[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sqOyNAls"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "APFpf"] [Black "greg7tb4"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "sqOyNAls"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "19:03:45"] [WhiteElo "785"] [BlackElo "817"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+38"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [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. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } 3... c6?! { (0.08 → 1.14) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.14] } (3... Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O) 4. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.78] } 4... Qb6?? { (0.78 → 2.91) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 2.91] } (4... Qe7 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Be2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd8 9. O-O) 5. Bd3? { (2.91 → 1.53) Mistake. Nc4 was best. } { [%eval 1.53] } (5. Nc4 Qc7 6. e5 b5 7. exf6 bxc4 8. Qe2+ Kd8 9. fxg7 Bxg7) 5... d6 { [%eval 1.83] } 6. Nc4 { [%eval 1.51] } 6... Ng4?? { (1.51 → 6.51) Blunder. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 6.51] } (6... Qd8 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne3 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf5 Nxe5 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1) 7. Nxb6 { [%eval 6.28] } 7... axb6 { [%eval 6.57] } 8. h3 { [%eval 6.22] } 8... Nf6 { [%eval 6.23] } 9. O-O { [%eval 6.08] } 9... h5 { [%eval 6.13] } 10. Qf3 { [%eval 5.29] } 10... c5 { [%eval 6.62] } 11. a3 { [%eval 6.21] } 11... Na6 { [%eval 6.63] } 12. Bxa6 { [%eval 6.54] } 12... bxa6 { [%eval 6.98] } 13. b4 { [%eval 6.44] } 13... cxb4 { [%eval 6.56] } 14. axb4 { [%eval 6.52] } 14... a5 { [%eval 7.82] } 15. b5 { [%eval 6.36] } 15... a4 { [%eval 8.21] } 16. Nxa4 { [%eval 6.36] } 16... g5 { [%eval 8.06] } 17. Nxb6 { [%eval 7.78] } 17... Bb7 { [%eval 7.9] } 18. Nxa8 { [%eval 7.73] } 18... Bxa8? { (7.73 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg7 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (18... Bg7 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc7+ Kf8 22. Qe3 Be5 23. Ra7 Bf4 24. Rxb7) 19. Qxf6?! { (Mate in 7 → 11.01) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxa8+ was best. } { [%eval 11.01] } (19. Rxa8+ Ke7 20. Ra7+ Ke8 21. Qxf6 Rh7 22. Ra8+ Kd7 23. Qf5+ Ke7 24. Ra7+ Kd8) 19... g4?! { (11.01 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (19... Bb7 20. Qxh8 g4 21. Re1 f6 22. Bb2 h4 23. hxg4 h3 24. Qxh3 Be7 25. Ra7) 20. Qxh8?! { (Mate in 4 → 10.87) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxa8+ was best. } { [%eval 10.87] } (20. Rxa8+ Kd7 21. Qf5+ Kc7 22. Qc8+ Kb6 23. Qc6#) 20... Ke7?! { (10.87 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (20... Bb7 21. Re1 g3 22. fxg3 f6 23. d4 Kf7 24. Qxh5+ Kg7 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+) 21. hxg4 { [%eval #6] } 21... Bxe4 { [%eval #6] } 22. Ra7+ { [%eval #5] } 22... Ke8 { [%eval #4] } 23. Ra8+ { [%eval #7] } 23... Bxa8 { [%eval #7] } 24. Re1+ { [%eval #6] } 24... Kd8 { [%eval #5] } 25. Qxf8+ { [%eval #4] } 25... Kc7 { [%eval #4] } 26. Qxa8 { [%eval #3] } 26... Kb6 { [%eval #3] } 27. Qa6+ { [%eval #2] } 27... Kc5 { [%eval #2] } 28. Ba3+ { [%eval #2] } 28... Kc4 { [%eval #2] } 29. Re4+ { [%eval #1] } 29... Kd5 { [%eval #1] } 30. Qc6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0