[Event "casual classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/v0NFzEhR"] [Date "2026.05.31"] [Round "-"] [White "nathanPalay"] [Black "Zlatan15"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "v0NFzEhR"] [UTCDate "2026.05.31"] [UTCTime "11:23:07"] [WhiteElo "977"] [BlackElo "891"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1500+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... d6 { [%eval 0.43] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.37] } 2... e5 { [%eval 0.55] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.58] } { C41 Philidor Defense } 3... f6? { (0.58 → 1.78) Mistake. exd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.78] } (3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4) 4. dxe5? { (1.78 → 0.28) Mistake. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval 0.28] } (4. Bc4 Nc6 5. h3 Na5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O Nac6 8. Nc3 Ng6) 4... fxe5?! { (0.28 → 0.92) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.92] } (4... dxe5 5. Bd3 Be6 6. Qe2 Bc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bc4) 5. Bg5?! { (0.92 → 0.27) Inaccuracy. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval 0.27] } (5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Ng5 Qe7 7. Bf7+ Kd8 8. Bb3 Ke8 9. Nf7 Rg8) 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.2] } 6. Bxe7 { [%eval -0.22] } 6... Qxe7 { [%eval -0.04] } 7. Bc4 { [%eval -0.09] } 7... Nf6 { [%eval -0.1] } 8. Qe2 { [%eval -0.28] } 8... Nxe4?? { (-0.28 → 3.68) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 3.68] } (8... Nc6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qe3 O-O-O 11. Nd5 Qe8 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O Kb8 14. a4) 9. Qxe4 { [%eval 3.68] } 9... Bg4? { (3.68 → 6.08) Mistake. Nd7 was best. } { [%eval 6.08] } (9... Nd7 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Qe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O c6 15. Rfe1) 10. Ba6? { (6.08 → 3.16) Mistake. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval 3.16] } (10. Qxg4 Nd7 11. Qe6 c6 12. O-O d5 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Be2 Rhf8 15. Nbd2 e4) 10... bxa6?! { (3.16 → 4.09) Inaccuracy. Nxa6 was best. } { [%eval 4.09] } (10... Nxa6 11. Qxg4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rf4 13. Qg3 Nc5 14. Nd2 c6 15. O-O Rf6 16. Rad1) 11. Qxa8 { [%eval 3.91] } 11... c6? { (3.91 → 6.59) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval 6.59] } (11... O-O 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Qe4 Bh5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Rd2) 12. Qxb8+ { [%eval 6.49] } 12... Kd7 { [%eval 7.16] } 13. Qxa7+ { [%eval 7.25] } 13... Ke6 { [%eval 7.27] } 14. Qxe7+ { [%eval 7.26] } 14... Kxe7 { [%eval 7.27] } 15. O-O { [%eval 7.22] } 15... e4 { [%eval 7.53] } 16. h3 { [%eval 7.16] } 16... Bf5 { [%eval 7.6] } 17. Ng5 { [%eval 6.81] } 17... h5 { [%eval 7.54] } 18. Re1 { [%eval 7.59] } 18... Kf6 { [%eval 8.01] } 19. Nxe4+ { [%eval 7.99] } 19... Bxe4 { [%eval 7.87] } 20. Rxe4 { [%eval 7.65] } 20... Kf5 { [%eval 8.16] } 21. f3 { [%eval 7.99] } 21... d5 { [%eval 7.96] } 22. g4+ { [%eval 7.57] } 22... Kg5 { [%eval 7.79] } 23. Re5+ { [%eval 7.81] } 23... Kf4 { [%eval 8.13] } 24. Rf5+ { [%eval 7.77] } 24... Kg3 { [%eval 8.35] } 25. gxh5 { [%eval 7.33] } 25... Kxh3? { (7.33 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb8 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (25... Rb8 26. Rg5+ Kh4 27. Rg4+ Kxh5 28. b3 Rb5 29. Rxg7 Kh6 30. Rg2 Kh7 31. Nd2) 26. Nd2 { [%eval #6] } 26... Kh4 { [%eval #2] } 27. Rf1? { (Mate in 2 → 8.21) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kf2 was best. } { [%eval 8.21] } (27. Kf2 Rxh5 28. Rh1#) 27... g6? { (8.21 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxh5 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (27... Rxh5 28. Rxh5+ Kxh5 29. Nb3 Kg5 30. Re1 Kf4 31. Kf2 Kg5 32. Re6 Kf4 33. a4) 28. hxg6 { [%eval #6] } 28... d4 { [%eval #2] } 29. Kf2 { [%eval #1] } 29... c5 { [%eval #1] } 30. Rh1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0