[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/n4iKBL2d"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Grankott87"] [Black "Connecticus"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "n4iKBL2d"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "08:25:24"] [WhiteElo "1669"] [BlackElo "1603"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.3] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.32] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.19] } { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.4] } 3. f4 { [%eval -0.14] } 3... Bg7 { [%eval -0.14] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval -0.21] } 4... Nf6?! { (-0.21 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.7] } (4... Nc6 5. a4 a6 6. d3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Qe1) 5. Bb5?! { (0.70 → -0.24) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.24] } (5. e5 Ng8 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nh6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qf3 d6) 5... a6 { [%eval -0.23] } 6. Bc4?! { (-0.23 → -0.93) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } { [%eval -0.93] } (6. Be2 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Qd3 Nb4) 6... Nc6? { (-0.93 → 0.17) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval 0.17] } (6... b5 7. Be2 b4 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne4 Nxf4 10. d4 Nxe2 11. Qxe2) 7. O-O?! { (0.17 → -0.86) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.86] } (7. e5 Ng4 8. h3 Nh6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. Bb3 e6) 7... Na5? { (-0.86 → 0.33) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval 0.33] } (7... b5 8. Bd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 O-O 10. d3 f5 11. c3 e6 12. Ne3) 8. Be2 { [%eval -0.04] } 8... O-O?! { (-0.04 → 0.84) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 0.84] } (8... d6 9. Qe1 Nc6 10. d3 b5 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Qh4 b4 13. Nd1 a5) 9. d3?! { (0.84 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.16] } (9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. d4 d6 12. dxc5 Nf5 13. Qe1 Nc6 14. Qf2 dxe5) 9... b5 { [%eval 0.19] } 10. Qe1 { [%eval 0.02] } 10... Nc6 { [%eval 0.24] } 11. Qg3?! { (0.24 → -0.37) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.37] } (11. e5 Ne8 12. Ne4 d6 13. c3 Nc7 14. Be3 b4 15. Qh4 f5 16. Neg5 h6) 11... Nh5 { [%eval 0.11] } 12. Qh4 { [%eval -0.07] } 12... Bf6? { (-0.07 → 1.38) Mistake. b4 was best. } { [%eval 1.38] } (12... b4 13. Nd1 f5 14. e5 d6 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 e6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. d4) 13. Ng5 { [%eval 1.51] } 13... h6 { [%eval 1.44] } 14. Bxh5 { [%eval 1.48] } 14... gxh5 { [%eval 1.91] } 15. Qxh5 { [%eval 2.38] } 15... hxg5 { [%eval 2.55] } 16. fxg5 { [%eval 2.38] } 16... Bg7?! { (2.38 → 3.50) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } { [%eval 3.5] } (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. g6 Nxg6 19. Bh6 d5 20. e5 Qb6 21. Rf3 Qe6) 17. Nd5? { (3.50 → 1.67) Mistake. Rf4 was best. } { [%eval 1.67] } (17. Rf4 Ne5 18. Rh4 f6 19. g6 Nxg6 20. Qxg6 Qe8 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Bh6 Rg8) 17... e6?? { (1.67 → 10.99) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval 10.99] } (17... Ne5 18. Bd2 d6 19. Rf4 Ng6 20. Raf1 b4 21. R4f3 Be6 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Ne3) 18. Nf6+ { [%eval 10.51] } 18... Bxf6?! { (10.51 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxf6 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (18... Qxf6 19. gxf6 Ne5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kh7 22. Bf4+ Kg8 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Qg6+) 19. gxf6 { [%eval 8.02] } 19... Ne5? { (8.02 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne7 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (19... Ne7 20. Qg5+ Ng6 21. Qh6 Qxf6 22. Rxf6 d6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bg5 Bb7 25. Rf2) 20. Qg5+? { (Mate in 5 → 8.62) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe5 was best. } { [%eval 8.62] } (20. Qxe5 Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Re8 22. Rh6 f5 23. Qf6 fxe4 24. Rh8#) 20... Ng6 { [%eval 7.85] } 21. Qh6 { [%eval 7.72] } 21... e5? { (7.72 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxf6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (21... Qxf6 22. Rxf6 Bb7 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Rff1) 22. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0