[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/q8XpCvh6"] [Date "2025.03.03"] [Round "-"] [White "matthew_lester"] [Black "qazzpa37"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "q8XpCvh6"] [UTCDate "2025.03.03"] [UTCTime "19:05:42"] [WhiteElo "849"] [BlackElo "920"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+46"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.14] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.5] } { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. Nc3 { [%eval -0.01] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.17] } 4. Qd3 { [%eval -0.14] } 4... Ne4?? { (-0.14 → 1.61) Blunder. a6 was best. } { [%eval 1.61] } (4... a6 5. Bg5 Nb4 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. Rc1 e6 8. a3 Nc6 9. e3) 5. Nxe4 { [%eval 1.68] } 5... dxe4 { [%eval 1.6] } 6. Qxe4 { [%eval 1.64] } 6... e6 { [%eval 2.05] } 7. c3 { [%eval 2.01] } 7... b5?? { (2.01 → 5.78) Blunder. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 5.78] } (7... Bd6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 a5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 f5 12. Qf4 Be7 13. O-O) 8. e3?! { (5.78 → 3.68) Inaccuracy. Qxc6+ was best. } { [%eval 3.68] } (8. Qxc6+ Bd7 9. Qe4 c5 10. Ne5 f5 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e4 dxc3) 8... Bb7? { (3.68 → 6.03) Mistake. Qd5 was best. } { [%eval 6.03] } (8... Qd5 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Nd2 f6 12. Bd3 a5 13. a4 Kf7 14. h4) 9. Qh4?? { (6.03 → 1.82) Blunder. Bxb5 was best. } { [%eval 1.82] } (9. Bxb5 Qd5 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nxc6 O-O 13. Na5 Bc8 14. b4 a6) 9... h6? { (1.82 → 3.72) Mistake. Qxh4 was best. } { [%eval 3.72] } (9... Qxh4 10. Nxh4 b4 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Bb5 bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Ke2 Rfd8 15. Bd2) 10. e4? { (3.72 → 1.89) Mistake. Qxd8+ was best. } { [%eval 1.89] } (10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxb5 g5 12. e4 g4 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. a4 h5) 10... g5? { (1.89 → 3.88) Mistake. Qxh4 was best. } { [%eval 3.88] } (10... Qxh4 11. Nxh4) 11. Nxg5?? { (3.88 → 1.64) Blunder. Bxg5 was best. } { [%eval 1.64] } (11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. Qxh8 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Qd7 15. Bxb5 c6 16. Be2 O-O-O) 11... Be7 { [%eval 1.59] } 12. Qh5?? { (1.59 → -0.37) Blunder. Bxb5 was best. } { [%eval -0.37] } (12. Bxb5 a6 13. Nxe6 Bxh4 14. Nxd8 Kxd8 15. Bd3 a5 16. g3 Bg5 17. f4 Be7) 12... Bxg5 { [%eval -0.41] } 13. Bxg5? { (-0.41 → -1.56) Mistake. f4 was best. } { [%eval -1.56] } (13. f4 Bh4+) 13... Qxg5 { [%eval -1.54] } 14. Be2? { (-1.54 → -3.36) Mistake. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval -3.36] } (14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. Bxb5 a6 16. Ba4 Kf8 17. f3 Ne7 18. b4 Ng6 19. Kf2 Ke7) 14... a5? { (-3.36 → -1.52) Mistake. Qxg2 was best. } { [%eval -1.52] } (14... Qxg2 15. O-O-O Qg5+ 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rdg1 Ne7 18. Bxb5+ Kf8 19. Bd3 Rh5 20. a4) 15. d5? { (-1.52 → -3.05) Mistake. