[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/p9EKMqsh"] [Date "2026.05.29"] [Round "-"] [White "dmolz26"] [Black "droptwenty00"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "p9EKMqsh"] [UTCDate "2026.05.29"] [UTCTime "20:07:11"] [WhiteElo "1078"] [BlackElo "1029"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.68] } 2. Nc3?! { (0.68 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.09] } (2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6) 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.39] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.32] } 4. e5 { [%eval 0.39] } { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } 4... Ne4 { [%eval 0.82] } 5. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.96] } 5... dxe4 { [%eval 0.92] } 6. f3? { (0.92 → -0.28) Mistake. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval -0.28] } (6. Bc4 Qd7 7. c3 c5 8. Ne2 b5 9. Bb3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6) 6... exf3? { (-0.28 → 0.82) Mistake. c5 was best. } { [%eval 0.82] } (6... c5 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Be3 Bxc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Qc3 b6 11. fxe4) 7. Qxf3?? { (0.82 → -1.41) Blunder. Nxf3 was best. } { [%eval -1.41] } (7. Nxf3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 cxd4 11. Qe1 h6) 7... Qxd4 { [%eval -1.76] } 8. Qe3 { [%eval -1.56] } 8... Qb4+?! { (-1.56 → -0.98) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } { [%eval -0.98] } (8... Qb6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bc6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Rf1 Nc5 14. Bc4) 9. c3 { [%eval -1.08] } 9... Qh4+ { [%eval -0.76] } 10. g3 { [%eval -0.83] } 10... Qd8?! { (-0.83 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. Qa4 was best. } { [%eval 0.09] } (10... Qa4 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. b3 Qa5 13. b4 Qa4 14. Bd3 Bb5 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3) 11. Nf3 { [%eval -0.43] } 11... Nd7?! { (-0.43 → 0.23) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 0.23] } (11... Bd7 12. Qf4 h6 13. Be2 g5 14. Qg4 Bc6 15. h4 Qd5 16. hxg5 Nd7 17. Rh4) 12. Bc4?! { (0.23 → -0.41) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval -0.41] } (12. Bd3 b6 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. c4 Nd7 17. a3 Be7) 12... Bc5 { [%eval -0.09] } 13. Qe4 { [%eval -0.51] } 13... Nb6 { [%eval -0.55] } 14. Bg5 { [%eval -0.52] } 14... Qd7?? { (-0.52 → 2.89) Blunder. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 2.89] } (14... Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Be2 Qc5 17. Rf1 Bd7 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Qe4 Bc6 20. Qb4) 15. Rd1 { [%eval 3.05] } 15... O-O? { (3.05 → 5.49) Mistake. h6 was best. } { [%eval 5.49] } (15... h6 16. Rxd7 Bxd7 17. Qxb7 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Be3 19. h4 Rd8 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Rf1) 16. Rxd7 { [%eval 5.37] } 16... Nxd7 { [%eval 6.05] } 17. b4 { [%eval 6.08] } 17... Bb6 { [%eval 6.01] } 18. Be7 { [%eval 5.73] } 18... Re8 { [%eval 6.64] } 19. Bg5? { (6.64 → 4.07) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } { [%eval 4.07] } (19. Ng5 g6 20. Qh4 h5 21. Nxf7 Bf2+ 22. Kxf2 Kxf7 23. Rf1 Rxe7 24. Kg1+ Ke8) 19... f6? { (4.07 → 7.37) Mistake. a5 was best. } { [%eval 7.37] } (19... a5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 axb4 22. O-O b5 23. Bd3 Bb7 24. Ng5 f5 25. exf6) 20. exf6 { [%eval 6.81] } 20... gxf6 { [%eval 7.7] } 21. Be3?! { (7.70 → 5.17) Inaccuracy. Bh6 was best. } { [%eval 5.17] } (21. Bh6 Nf8 22. Nh4 f5 23. Nxf5 Bf2+ 24. Kxf2 b5 25. Qg4+ Ng6 26. Nh4 Rf8+) 21... Bxe3 { [%eval 5.5] } 22. Qxe3 { [%eval 5.52] } 22... Nb6 { [%eval 5.84] } 23. Bb3 { [%eval 5.78] } 23... Kg7 { [%eval 5.98] } 24. O-O { [%eval 5.97] } 24... Kg6?! { (5.97 → 8.88) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 8.88] } (24... Bd7 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Qe4 fxg5 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Rxf8+) 25. Qe4+ { [%eval 8.34] } 25... f5? { (8.34 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg7 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (25... Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Ng5 f5 28. Nxh7+ Ke7 29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Rd1+ Nd5 31. Nf6) 26. Nh4+ { [%eval #7] } 26... Kh5 { [%eval #6] } 27. Qf3+ { [%eval #8] } 27... Kh6 { [%eval #5] } 28. Qf4+ { [%eval #4] } 28... Kg7 { [%eval #4] } 29. Qg5+ { [%eval #3] } 29... Kf7 { [%eval #1] } 30. Nxf5 { [%eval #1] } 30... Kf8 { [%eval #1] } 31. Nh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0