[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sXDDxyf3"] [Date "2026.05.23"] [Round "-"] [White "SparkyNeil"] [Black "Mar10e7"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "sXDDxyf3"] [UTCDate "2026.05.23"] [UTCTime "01:22:08"] [WhiteElo "586"] [BlackElo "882"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-37"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.29] } 3... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.52] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation } 4. Bc4?! { (0.52 → -0.57) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -0.57] } (4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qxe5) 4... d5 { [%eval -0.4] } 5. Bb3?! { (-0.40 → -1.45) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } { [%eval -1.45] } (5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d3 Nf6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6) 5... Be6? { (-1.45 → -0.19) Mistake. Qg5 was best. } { [%eval -0.19] } (5... Qg5 6. Qe2 Qxg2 7. Rf1 Be6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bd2) 6. O-O { [%eval -0.13] } 6... Bd6 { [%eval -0.18] } 7. Ng4?? { (-0.18 → -2.27) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -2.27] } (7. d4 O-O 8. Nd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Re1 h6) 7... Qd7?? { (-2.27 → -0.29) Blunder. h5 was best. } { [%eval -0.29] } (7... h5) 8. d3?! { (-0.29 → -1.00) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } { [%eval -1.0] } (8. Ne3) 8... Nc5 { [%eval -0.94] } 9. d4?? { (-0.94 → -3.76) Blunder. Re1 was best. } { [%eval -3.76] } (9. Re1 Nxb3) 9... Nxb3 { [%eval -4.07] } 10. cxb3?! { (-4.07 → -5.64) Inaccuracy. Nf6+ was best. } { [%eval -5.64] } (10. Nf6+ gxf6 11. axb3 Rg8 12. c4 Nc6 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Bf4 a6) 10... Bxg4 { [%eval -5.59] } 11. f3 { [%eval -6.05] } 11... Bh5 { [%eval -4.98] } 12. g4 { [%eval -5.22] } 12... Bg6 { [%eval -5.37] } 13. Re1+ { [%eval -5.46] } 13... Qe6?? { (-5.46 → 0.30) Blunder. Kd8 was best. } { [%eval 0.3] } (13... Kd8 14. Nc3 f6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. Nxd5 Bg6 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. Nxc7) 14. Rxe6+ { [%eval 0.32] } 14... fxe6 { [%eval 0.37] } 15. Bg5?! { (0.37 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } (15. Nc3 a6) 15... O-O { [%eval -0.47] } 16. Nc3 { [%eval -0.38] } 16... Nc6 { [%eval -0.12] } 17. Nb5 { [%eval 0.06] } 17... Bb4? { (0.06 → 1.48) Mistake. Rf7 was best. } { [%eval 1.48] } (17... Rf7) 18. Nxc7 { [%eval 1.52] } 18... Rfe8?? { (1.52 → 3.62) Blunder. Rac8 was best. } { [%eval 3.62] } (18... Rac8 19. Nxe6) 19. Nxe8 { [%eval 3.46] } 19... Rxe8 { [%eval 3.12] } 20. a3 { [%eval 2.74] } 20... Ba5 { [%eval 2.93] } 21. b4 { [%eval 2.83] } 21... Bb6 { [%eval 2.73] } 22. Qa4?! { (2.73 → 1.72) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } { [%eval 1.72] } (22. Be3 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. Bf2 h5 25. a5 Bc7 26. b5 d3 27. bxc6 hxg4) 22... a6?! { (1.72 → 2.81) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval 2.81] } (22... Rf8 23. Kg2 Nxd4 24. Be7 Be8 25. Qd1 Rxf3 26. a4 Bg6 27. a5 Be4 28. axb6) 23. b5 { [%eval 2.82] } 23... Nxd4 { [%eval 2.68] } 24. bxa6? { (2.68 → 1.06) Mistake. Kg2 was best. } { [%eval 1.06] } (24. Kg2) 24... Nxf3+ { [%eval 1.07] } 25. Kg2 { [%eval 0.55] } 25... Nxg5 { [%eval 0.74] } 26. h4?! { (0.74 → -0.14) Inaccuracy. axb7 was best. } { [%eval -0.14] } (26. axb7) 26... Ne4?? { (-0.14 → 4.40) Blunder. Be4+ was best. } { [%eval 4.4] } (26... Be4+ 27. Kf1) 27. h5 { [%eval 3.88] } 27... Bf7?! { (3.88 → 5.06) Inaccuracy. bxa6 was best. } { [%eval 5.06] } (27... bxa6 28. Qxa6 Bf7 29. Qxb6 e5 30. a4 d4 31. a5 Bd5 32. Kg1 d3 33. Qb5) 28. axb7 { [%eval 4.74] } 28... Nc5?! { (4.74 → 7.46) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval 7.46] } (28... Rf8 29. Rc1 Be8 30. b8=Q Bxa4 31. Qxb6 Bd7 32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Qb7 h6 34. Qxd7) 29. Qc6?! { (7.46 → 5.08) Inaccuracy. Qxe8+ was best. } { [%eval 5.08] } (29. Qxe8+ Bxe8 30. b8=Q Kf7 31. Qxb6 Nd7 32. Qd6 Nf6 33. Kg1 Bb5 34. Rc1 Bd7) 29... Rb8?! { (5.08 → 7.30) Inaccuracy. Ba7 was best. } { [%eval 7.3] } (29... Ba7 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rxc5 e5 32. Rc1 e4 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Rc8 e3 35. Rxf8+) 30. Qxb6 { [%eval 6.15] } 30... Rxb7?? { (6.15 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxb7 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (30... Nxb7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Qxb7 e5 33. Qe7 e4 34. Kg3 h6 35. Rf4 d4 36. Qxe4) 31. Qd8+ { [%eval #1] } 31... Be8 { [%eval #1] } 32. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0