[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage Two CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nGXjuTgJ"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "arhaan2014"] [Black "ruhanshetty"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "nGXjuTgJ"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "12:55:19"] [WhiteElo "1155"] [BlackElo "1427"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-41"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "English Opening: The Whale"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. c4?! { (0.22 → -0.34) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%eval -0.34] } { C20 English Opening: The Whale } (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5) 2... Bc5 { [%eval -0.31] } 3. d3 { [%eval -0.29] } 3... Qf6 { [%eval 0.14] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.14] } 4... Nh6?! { (0.14 → 0.82) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.82] } (4... Nc6 5. Be2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Nb5) 5. h3 { [%eval 0.57] } 5... O-O? { (0.57 → 1.88) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.88] } (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. Nd5 Qd6 8. Bxh6 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 gxh6 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Rd1) 6. g4 { [%eval 1.81] } 6... Kh8? { (1.81 → 3.53) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } { [%eval 3.53] } (6... Qb6 7. g5 d5 8. gxh6 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 f5 10. hxg7 Rf7 11. Qb3 dxe4 12. dxe4) 7. g5 { [%eval 3.47] } 7... Qb6 { [%eval 3.44] } 8. Rh2?? { (3.44 → 0.85) Blunder. gxh6 was best. } { [%eval 0.85] } (8. gxh6 f5 9. hxg7+ Kxg7 10. Qe2 fxe4 11. dxe4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Kh8 13. Rg1 Nd4) 8... Ng8 { [%eval 0.75] } 9. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.57] } 9... Bb4+?! { (0.57 → 1.19) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.19] } (9... d6 10. Nf3 f5 11. gxf6 Nxf6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Na4 Qa6 15. Be2) 10. Bd2 { [%eval 0.98] } 10... Ba5 { [%eval 1.32] } 11. b4?! { (1.32 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } { [%eval 0.39] } (11. Ng4 f5 12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 14. Qd2 Qh5 15. Nxf6 Rxf6 16. Nc3 d6) 11... Bxb4 { [%eval 0.39] } 12. a3?? { (0.39 → -1.33) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -1.33] } (12. Nc3 Qe6 13. f4 d6 14. Nf3 f5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nc6 17. Re2 Nxe5) 12... Ba5? { (-1.33 → 0.18) Mistake. Bxd2+ was best. } { [%eval 0.18] } (12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 f6 14. Ng4 fxg5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Rb1 Qg6 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Rxh4) 13. Bxa5?? { (0.18 → -4.36) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -4.36] } (13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. f4 f5 16. e5 Be6 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Rxb7 Bxc3) 13... Qxa5+ { [%eval -4.57] } 14. Nd2 { [%eval -4.72] } 14... Qxe5 { [%eval -4.52] } 15. Rg2 { [%eval -4.25] } 15... f6 { [%eval -3.84] } 16. gxf6?! { (-3.84 → -4.86) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } { [%eval -4.86] } (16. g6 Qf4 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Ne7 19. gxh7 Nbc6 20. f4 Ng6 21. f5 Nf4) 16... Rxf6 { [%eval -4.14] } 17. f3 { [%eval -5.11] } 17... Nc6 { [%eval -5.09] } 18. d4 { [%eval -5.73] } 18... Nxd4 { [%eval -5.81] } 19. Rg4 { [%eval -6.49] } 19... Nxf3+ { [%eval -5.56] } 20. Nxf3 { [%eval -5.41] } 20... Rxf3 { [%eval -5.81] } 21. Qxf3 { [%eval -5.75] } 21... Qxa1+ { [%eval -5.69] } 22. Kf2 { [%eval -5.65] } 22... Qb2+ { [%eval -5.27] } 23. Kg3 { [%eval -5.69] } 23... Qe5+ { [%eval -5.51] } 24. Kg2 { [%eval -5.71] } 24... Nf6 { [%eval -5.71] } 25. Rh4 { [%eval -5.68] } 25... Qb2+ { [%eval -5.89] } 26. Be2 { [%eval -6.64] } 26... b6 { [%eval -6.69] } 27. Qf5 { [%eval -8.29] } 27... Bb7 { [%eval -6.77] } 28. Kg3 { [%eval -9.02] } 28... Nxe4+?! { (-9.02 → -5.73) Inaccuracy. Qxe2 was best. } { [%eval -5.73] } (28... Qxe2 29. Qf3 Nxe4+ 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Ke3 Re8 34. Kd2) 29. Kf4?? { (-5.73 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxe4 was best. } { [%eval #-9] } (29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Rf8 31. Qe7 Qc3+ 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. h4 Qd2 34. h5 h6) 29... Qxe2?? { (Mate in 9 → Mate in 1) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd2+ was best. } { [%eval #1] } (29... Qd2+ 30. Kf3 Nd6+ 31. Kf2 Nxf5 32. Rg4 Rf8 33. Rf4 Qxf4+ 34. Ke1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2) 30. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0