[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/q8NnHVfg"] [Date "2026.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "herculeskan"] [Black "varun22"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "q8NnHVfg"] [UTCDate "2026.02.21"] [UTCTime "01:37:31"] [WhiteElo "798"] [BlackElo "802"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-31"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Bc5?! { (0.18 → 1.28) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.28] } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.3] } 3... Qh4? { (1.30 → 3.21) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 3.21] } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O a5 8. c4) 4. g3?? { (3.21 → -3.16) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -3.16] } (4. d4 Qxe4+ 5. Be3 d5 6. Qd2 f6 7. dxc5 Qxe5 8. Nc3 Bg4) 4... Qxe4+ { [%eval -3.12] } 5. Be2? { (-3.12 → -5.47) Mistake. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -5.47] } (5. Qe2 Qxh1 6. Ng6+ Be7 7. Nxh8 d5 8. d4 Bh3 9. Be3 Qxf1+) 5... Qxh1+ { [%eval -5.72] } 6. Bf1 { [%eval -5.45] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval -5.32] } 7. Qf3 { [%eval -5.8] } 7... Qxf3 { [%eval -5.68] } 8. Nxf3 { [%eval -5.77] } 8... Ng4 { [%eval -5.06] } 9. h3 { [%eval -5.35] } 9... Nf6 { [%eval -5.03] } 10. Bc4 { [%eval -5.85] } 10... O-O { [%eval -5.64] } 11. d4 { [%eval -5.66] } 11... Re8+ { [%eval -5.44] } 12. Be3 { [%eval -5.3] } 12... Bb4+ { [%eval -5.3] } 13. Nc3 { [%eval -5.99] } 13... Bxc3+ { [%eval -5.74] } 14. bxc3 { [%eval -5.71] } 14... Ne4 { [%eval -5.02] } 15. Ne5 { [%eval -4.84] } 15... Nxc3 { [%eval -4.34] } 16. a4?! { (-4.34 → -6.03) Inaccuracy. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval -6.03] } (16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. Kd2 Ne4+ 19. Kd3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Ng8 21. Re1 d6) 16... d5 { [%eval -6.14] } 17. Nxf7 { [%eval -7.57] } 17... dxc4 { [%eval -7.61] } 18. Ne5 { [%eval -7.66] } 18... c5 { [%eval -7.28] } 19. Nxc4 { [%eval -7.79] } 19... cxd4 { [%eval -7.81] } 20. Kd2 { [%eval -8.39] } 20... dxe3+ { [%eval -8.14] } 21. Kxc3 { [%eval -8.33] } 21... exf2 { [%eval -8.39] } 22. Nd6 { [%eval -10.51] } 22... Re1 { [%eval -10.21] } 23. Rxe1?! { (-10.21 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb2 was best. } { [%eval #-10] } (23. Kb2 Nc6 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. a5 Re2 26. g4 Be6 27. Rf1 Nxa5 28. Ka3 Rc8) 23... fxe1=Q+ { [%eval #-9] } 24. Kd3 { [%eval #-7] } 24... Qd1+ { [%eval #-7] } 25. Kc4 { [%eval #-6] } 25... Qxd6 { [%eval #-6] } { White resigns. } 0-1