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval -3.05] } (15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Bxb5 Kd8 17. f3 Ne7 18. a4 g4 19. h4 f5 20. Bd3 Ng6) 15... Qxg2?? { (-3.05 → -0.52) Blunder. Qxh5 was best. } { [%eval -0.52] } (15... Qxh5 16. Bxh5 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rhe1 f6 20. f4 Nc4 21. b3) 16. Qf3?? { (-0.52 → -4.52) Blunder. Bf3 was best. } { [%eval -4.52] } (16. Bf3) 16... Qg5?? { (-4.52 → -0.34) Blunder. Qxf3 was best. } { [%eval -0.34] } (16... Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 exd5 19. f4 Ng6 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. e5 d4 22. Rhf1) 17. Bxb5?? { (-0.34 → -2.79) Blunder. h4 was best. } { [%eval -2.79] } (17. h4 Qe5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. O-O-O b4 20. Rd4 Rd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rg8) 17... exd5 { [%eval -2.84] } 18. exd5?! { (-2.84 → -4.48) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } { [%eval -4.48] } (18. h4 dxe4 19. hxg5 exf3 20. O-O-O Kf8 21. gxh6 Ne5 22. Rd4 c6 23. Ba4 c5) 18... Qe5+?? { (-4.48 → 1.12) Blunder. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 1.12] } (18... O-O-O 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Qe4 Rhg8 21. c4 Qf6 22. Qe3 Rg4 23. Qc3 Rf4 24. Kd2) 19. Qe3?! { (1.12 → 0.19) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval 0.19] } (19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. Rg1+ Kh7) 19... f5?? { (0.19 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval #7] } (19... O-O-O) 20. dxc6?? { (Mate in 7 → 2.84) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe5+ was best. } { [%eval 2.84] } (20. Qxe5+ Kf7 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. O-O-O Rg8 24. dxc6 Rg1 25. cxb7+ c6) 20... O-O?? { (2.84 → 10.83) Blunder. Qxe3+ was best. } { [%eval 10.83] } (20... Qxe3+ 21. fxe3) 21. Qxe5 { [%eval 7.94] } 21... f4? { (7.94 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rfe8 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (21... Rfe8 22. Rg1+ Kf8 23. O-O-O Rxe5 24. cxb7 Rb8 25. Ba6 f4 26. Rd4 Rf5 27. a3) 22. Bc4+ { [%eval #4] } 22... Kh7 { [%eval #4] } 23. cxb7 { [%eval #5] } 23... Rae8 { [%eval #5] } 24. Be6 { [%eval #6] } 24... Rb8 { [%eval #5] } 25. Qxc7+ { [%eval #5] } 25... Kg6 { [%eval #5] } 26. Rg1+ { [%eval #4] } 26... Kf6 { [%eval #4] } 27. Qd6 { [%eval #4] } 27... Rfd8 { [%eval #3] } 28. Qxf4+ { [%eval #4] } 28... Kxe6 { [%eval #4] } 29. Rg6+ { [%eval #3] } 29... Ke7 { [%eval #3] } 30. Qf6+ { [%eval #2] } 30... Kd7 { [%eval #1] } 31. Rd1+ { [%eval #1] } 31... Kc7 { [%eval #1] } 32. Rxd8 { [%eval #3] } 32... Rxd8 { [%eval #3] } 33. Qxd8+ { [%eval #2] } 33... Kxd8 { [%eval #2] } 34. b8=Q+ { [%eval #3] } 34... Kd7 { [%eval #2] } 35. Qd6+ { [%eval #2] } 35... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 36. Qe6+ { [%eval #2] } 36... Kf8 { [%eval #1] } 37. Qf6+ { [%eval #2] } 37... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 38. Rg8+ { [%eval #2] } 38... Kd7 { [%eval #2] } 39. Qd8+ { [%eval #3] } 39... Ke6 { [%eval #3] } 40. b4 { [%eval #4] } 40... axb4 { [%eval #4] } 41. cxb4 { [%eval #4] } 41... Kf7 { [%eval #3] } 42. b5 { [%eval #4] } 42... h5 { [%eval #3] } 43. b6 { [%eval #4] } 43... Ke6 { [%eval #4] } 44. b7 { [%eval #3] } 44... Ke5 { [%eval #3] } 45. b8=Q+ { [%eval #2] } 45... Ke4 { [%eval #2] } 46. Qb4+ { [%eval #2] } 46... Ke5 { [%eval #2] } 47. Qdd6+ { [%eval #1] } 47... Kf5 { [%eval #1] } 48. Qbf4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0