[Event "≤1500 Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/vBFXYJhm"] [Date "2026.02.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Arnav205"] [Black "AlexanderVenik"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "vBFXYJhm"] [UTCDate "2026.02.19"] [UTCTime "08:10:55"] [WhiteElo "868"] [BlackElo "1133"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.1] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] } { A06 Zukertort Opening } 2. e3 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.01] } 3. Bb5+ { [%eval -0.06] } 3... Nbd7 { [%eval -0.14] } 4. Qe2? { (-0.14 → -1.64) Mistake. d4 was best. } { [%eval -1.64] } (4. d4 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. c4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 O-O) 4... a6? { (-1.64 → -0.37) Mistake. c6 was best. } { [%eval -0.37] } (4... c6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bf5 e4 7. Nd4 g6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O c5 10. Nb3) 5. Bd3? { (-0.37 → -1.75) Mistake. Bxd7+ was best. } { [%eval -1.75] } (5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d4 Qg4 7. O-O Qh5 8. c4 Bg4 9. cxd5 O-O-O 10. e4 e6) 5... e6?! { (-1.75 → -0.79) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.79] } (5... e5 6. e4 Bd6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. g3 N7f6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Ng5) 6. g3?! { (-0.79 → -1.86) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -1.86] } (6. O-O Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bf5 e4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4) 6... Bd6 { [%eval -1.83] } 7. c4?! { (-1.83 → -2.57) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -2.57] } (7. e4 e5 8. exd5 Nc5 9. Nc3 b5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nge4 Nfxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxd3+) 7... Nc5? { (-2.57 → -1.02) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval -1.02] } (7... e5 8. Bc2 e4 9. Ng1 dxc4 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Qxc4 b5 12. Qf1 Bb7 13. f3) 8. Bc2 { [%eval -1.03] } 8... Bd7?? { (-1.03 → 1.22) Blunder. dxc4 was best. } { [%eval 1.22] } (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. d4 b5 11. Qe2 exd4 12. exd4+ Ne6 13. O-O O-O 14. a4) 9. b3?? { (1.22 → -0.80) Blunder. b4 was best. } { [%eval -0.8] } (9. b4 Na4 10. c5 Be7 11. Qd1 b5 12. d4 a5 13. a3 Ne4 14. Ne5 Bf6) 9... b5?? { (-0.80 → 1.60) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.6] } (9... e5 10. b4 Ne6 11. cxd5 Bb5 12. Qd1 Nxd5 13. a3 c5 14. a4) 10. cxb5?? { (1.60 → -1.13) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -1.13] } (10. d4 Nb7 11. c5 Be7 12. Ne5 Na5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. g4 Be8) 10... axb5?! { (-1.13 → -0.24) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.24] } (10... e5 11. Nc3 e4 12. Nd4 O-O 13. a4 Bg4 14. Qf1 Ne6 15. Bd1 axb5 16. Bxg4) 11. b4?? { (-0.24 → -2.14) Blunder. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -2.14] } (11. Bb2 Na6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Nxd7) 11... Nce4?! { (-2.14 → -1.44) Inaccuracy. Na6 was best. } { [%eval -1.44] } (11... Na6 12. d4 Nxb4 13. Bb3 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Nbd2 Nc4 17. Rab1) 12. Bd3?! { (-1.44 → -2.09) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -2.09] } (12. Bb2 Bxb4 13. a3 Be7 14. d3 Nd6 15. O-O c5 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc4) 12... O-O { [%eval -2.27] } 13. Bb2 { [%eval -2.14] } 13... Rb8? { (-2.14 → -0.82) Mistake. Bxb4 was best. } { [%eval -0.82] } (13... Bxb4 14. O-O Be7 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. Ne5 b4 17. Nxd7 Nfxd7 18. d4) 14. a3 { [%eval -0.91] } 14... e5? { (-0.91 → 0.22) Mistake. Ng4 was best. } { [%eval 0.22] } (14... Ng4 15. O-O e5 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nf6 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5) 15. Nc3?? { (0.22 → -4.12) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -4.12] } (15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Bd4 Nh6 19. h3 Re8 20. Nc3 Nf5) 15... Nxc3 { [%eval -4.25] } 16. dxc3 { [%eval -4.81] } 16... Re8? { (-4.81 → -2.47) Mistake. e4 was best. } { [%eval -2.47] } (16... e4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. c4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4) 17. a4? { (-2.47 → -4.57) Mistake. Bc2 was best. } { [%eval -4.57] } (17. Bc2 Qc8 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. e4 c5 20. O-O-O d4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. bxc5 Bg4) 17... d4?? { (-4.57 → -1.93) Blunder. e4 was best. } { [%eval -1.93] } (17... e4 18. Bxb5 exf3 19. Qxf3 Rxb5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Bxf6 Bxb4+ 23. Kd1) 18. cxd4?? { (-1.93 → -4.14) Blunder. Bxb5 was best. } { [%eval -4.14] } (18. Bxb5 d3 19. Qd2 h6 20. O-O Rxb5 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. e4 Nxe4) 18... exd4?? { (-4.14 → -1.40) Blunder. e4 was best. } { [%eval -1.4] } (18... e4 19. Bxb5 exf3 20. Qxf3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bxb4+ 22. Kf1 Rxb5 23. Qc6 Rb6 24. Qc4) 19. exd4?? { (-1.40 → -6.35) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval -6.35] } (19. O-O bxa4 20. Nxd4 Rxb4 21. Rfd1 Qa8 22. Bc3 Rb6 23. Bf5 a3 24. Bxd7 Nxd7) 19... Rxe2+ { [%eval -6.13] } 20. Kxe2 { [%eval -5.79] } 20... Qe8+ { [%eval -5.43] } 21. Kd2 { [%eval -6.13] } 21... Bxb4+ { [%eval -6.12] } 22. Kc2 { [%eval -6.59] } 22... g6 { [%eval -5.94] } 23. Ng5 { [%eval -7.1] } 23... bxa4 { [%eval -6.95] } 24. d5 { [%eval -7.47] } 24... a3 { [%eval -7.18] } 25. Bxf6 { [%eval -7.13] } 25... Ba4+ { [%eval -5.92] } 26. Kb1?! { (-5.92 → -8.67) Inaccuracy. Kc1 was best. } { [%eval -8.67] } (26. Kc1 Qd7 27. Rxa3 Bxa3+ 28. Kd2 Qxd5 29. Ra1 Bb4+ 30. Ke3 Bb5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5) 26... Bc3+ { [%eval -8.54] } 27. Ka2? { (-8.54 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc1 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (27. Kc1 Bxf6 28. Nxf7 Bxa1 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Ng4 a2 31. h3 Bb2+ 32. Kd2 Bc3+) 27... Rb2+ { [%eval #-3] } 28. Kxa3 { [%eval #-3] } 28... Qf8+ { [%eval #-3] } 29. Kxa4 { [%eval #-1] } 29... Qb4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1