[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nQfjQdYn"] [Date "2026.03.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ajsantosh"] [Black "NicotheChap"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "nQfjQdYn"] [UTCDate "2026.03.16"] [UTCTime "22:27:06"] [WhiteElo "841"] [BlackElo "763"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-41"] [BlackRatingDiff "+184"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bb5 { [%eval -0.12] } { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } 2... c6 { [%eval -0.15] } 3. Nc3?? { (-0.15 → -4.16) Blunder. Be2 was best. } { [%eval -4.16] } (3. Be2 d5 4. d3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6) 3... d5?? { (-4.16 → -0.28) Blunder. cxb5 was best. } { [%eval -0.28] } (3... cxb5 4. Nxb5 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Nbd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qh4 9. Nf3) 4. Ba4?! { (-0.28 → -0.93) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } { [%eval -0.93] } (4. Be2 d4 5. Nb1 Bd6 6. d3 e5 7. Bg4 Nd7 8. Nf3 Ngf6) 4... Nf6 { [%eval -0.53] } 5. Qe2?! { (-0.53 → -1.51) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -1.51] } (5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 a5 7. a3 b5 8. Bb3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 c5) 5... b5 { [%eval -1.77] } 6. Bb3 { [%eval -1.64] } 6... Bc5?? { (-1.64 → 0.09) Blunder. b4 was best. } { [%eval 0.09] } (6... b4 7. Na4 Nxe4 8. d3 Nf6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ne5) 7. Nf3?! { (0.09 → -0.54) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -0.54] } (7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 Bb4 10. Qd3 c5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. dxc5 Qxd3) 7... O-O { [%eval -0.51] } 8. O-O { [%eval -0.53] } 8... dxe4? { (-0.53 → 0.76) Mistake. a5 was best. } { [%eval 0.76] } (8... a5 9. a3 Be7 10. h3 Ba6 11. d3 b4 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Na4 Nc6 14. Bf4) 9. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.85] } 9... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.92] } 10. Qxe4 { [%eval 0.8] } 10... Nd7 { [%eval 1.26] } 11. Re1?! { (1.26 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 0.45] } (11. d4 Be7 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Qc7 Qxc7 15. Bxc7 Ra6 16. Rfe1 Bb7) 11... Nf6?! { (0.45 → 1.36) Inaccuracy. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval 1.36] } (11... Bb7 12. d4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bg5 a5 15. c3 c5 16. Rad1 c4 17. Bc2) 12. d3?? { (1.36 → -4.75) Blunder. Qxc6 was best. } { [%eval -4.75] } (12. Qxc6 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. d4 Bd6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. c3 Rfd8 17. f3 h6) 12... Nxe4 { [%eval -4.88] } 13. dxe4 { [%eval -5.06] } 13... Bb4 { [%eval -4.65] } 14. Rd1?? { (-4.65 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c3 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (14. c3 Be7 15. Bf4 Qe8 16. e5 c5 17. Bc2 h6 18. h4 Bb7 19. Ng5 hxg5) 14... Qxd1+ { [%eval #-1] } 15. Ne1 { [%eval #-1] } 15... Qxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1