[Event "BCA-Group-A"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lNQuKZyc"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "RSamuel_BCA"] [Black "Shashvanth_BCA"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "lNQuKZyc"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "13:20:00"] [WhiteElo "1854"] [BlackElo "1449"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+39"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rbnknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Ncd3 { [%eval -0.19] } 1... Ncd6 { [%eval 0.32] } 2. Nf3?! { (0.32 → -0.52) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } { [%eval -0.52] } (2. a4 a5 3. f4 f5 4. Ne5 c6 5. N1f3 Ne4 6. d3 d6 7. dxe4 dxe5) 2... Nf6?! { (-0.52 → 0.54) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } { [%eval 0.54] } (2... b6 3. Nfe1 f5 4. f4 c5 5. Ne5 Bd5 6. N1f3 Nf6 7. d3 Bc7 8. Be3) 3. e3?! { (0.54 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Nfe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.5] } (3. Nfe5 c6 4. a4 Nde8 5. a5 Bxe5 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nd3 Nc7 8. f4 Nd7) 3... a6?! { (-0.50 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. Nfe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.16] } (3... Nfe4 4. c3 a5 5. Bc2 a4 6. Nfe1 Nc4 7. f3 Ned6 8. e4 f6 9. O-O-O) 4. Qe2 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... Ba7 { [%eval -0.04] } 5. h3 { [%eval -0.05] } 5... O-O-O { [%eval 0.43] } 6. Bh2 { [%eval 0.42] } 6... h6?! { (0.42 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. Nfe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (6... Nfe4 7. c4 f6 8. O-O g5 9. c5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Ba7 12. b4) 7. Bxd6? { (1.15 → -0.29) Mistake. c4 was best. } { [%eval -0.29] } (7. c4 g5 8. c5 Nde4 9. b4 Bh7 10. Nd4 g4 11. hxg4 d6 12. c6 Qg7) 7... exd6 { [%eval -0.3] } 8. O-O { [%eval -0.83] } 8... Bh7 { [%eval -0.33] } 9. c3 { [%eval -0.38] } 9... Qe7 { [%eval -0.29] } 10. Nf4?! { (-0.29 → -1.09) Inaccuracy. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval -1.09] } (10. Nb4 g5 11. Nd4 g4 12. h4 c5 13. Nxa6 d5 14. Nb5) 10... Bxb1 { [%eval -0.54] } 11. Raxb1 { [%eval -0.59] } 11... g5 { [%eval -0.63] } 12. Nd3 { [%eval -0.63] } 12... Qe6?! { (-0.63 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. Rdg8 was best. } { [%eval 0.25] } (12... Rdg8 13. b4 g4 14. Nh4 gxh3 15. g3 c6 16. a4 d5 17. b5 a5 18. Nf5) 13. Nh2? { (0.25 → -1.11) Mistake. b4 was best. } { [%eval -1.11] } (13. b4 Rdg8 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. b5 a5 17. b6 c6 18. Rb3 f5) 13... Qxa2? { (-1.11 → 0.22) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval 0.22] } (13... Ne4 14. b4 f5 15. c4 h5 16. Rfc1 f4 17. Nf1 Kb8 18. f3 Nf6 19. c5) 14. b3?! { (0.22 → -0.49) Inaccuracy. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval -0.49] } (14. Nb4 Qe6 15. Nxa6 c6 16. Nb4 Bb6 17. Nc2 Rde8 18. b4 Kc7 19. Nf3) 14... Qa5?! { (-0.49 → 0.17) Inaccuracy. Rde8 was best. } { [%eval 0.17] } (14... Rde8 15. Rb2 Qa5 16. b4 Qb5 17. Ra1 Bb6 18. Nc1 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 c6 20. c4) 15. Nb4?! { (0.17 → -0.66) Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best. } { [%eval -0.66] } (15. Ra1 Qb6 16. b4 d5 17. Nf3 c6 18. Nc5 Bb8 19. Rfb1 Rde8 20. Nxa6 bxa6) 15... Bc5?? { (-0.66 → 2.46) Blunder. Rde8 was best. } { [%eval 2.46] } (15... Rde8 16. Ra1 Qb6 17. Qd3 c6 18. Nxa6 bxa6 19. Rxa6 Qb7 20. Rfa1 Bb8 21. Nf3) 16. Ra1 { [%eval 2.57] } 16... Qb6 { [%eval 2.54] } 17. Nxa6 { [%eval 2.7] } 17... bxa6 { [%eval 2.59] } 18. Rxa6? { (2.59 → 1.13) Mistake. b4 was best. } { [%eval 1.13] } (18. b4 Qb5 19. Qf3 Ba7 20. Qxf6 Qd3 21. Qxf7 Bb6 22. Qa2 Kb7 23. c4 Ra8) 18... Qxb3?? { (1.13 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qb7 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (18... Qb7 19. Rfa1 c6 20. b4 Bb6 21. c4 c5 22. d4 Ne4 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Ng4) 19. Ra8+ { [%eval #1] } 19... Kb7 { [%eval #1] } 20. Qa6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0