[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lq4nzYTu"] [Date "2026.02.03"] [Round "-"] [White "srinu9"] [Black "Elxn23"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "lq4nzYTu"] [UTCDate "2026.02.03"] [UTCTime "23:31:01"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [BlackElo "1547"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+20"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.48] } { C41 Philidor Defense } 3. Bb5+ { [%eval 0.03] } 3... c6 { [%eval 0.18] } 4. Ba4 { [%eval -0.06] } 4... b5 { [%eval 0.14] } 5. Bb3 { [%eval 0.29] } 5... a5 { [%eval 0.51] } 6. a4 { [%eval 0.44] } 6... bxa4 { [%eval 0.35] } 7. Bxa4 { [%eval 0.47] } 7... Nf6 { [%eval 0.44] } 8. d3 { [%eval 0.38] } 8... h5?! { (0.38 → 1.17) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 1.17] } (8... Be7 9. O-O Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. c4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne6 14. Bd2) 9. Ng5 { [%eval 0.76] } 9... Ng4?! { (0.76 → 1.68) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 1.68] } (9... Be7 10. c3 Nfd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 a4 14. Bxa4 Be6 15. Be3) 10. Qf3?! { (1.68 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Bb3 was best. } { [%eval 1.03] } (10. Bb3 d5 11. h3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nf3 d4 15. Ne2 Nbd7) 10... Be6?! { (1.03 → 2.15) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%eval 2.15] } (10... f6 11. Nh3 Be7 12. Ng1 f5 13. h3 Nf6 14. exf5 d5 15. Ne2 O-O 16. g4) 11. Nxe6 { [%eval 2.36] } 11... fxe6 { [%eval 2.19] } 12. h3 { [%eval 2.0] } 12... Nf6 { [%eval 2.0] } 13. Bg5 { [%eval 1.81] } 13... Be7 { [%eval 1.76] } 14. Nc3?! { (1.76 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (14. O-O O-O 15. Qe2 Nfd7 16. Be3 Bg5 17. Nd2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6) 14... O-O { [%eval 1.27] } 15. Bxf6?! { (1.27 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval 0.44] } (15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Bb3 Bd8 17. f4 Nbd7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. d4 Nf7 20. Be3 Rb8) 15... Bxf6?! { (0.44 → 1.52) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } { [%eval 1.52] } (15... Qe8 16. Qe2 Bxf6 17. Nb1 Na6 18. c3 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rb8 20. Nd2 Be7 21. O-O) 16. Qxh5 { [%eval 1.56] } 16... Bg5 { [%eval 1.89] } 17. O-O { [%eval 1.9] } 17... Ra6 { [%eval 2.16] } 18. Bb3 { [%eval 2.11] } 18... c5?? { (2.11 → 9.26) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 9.26] } (18... d5 19. g3 Bf6 20. Na4 Qe7 21. Qg4 Nd7 22. c4 Rb8 23. Ra3 d4 24. c5) 19. Bxe6+ { [%eval 8.26] } 19... Rf7 { [%eval 8.16] } 20. Qxf7+ { [%eval 7.5] } 20... Kh8 { [%eval 7.22] } 21. Qh5+ { [%eval 6.51] } 21... Bh6 { [%eval 6.54] } 22. g4 { [%eval 5.47] } 22... Nc6 { [%eval 5.58] } 23. g5 { [%eval 5.44] } 23... Qxg5+ { [%eval 5.5] } 24. Qxg5 { [%eval 5.51] } 24... Bxg5 { [%eval 5.41] } 25. Nd5 { [%eval 4.81] } 25... Nd4 { [%eval 4.82] } 26. c3 { [%eval 4.51] } 26... Nxe6 { [%eval 4.59] } 27. b4 { [%eval 4.4] } 27... a4 { [%eval 4.86] } 28. b5 { [%eval 4.87] } 28... Ra8 { [%eval 4.76] } 29. b6 { [%eval 4.69] } 29... Rb8 { [%eval 5.21] } 30. Rxa4 { [%eval 5.2] } 30... Nf4 { [%eval 6.05] } 31. Rb1 { [%eval 6.16] } 31... Nxd3 { [%eval 6.33] } 32. b7 { [%eval 6.5] } 32... Nf4 { [%eval 8.21] } 33. Ra8 { [%eval 7.86] } 33... Rxa8? { (7.86 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (33... Kh7 34. Rxb8 Ng6 35. Kh1 Bh4 36. Rf8 Nxf8 37. b8=Q Ng6 38. Qe8 Bxf2 39. Qf7) 34. bxa8=Q+ { [%eval #7] } 34... Kh7 { [%eval #7] } 35. Nxf4 { [%eval 8.43] } 35... Bxf4? { (8.43 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. exf4 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (35... exf4 36. Rb8 Kg6 37. Rh8 Be7 38. Kh2 f3 39. Qe8+ Kf6 40. Rg8) 36. Rb8 { [%eval #5] } 36... Bd2 { [%eval #3] } 37. Rh8+ { [%eval #2] } 37... Kg6 { [%eval #2] } 38. Qe8+ { [%eval #3] } 38... Kf6 { [%eval #3] } 39. Rf8+ { [%eval #2] } 39... Kg5 { [%eval #2] } 40. Rf5+ { [%eval #1] } 40... Kh6 { [%eval #1] } 41. Qh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0