[Event "Cycle 2 - Stage Two CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/rDG5Nlg6"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Athari971"] [Black "aswathmurali"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "rDG5Nlg6"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "13:36:33"] [WhiteElo "1032"] [BlackElo "990"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-33"] [BlackRatingDiff "+28"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Grob Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. g4? { (0.15 → -0.96) Mistake. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.96] } { A00 Grob Opening } (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6) 1... Nf6? { (-0.96 → 0.23) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.23] } (1... d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Qxb7 Nd7 6. Nc3) 2. Bg2?! { (0.23 → -0.58) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } { [%eval -0.58] } (2. g5 Nh5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Be3 dxe4) 2... Nxg4 { [%eval -0.62] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval -0.75] } 3... e5 { [%eval -0.68] } 4. h3 { [%eval -0.82] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval -0.74] } 5. Ne4?? { (-0.74 → -2.56) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.56] } (5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qc4 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O-O d6) 5... Nh5?! { (-2.56 → -1.84) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval -1.84] } (5... Nxe4 6. Bxe4 d5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. c3 Be6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. h4 Be7 11. Nh3) 6. Nc3 { [%eval -1.91] } 6... Nf6? { (-1.91 → -0.74) Mistake. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval -0.74] } (6... Nf4 7. Bf3 Ne6 8. Bd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 d6 10. d3 a5 11. Be3 a4 12. h4) 7. Na4?? { (-0.74 → -2.60) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.6] } (7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qc4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O d6) 7... g5? { (-2.60 → -1.07) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval -1.07] } (7... d5 8. d3 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. c4 d4 11. e3 Re8 12. Ne2 dxe3 13. Bxe3) 8. b4?! { (-1.07 → -1.74) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -1.74] } (8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 h6 10. h4 g4 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. e3 Nxf4) 8... g4?! { (-1.74 → -0.87) Inaccuracy. Bxb4 was best. } { [%eval -0.87] } (8... Bxb4 9. Rb1 Be7 10. c4 Rg8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qb3) 9. hxg4 { [%eval -1.18] } 9... Nxg4 { [%eval -1.09] } 10. d3?! { (-1.09 → -1.83) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -1.83] } (10. d4 Bxb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Qb3 c6 13. Nf3 d6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5) 10... b5?? { (-1.83 → 1.70) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.7] } (10... d5 11. a3 Rg8 12. Bf3 a5 13. b5 Qf6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nc3) 11. Nc3?? { (1.70 → -0.91) Blunder. Bxa8 was best. } { [%eval -0.91] } (11. Bxa8 bxa4 12. Bf3 Rg8 13. Bd2 e4 14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bf3 Qf6 16. c3 Bd7) 11... Bxb4 { [%eval -0.8] } 12. Bxa8 { [%eval -0.59] } 12... Bc5?? { (-0.59 → 2.73) Blunder. Qf6 was best. } { [%eval 2.73] } (12... Qf6 13. Nh3 Bxc3+ 14. Bd2 e4 15. Rb1 e3 16. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 c6 18. a4) 13. Nxb5?! { (2.73 → 1.48) Inaccuracy. e3 was best. } { [%eval 1.48] } (13. e3 d5 14. Bxd5 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Bxc3 Ke8 18. Qd2 Nc6) 13... Nxf2 { [%eval 1.49] } 14. Rh3?? { (1.49 → -3.57) Blunder. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval -3.57] } (14. Qd2 Nxh1 15. Qh6 Rg8 16. Nf3 c6 17. Qxh7 Rf8 18. Rb1 cxb5 19. Rxb5 Qc7) 14... Nxd1 { [%eval -3.76] } 15. Kxd1 { [%eval -3.74] } 15... Bxg1 { [%eval -3.61] } 16. Re3?! { (-3.61 → -4.72) Inaccuracy. Bd5 was best. } { [%eval -4.72] } (16. Bd5 Bb6 17. Rh6 Bc5 18. Rh5 f6 19. Bh6 c6 20. Bg7 Ke7 21. Nc3 cxd5) 16... Bxe3 { [%eval -4.61] } 17. Bxe3 { [%eval -4.64] } 17... Bb7?! { (-4.64 → -3.50) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } { [%eval -3.5] } (17... a6 18. Nc3 f6 19. Bd5 c6 20. Rb1 cxd5 21. Rxb8 Kf7 22. Bb6) 18. Bxa7? { (-3.50 → -6.40) Mistake. Bxb7 was best. } { [%eval -6.4] } (18. Bxb7 Nc6 19. Kd2 h5 20. Nc3 f5 21. Rf1 f4 22. Bf2 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qf7) 18... Bxa8 { [%eval -6.2] } 19. Bxb8 { [%eval -6.85] } 19... Qxb8 { [%eval -6.98] } 20. Nc3 { [%eval -7.45] } 20... Qb2 { [%eval -7.05] } 21. Rb1 { [%eval -6.97] } 21... Qb7 { [%eval -6.16] } 22. Rb6?! { (-6.16 → -9.29) Inaccuracy. Rxb7 was best. } { [%eval -9.29] } (22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. a4 Rg8 24. e4 Kd8 25. a5 Rg1+ 26. Kd2 Rg2+ 27. Ke3) 22... Qxb6 { [%eval -9.18] } 23. Na4 { [%eval -9.67] } 23... Qg1+ { [%eval -9.41] } 24. Kd2 { [%eval -9.15] } 24... Rg8 { [%eval -9.63] } 25. c4 { [%eval -10.34] } 25... Rg2 { [%eval -10.13] } 26. Nc5?! { (-10.13 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (26. Nc3 Kd8 27. Nd1 Qd4 28. Ke1 Bb7 29. a4 e4 30. Ne3 Qxe3) 26... Rg3?! { (Mate in 5 → -11.80) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc5 was best. } { [%eval -11.8] } (26... Qxc5 27. a3 Bf3 28. d4 Rxe2+ 29. Kc1 Qxd4 30. c5 Qg1#) 27. Ne4?! { (-11.80 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nb3 was best. } { [%eval #-6] } (27. Nb3 Qe3+ 28. Kc3 Qxe2 29. Kb4 Kd8 30. Kc5 Qxd3 31. Kb5 Qc3 32. c5 Bc6+) 27... Qe3+ { [%eval #-5] } 28. Kc2 { [%eval #-5] } 28... Qxe2+ { [%eval #-4] } 29. Kc3 { [%eval #-3] } 29... Qxd3+ { [%eval #-2] } 30. Kb2 { [%eval #-2] } 30... Rg2+ { [%eval #-2] } 31. Kc1 { [%eval #-1] } 31... Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1