[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pY6HPfHC"] [Date "2026.05.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Rex_6"] [Black "stepsbysteps"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "pY6HPfHC"] [UTCDate "2026.05.18"] [UTCTime "04:04:23"] [WhiteElo "1008"] [BlackElo "1053"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C56"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.07] } 3... Nf6?! { (0.07 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } (3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5) 4. Bc4?! { (0.81 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } { C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation } (4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nc5 6. Nc3 Ne6 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 Bb4) 4... Nxe4?! { (0.00 → 0.65) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.65] } (4... exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 d3 8. Qe3 Be7 9. b4) 5. dxe5 { [%eval 0.57] } 5... d5?! { (0.57 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (5... d6 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Be6 8. Qxe4 h6 9. Nc3 dxe5 10. Nxe5+) 6. Bxd5 { [%eval 1.13] } 6... Qxd5?? { (1.13 → 5.24) Blunder. Bf5 was best. } { [%eval 5.24] } (6... Bf5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qe2 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2) 7. Qxd5 { [%eval 4.95] } 7... Nb4?! { (4.95 → 6.67) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } { [%eval 6.67] } (7... Bf5 8. O-O h6 9. Qd1 Rd8 10. Qe2 Ng5 11. Rd1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3) 8. Qxe4 { [%eval 6.59] } 8... Bc5 { [%eval 7.09] } 9. a3 { [%eval 6.99] } 9... f5 { [%eval 9.4] } 10. Qc4 { [%eval 7.78] } 10... Nc6 { [%eval 7.91] } 11. Qxc5 { [%eval 7.97] } 11... Bd7 { [%eval 8.61] } 12. e6 { [%eval 8.14] } 12... Bxe6 { [%eval 8.78] } 13. O-O { [%eval 7.97] } 13... O-O-O { [%eval 7.92] } 14. Re1 { [%eval 7.86] } 14... Rd5 { [%eval 8.09] } 15. Qe3 { [%eval 7.94] } 15... Re8 { [%eval 8.34] } 16. Nc3 { [%eval 8.8] } 16... f4 { [%eval 9.21] } 17. Qxf4 { [%eval 8.62] } 17... Rf5 { [%eval 10.21] } 18. Qg3 { [%eval 8.42] } 18... g5 { [%eval 9.39] } 19. Nxg5 { [%eval 9.27] } 19... Bc4 { [%eval 12.25] } 20. Rxe8+ { [%eval 12.06] } 20... Kd7 { [%eval 11.98] } 21. Rh8 { [%eval 12.04] } 21... Nd4 { [%eval 14.79] } 22. Rxh7+ { [%eval 12.24] } 22... Kc6?! { (12.24 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf7 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (22... Bf7 23. Be3 b6 24. Bxd4 Kc8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Nxf7 b5 27. f3 a5 28. Qg4+) 23. Qxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0