[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qA9lW8nE"] [Date "2026.05.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Gerry2849490"] [Black "forthechocolatine"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "qA9lW8nE"] [UTCDate "2026.05.04"] [UTCTime "15:31:52"] [WhiteElo "1248"] [BlackElo "1228"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.31] } { B10 Caro-Kann Defense } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.17] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. e5 { [%eval 0.12] } 3... Bf5 { [%eval 0.32] } 4. d3 { [%eval -0.16] } 4... e6 { [%eval -0.1] } 5. c4? { (-0.10 → -1.48) Mistake. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -1.48] } (5. Be3 Bg6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. h4 Bh5 8. c3 Nf5 9. Bf4 Nd7) 5... Ne7? { (-1.48 → -0.07) Mistake. dxc4 was best. } { [%eval -0.07] } (5... dxc4 6. d4 b5 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3) 6. cxd5?! { (-0.07 → -0.67) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.67] } (6. d4 Nd7 7. a3 h6 8. h3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. O-O Be7) 6... cxd5 { [%eval -0.6] } 7. d4 { [%eval -0.69] } 7... Nbc6 { [%eval -0.75] } 8. Be3 { [%eval -1.15] } 8... Qb6 { [%eval -1.15] } 9. b3?? { (-1.15 → -3.26) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -3.26] } (9. Nc3 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qc2 11. Qxc2 Bxc2 12. Nc5 Rb8 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Nh4 h6) 9... Qa5+? { (-3.26 → -1.57) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval -1.57] } (9... Nb4 10. Na3 Qa5 11. Bb5+ Nbc6+ 12. b4 Qxa3 13. O-O a6 14. Ba4 Rc8 15. Ne1) 10. Nbd2? { (-1.57 → -3.20) Mistake. Bd2 was best. } { [%eval -3.2] } (10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Be3 Nf5 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf3) 10... Ng6?? { (-3.20 → -0.44) Blunder. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval -0.44] } (10... Nb4 11. Rc1 Nec6 12. Nh4 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Bxd3 14. Qg4 Qxa2 15. f4 Qb2 16. Kf2) 11. g3?? { (-0.44 → -2.93) Blunder. a3 was best. } { [%eval -2.93] } (11. a3 Bxa3 12. Be2 Qb4 13. O-O Qe7 14. Ne1 h5 15. Ndf3 Bb2 16. Ra4 Bc3) 11... Bb4?! { (-2.93 → -2.12) Inaccuracy. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval -2.12] } (11... Nb4 12. Rc1 Nxa2 13. Ra1 Bb4 14. h4 Rc8 15. Bh3 Bd3 16. Bf1 Bc2 17. Qe2) 12. Bg2 { [%eval -2.41] } 12... Qb6? { (-2.41 → -1.11) Mistake. Bc3 was best. } { [%eval -1.11] } (12... Bc3 13. Rc1 Bb2 14. Rc5 Qxa2 15. O-O O-O 16. Nc4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Qa5 18. Qe2) 13. O-O { [%eval -1.07] } 13... Nxd4?? { (-1.07 → 3.81) Blunder. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval 3.81] } (13... Bd3 14. Nb1 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 O-O 16. a3 Qa5 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. h4 Nf8 19. h5) 14. Bxd4 { [%eval 3.72] } 14... Qc6 { [%eval 4.2] } 15. Rc1 { [%eval 3.98] } 15... Qa6 { [%eval 4.09] } 16. a4 { [%eval 3.38] } 16... b5?! { (3.38 → 4.56) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 4.56] } (16... O-O 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rfc8 19. Qc1 b6 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qb4) 17. Re1 { [%eval 3.66] } 17... bxa4 { [%eval 3.6] } 18. bxa4 { [%eval 3.6] } 18... Be4?! { (3.60 → 5.49) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } { [%eval 5.49] } (18... Qa5 19. Re3 O-O 20. Bc3 Rab8 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. N2b3 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Qd2) 19. Bf1 { [%eval 5.27] } 19... Bxf3 { [%eval 5.17] } 20. Qxf3 { [%eval 4.43] } 20... Qxa4 { [%eval 4.49] } 21. Rc7?! { (4.49 → 3.07) Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best. } { [%eval 3.07] } (21. Ra1 Qc2 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. Red1 Qc7 24. Qe3 Ne7 25. Bd3 a5 26. Rdc1 Qd7) 21... Ba5?? { (3.07 → 8.07) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 8.07] } (21... O-O 22. Ra1 Qe8 23. Qd1 a5 24. Rac1 Qb8 25. Nf3 a4 26. R7c6 Be7 27. Rb6) 22. Qxf7+ { [%eval 7.92] } 22... Kd8 { [%eval 7.93] } 23. Rec1 { [%eval 7.67] } 23... Bxc7 { [%eval 9.59] } 24. Qxc7+ { [%eval 9.45] } 24... Ke8 { [%eval 9.89] } 25. Rb1 { [%eval 9.31] } 25... Rd8? { (9.31 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc2 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (25... Qc2 26. Qxc2 Ne7 27. Nf3 h5 28. Ng5 h4 29. Be3 h3 30. Qa4+ Kf8) 26. Bb5+ { [%eval #9] } 26... Qxb5 { [%eval #9] } 27. Rxb5 { [%eval #8] } 27... Ne7 { [%eval #6] } 28. Rb7 { [%eval #5] } 28... Nc8 { [%eval #1] } 29. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0