[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sDVJ5q3c"] [Date "2026.05.13"] [Round "-"] [White "EliElijah"] [Black "Varnika2018"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "sDVJ5q3c"] [UTCDate "2026.05.13"] [UTCTime "06:27:21"] [WhiteElo "1373"] [BlackElo "1333"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-42"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.42] } { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5?! { (0.42 → -0.61) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.61] } (2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6) 2... Bb4+?! { (-0.61 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.07] } (2... exd5 3. Qxd5 Nf6 4. Qd1 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. c4) 3. Nc3?! { (0.07 → -0.61) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval -0.61] } (3. c3 Bc5 4. dxe6 dxe6 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. g3 b6) 3... Na6?! { (-0.61 → 0.41) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 0.41] } (3... Nf6 4. dxe6 fxe6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O) 4. e4 { [%eval 0.46] } 4... Nc5?! { (0.46 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (4... Nf6 5. dxe6 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxe6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. e5 Nd7 9. Ba3 Nxe5 10. O-O-O+) 5. a3?? { (1.15 → -1.08) Blunder. Qd4 was best. } { [%eval -1.08] } (5. Qd4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Qxg7 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. f3 e5) 5... Ba5?? { (-1.08 → 3.90) Blunder. Bxc3+ was best. } { [%eval 3.9] } (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nxe4 7. Qd4 Ngf6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. f3 Nd6 10. Ne2 b6 11. Bg5) 6. b4 { [%eval 3.84] } 6... Bb6 { [%eval 4.23] } 7. bxc5 { [%eval 4.24] } 7... Bxc5 { [%eval 4.27] } 8. Be3?! { (4.27 → 3.32) Inaccuracy. dxe6 was best. } { [%eval 3.32] } (8. dxe6 Qf6 9. exf7+ Qxf7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nf6 12. e5 O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4) 8... Bb4? { (3.32 → 6.60) Mistake. Bxe3 was best. } { [%eval 6.6] } (8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Qe7 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qxg7 Rg8 13. Qh6 Rg6 14. Qf4) 9. axb4 { [%eval 6.79] } 9... Qf6 { [%eval 7.65] } 10. Qd4 { [%eval 7.04] } 10... Qh4 { [%eval 8.79] } 11. Qxg7 { [%eval 8.74] } 11... Qf6 { [%eval 8.73] } 12. Qxf6 { [%eval 8.22] } 12... Nxf6 { [%eval 8.16] } 13. Bd4 { [%eval 7.69] } 13... Nh5 { [%eval 8.86] } 14. Bxh8 { [%eval 8.89] } 14... Ke7 { [%eval 9.25] } 15. Be5 { [%eval 8.84] } 15... c6 { [%eval 9.42] } 16. dxc6 { [%eval 8.99] } 16... dxc6 { [%eval 9.12] } 17. g4 { [%eval 9.08] } 17... Nf4 { [%eval 9.97] } 18. Bxf4 { [%eval 9.94] } 18... Bd7 { [%eval 10.18] } 19. Nf3 { [%eval 10.18] } 19... Rg8 { [%eval 10.28] } 20. Bh3 { [%eval 10.0] } 20... Rg6 { [%eval 10.47] } 21. Rxa7 { [%eval 10.7] } 21... Rh6 { [%eval 11.98] } 22. Ng5 { [%eval 10.3] } 22... Rf6 { [%eval 10.67] } 23. Be3 { [%eval 10.52] } 23... Rg6 { [%eval 10.77] } 24. O-O { [%eval 11.06] } 24... Rxg5 { [%eval 11.41] } 25. Bxg5+ { [%eval 11.16] } 25... Kd6?! { (11.16 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (25... f6 26. Rxb7 Ke8 27. Rd1 Bc8 28. Rxh7 fxg5 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxc8 Ke7 31. Rc7+) 26. Bf4+?! { (Mate in 5 → 11.92) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxb7 was best. } { [%eval 11.92] } (26. Rxb7 f6 27. Rd1+ Ke7 28. Rdxd7+ Ke8 29. Bxf6 e5 30. Rd8#) 26... Ke7 { [%eval 11.75] } 27. Rxb7 { [%eval 11.38] } 27... h6?! { (11.38 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (27... Ke8 28. Rd1 Bc8 29. Rb8 Ke7 30. Rxc8 c5 31. b5 e5 32. Nd5+ Kd7) 28. Rd1 { [%eval #5] } 28... c5 { [%eval #4] } 29. Rdxd7+ { [%eval #3] } 29... Kf6 { [%eval #3] } 30. Rxf7+ { [%eval #2] } 30... Kg6 { [%eval #2] } 31. bxc5 { [%eval #2] } 31... e5 { [%eval #2] } 32. Bxe5 { [%eval #2] } 32... Kg5 { [%eval #2] } 33. Rg7+ { [%eval #2] } 33... Kh4 { [%eval #2] } 34. Bg3+ { [%eval #2] } 34... Kxh3 { [%eval #2] } 35. Rh7 { [%eval #3] } 35... Kxg4 { [%eval #3] } 36. Rbg7+ { [%eval #2] } 36... Kf3 { [%eval #2] } 37. Rh8 { [%eval #1] } 37... h5 { [%eval #1] } 38. Rf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0