[Event "DCA Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sQCe5xbK"] [Date "2026.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "davidbalogun"] [Black "DavidDaniel0102"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "sQCe5xbK"] [UTCDate "2026.06.04"] [UTCTime "18:06:28"] [WhiteElo "1262"] [BlackElo "1158"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-270"] [BlackRatingDiff "+32"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d5?! { (0.18 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } { C40 Elephant Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. Nc3? { (0.81 → -0.40) Mistake. exd5 was best. } { [%eval -0.4] } (3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3 Qxd5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. dxe4 Qe6) 3... dxe4 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... Nc6 { [%eval 0.32] } 5. Neg5?? { (0.32 → -1.34) Blunder. Bb5 was best. } { [%eval -1.34] } (5. Bb5 f5 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. d4 e4 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Ne5 O-O) 5... Be7?! { (-1.34 → -0.73) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } { [%eval -0.73] } (5... h6 6. Ne4 f5 7. Nc3 e4 8. Ng1 Nf6 9. Bb5 Bc5 10. d4) 6. Bc4?? { (-0.73 → -3.60) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -3.6] } (6. d4 h6 7. Ne4 exd4 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. Ng3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O) 6... Bxg5 { [%eval -3.78] } 7. Nxg5 { [%eval -4.18] } 7... Qxg5 { [%eval -4.16] } 8. Qf3 { [%eval -4.68] } 8... Qe7 { [%eval -4.45] } 9. O-O { [%eval -4.39] } 9... h6 { [%eval -3.63] } 10. b3 { [%eval -4.0] } 10... Be6 { [%eval -3.75] } 11. Ba3? { (-3.75 → -5.95) Mistake. Bb5 was best. } { [%eval -5.95] } (11. Bb5 Qd7 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Bb2 f6 15. f4 h5 16. fxe5 f5) 11... Qd7?! { (-5.95 → -3.89) Inaccuracy. Qxa3 was best. } { [%eval -3.89] } (11... Qxa3 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. b4 Qxb4 15. Rab1 Qe7 16. Rxb7 Nf6 17. Qg6) 12. Bb5 { [%eval -3.67] } 12... O-O-O { [%eval -3.72] } 13. Rae1 { [%eval -3.6] } 13... a6 { [%eval -3.45] } 14. Ba4 { [%eval -4.2] } 14... Nf6 { [%eval -3.83] } 15. Bb2?! { (-3.83 → -4.90) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval -4.9] } (15. c4 e4 16. Qg3 Rhg8 17. Bc5 b6 18. Be3 Kb7 19. d4 exd3 20. Bd2 Qd6) 15... Qxd2?! { (-4.90 → -3.33) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval -3.33] } (15... b5 16. Rxe5 bxa4 17. Qe2 Nb8 18. d4 Rhe8 19. c4 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5 21. d5) 16. Bxe5?! { (-3.33 → -5.06) Inaccuracy. Bxc6 was best. } { [%eval -5.06] } (16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe5 Kb7 18. h3 Nd7 19. Bg3 Qb4 20. c4 g5 21. Rxe6 fxe6) 16... Nxe5 { [%eval -4.85] } 17. Rxe5 { [%eval -4.83] } 17... Qxc2 { [%eval -4.81] } 18. Re2 { [%eval -5.1] } 18... Qf5 { [%eval -4.8] } 19. b4?! { (-4.80 → -6.28) Inaccuracy. Qg3 was best. } { [%eval -6.28] } (19. Qg3 Kb8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. h4 Nd5 22. Re5 Qf6 23. Qd3 Rd6 24. Qb1 Rhd8) 19... Qxf3 { [%eval -6.46] } 20. gxf3 { [%eval -6.38] } 20... Rd4 { [%eval -6.02] } 21. Bc2 { [%eval -6.13] } 21... Bxa2 { [%eval -5.49] } 22. Bf5+ { [%eval -6.05] } 22... Kb8 { [%eval -5.11] } 23. Rfe1 { [%eval -5.98] } 23... Be6 { [%eval -6.06] } 24. Bxe6 { [%eval -5.89] } 24... fxe6 { [%eval -6.13] } 25. Rxe6 { [%eval -6.07] } 25... Rxb4 { [%eval -6.0] } 26. Re8+?! { (-6.00 → -8.57) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } { [%eval -8.57] } (26. Re7 Rg8 27. R1e5 c6 28. h4 Nd5 29. Rf7 a5 30. Re6 a4 31. h5) 26... Rxe8 { [%eval -8.65] } 27. Rxe8+ { [%eval -9.75] } 27... Nxe8 { [%eval -9.75] } 28. Kg2 { [%eval -9.74] } 28... a5 { [%eval -9.71] } 29. Kg3 { [%eval -9.59] } 29... a4 { [%eval -9.39] } 30. Kg2? { (-9.39 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f4 was best. } { [%eval #-8] } (30. f4 Rb5 31. Kg4 Nf6+ 32. Kf3 c6 33. Ke3 Ka7 34. Kd3 Ka6 35. Kc4 Ne4) 30... a3 { [%eval #-8] } 31. Kf1 { [%eval #-7] } 31... a2 { [%eval #-6] } 32. Ke1 { [%eval #-5] } 32... a1=Q+ { [%eval #-4] } 33. Ke2 { [%eval #-3] } 33... Rb2+ { [%eval #-4] } 34. Kd3 { [%eval #-4] } 34... Qa3+ { [%eval #-4] } 35. Ke4 { [%eval #-4] } 35... Rxf2 { [%eval #-4] } 36. Kf4 { [%eval #-3] } 36... Qxf3+ { [%eval #-3] } 37. Ke5 { [%eval #-3] } 37... Qe3+ { [%eval #-2] } 38. Kd5 { [%eval #-2] } 38... Rd2+ { [%eval #-2] } 39. Kc4 { [%eval #-2] } 39... Qe2+ { [%eval #-3] } 40. Kc5 { [%eval #-2] } 40... b6+ { [%eval #-3] } 41. Kc6 { [%eval #-1] } 41... Qc4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1