] } 39. a6 { [%eval 7.82] } 39... Kc7 { [%eval 9.37] } 40. Rxb5 { [%eval 9.17] } 40... Kc6 { [%eval 8.51] } 41. Rb8 { [%eval 7.6] } 41... Bc5 { [%eval 70.0] } 42. Rc8+ { [%eval 13.23] } 42... Kb6 { [%eval 10.02] } 43. Rxc5 { [%eval 8.94] } 43... Kxc5 { [%eval 9.15] } 44. a7 { [%eval 9.48] } 44... f3? { (9.48 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd6 was best. } { [%eval #11] } (44... Kd6 45. a8=Q Ke7 46. h4 Kf6 47. Qf8+ Ke5 48. Qxg7+ Ke4 49. Qg5 Kd4 50. Qxf4+) 45. a8=Q { [%eval #10] } 45... Kd6 { [%eval #11] } 46. Qf8+ { [%eval 15.91] } 46... Ke6?! { (15.91 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd5 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (46... Kd5 47. Qxg7 Ke4 48. h4 Kd3 49. Qe7 Kd2 50. Kh2 Kc2 51. Kg3 Kb2 52. Qe3) 47. Qxg7 { [%eval #8] } 47... Kd5 { [%eval #8] } 48. h4 { [%eval #7] } 48... Ke6 { [%eval #7] } 49. h5 { [%eval #6] } 49... Kd6 { [%eval #6] } 50. Qg5 { [%eval #5] } 50... Ke6 { [%eval #5] } 51. h6 { [%eval #4] } 51... Kf7 { [%eval #4] } 52. h7 { [%eval #3] } 52... Ke6 { [%eval #3] } 53. h8=Q { [%eval #2] } 53... Kd6 { [%eval #2] } 54. Qhh6+ { [%eval #2] } 54... Kd7 { [%eval #2] } 55. Qgg7+ { [%eval #1] } 55... Ke8 { [%eval #1] } 56. Qhh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0