[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pQkbZEUj"] [Date "2026.01.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Mattb3rt"] [Black "lichess AI level 3"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "pQkbZEUj"] [UTCDate "2026.01.26"] [UTCTime "03:38:27"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d5?! { (0.18 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } { C40 Elephant Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. d3?! { (0.81 → -0.03) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -0.03] } (3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3 Qxd5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. dxe4 Qe6) 3... Bg4 { [%eval 0.31] } 4. h3 { [%eval 0.25] } 4... Bxf3 { [%eval 0.2] } 5. gxf3?! { (0.20 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Qxf3 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } (5. Qxf3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Nd4 7. Qd1 Nf6 8. g3 c6 9. c3 Ne6) 5... c6 { [%eval 0.0] } 6. f4 { [%eval 0.0] } 6... Qb6? { (0.00 → 1.29) Mistake. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.29] } (6... dxe4 7. fxe5 exd3 8. Qxd3 Qxd3 9. Bxd3 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd2) 7. f5? { (1.29 → -0.33) Mistake. fxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.33] } (7. fxe5) 7... Nf6 { [%eval -0.39] } 8. Bg2 { [%eval -0.37] } 8... h5?! { (-0.37 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.45] } (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 g6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qc5 12. c3 Bh6 13. Nb3 Qf8 14. h4) 9. Bg5?! { (0.45 → -0.21) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -0.21] } (9. O-O Nbd7) 9... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.17] } 10. b3?! { (0.17 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -0.6] } (10. Nd2 Be7) 10... Qc5?! { (-0.60 → 0.43) Inaccuracy. Rg8 was best. } { [%eval 0.43] } (10... Rg8 11. Qf3) 11. Bxf6? { (0.43 → -1.19) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -1.19] } (11. O-O Be7) 11... Rh6?? { (-1.19 → 4.58) Blunder. Nxf6 was best. } { [%eval 4.58] } (11... Nxf6) 12. Bg5 { [%eval 4.45] } 12... Rd6 { [%eval 4.77] } 13. Qxh5 { [%eval 3.92] } 13... g6 { [%eval 3.93] } 14. fxg6 { [%eval 3.44] } 14... Qa5+?! { (3.44 → 5.20) Inaccuracy. Rxg6 was best. } { [%eval 5.2] } (14... Rxg6 15. h4 Qxc2 16. Nd2 Be7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. Bh3 Bb4 20. Bf5) 15. c3?! { (5.20 → 3.54) Inaccuracy. Bd2 was best. } { [%eval 3.54] } (15. Bd2 fxg6 16. Qxe5+ Nxe5 17. Bxa5 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bg7 19. Nd2 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 Bxa1) 15... f6? { (3.54 → 6.20) Mistake. Rxg6 was best. } { [%eval 6.2] } (15... Rxg6 16. h4 Nc5 17. Qd1 Ne6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bh3 Rxg5 20. hxg5 Nf4 21. Kf1) 16. Qh8? { (6.20 → 3.58) Mistake. g7+ was best. } { [%eval 3.58] } (16. g7+ Kd8 17. g8=Q fxg5 18. O-O Kc7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. b4 Qa6 21. b5 Qxb5) 16... dxe4?! { (3.58 → 4.60) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 4.6] } (16... O-O-O 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. O-O Qc7 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Qh5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. d4) 17. g7 { [%eval 4.67] } 17... Rxd3?! { (4.67 → 7.37) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 7.37] } (17... O-O-O 18. g8=Q fxg5 19. Bxe4 Be7 20. b4 Qb6 21. Bf5 e4 22. Nd2 Rxd3 23. Nc4) 18. Bh6?! { (7.37 → 4.93) Inaccuracy. gxf8=Q+ was best. } { [%eval 4.93] } (18. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 19. Qxf6 Rd7 20. Bxe4 Rf7 21. Qd6 Rg7 22. b4 Qb5 23. Na3 Qa4) 18... Re3+?! { (4.93 → 7.74) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 7.74] } (18... O-O-O 19. g8=Q Bxh6 20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bxe4 Rd6 23. Na3 Bd2+ 24. Ke2) 19. fxe3 { [%eval 7.86] } 19... O-O-O { [%eval 7.59] } 20. gxf8=Q { [%eval 7.38] } 20... Nxf8 { [%eval 7.24] } 21. Bxf8 { [%eval 7.18] } 21... Qb6 { [%eval 8.22] } 22. Ke2 { [%eval 8.42] } 22... Qb5+ { [%eval 9.7] } 23. c4 { [%eval 9.09] } 23... Qa5 { [%eval 9.1] } 24. h4 { [%eval 8.7] } 24... f5 { [%eval 9.5] } 25. Bh3 { [%eval 9.35] } 25... b5 { [%eval 9.68] } 26. Bxf5+ { [%eval 8.53] } 26... Rd7? { (8.53 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb7 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (26... Kb7 27. Qg7+ Ka8 28. Bxe4 Qb6 29. Be7 Qb7 30. Qg5 bxc4 31. Bxd8 Qb5 32. Nd2) 27. Bd6+ { [%eval #10] } 27... Qd8 { [%eval #10] } 28. Bxd7+ { [%eval 11.13] } 28... Kxd7 { [%eval #9] } 29. Qxd8+ { [%eval #8] } 29... Kxd8 { [%eval #8] } 30. h5 { [%eval #7] } 30... bxc4 { [%eval #7] } 31. bxc4 { [%eval #6] } 31... Ke8 { [%eval #7] } 32. h6 { [%eval #6] } 32... Kf7 { [%eval #5] } 33. h7 { [%eval #4] } 33... a5 { [%eval #4] } 34. h8=Q { [%eval #3] } 34... Ke6 { [%eval #3] } 35. Bxe5 { [%eval #3] } 35... Kf7 { [%eval #3] } 36. Qf6+ { [%eval #2] } 36... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 37. Rh7 { [%eval #1] } 37... c5 { [%eval #1] } 38. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0