[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/vfwZ5Bqk"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [Round "-"] [White "joshmathai"] [Black "IV_Cem"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "vfwZ5Bqk"] [UTCDate "2026.04.03"] [UTCTime "17:24:20"] [WhiteElo "1115"] [BlackElo "1085"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+24"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Bc4?! { (0.34 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O) 3... g6?? { (-0.48 → 1.99) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.99] } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. d4) 4. d3? { (1.99 → 0.65) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.65] } (4. Nxe5 d5 5. exd5 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7) 4... Bg7 { [%eval 1.09] } 5. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.0] } 5... d6?? { (1.00 → 4.20) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 4.2] } (5... O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. h3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3) 6. Nxf7 { [%eval 3.94] } 6... Qe7 { [%eval 4.04] } 7. Nxh8 { [%eval 4.02] } 7... Be6 { [%eval 4.77] } 8. Bxe6 { [%eval 4.66] } 8... Qxe6 { [%eval 4.74] } 9. Nxg6 { [%eval 4.0] } 9... Nxe4? { (4.00 → 7.41) Mistake. hxg6 was best. } { [%eval 7.41] } (9... hxg6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Nf3 Rh8 13. d4 Qg4 14. h3 Rxh3 15. Ng5) 10. Kf1?! { (7.41 → 4.87) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval 4.87] } (10. Nf4 Qe5 11. dxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Be3 Qf5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qh5+ Qxh5 15. Nxh5 Be5) 10... Ng3+?! { (4.87 → 6.29) Inaccuracy. Qxg6 was best. } { [%eval 6.29] } (10... Qxg6 11. dxe4 Nc6 12. h3 Qxe4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Qe2+ Ne5 15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. Nxe5) 11. hxg3 { [%eval 6.31] } 11... Qxg6 { [%eval 6.36] } 12. Nc3 { [%eval 6.32] } 12... Bxc3 { [%eval 6.89] } 13. bxc3 { [%eval 6.9] } 13... Nd7 { [%eval 6.94] } 14. Qe2+ { [%eval 6.71] } 14... Ne5 { [%eval 7.59] } 15. d4 { [%eval 7.72] } 15... O-O-O { [%eval 7.93] } 16. dxe5 { [%eval 7.91] } 16... Re8 { [%eval 8.34] } 17. Bf4 { [%eval 8.27] } 17... dxe5 { [%eval 8.35] } 18. Bxe5 { [%eval 8.37] } 18... Qb6 { [%eval 8.75] } 19. Re1 { [%eval 8.58] } 19... Qb2? { (8.58 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (19... h6 20. Kg1 a5 21. Qf3 Qg6 22. Rh4 Qxc2 23. a4 b6) 20. Rxh7 { [%eval #7] } 20... Qxa2 { [%eval #4] } 21. Rh8? { (Mate in 4 → 8.18) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxc7+ was best. } { [%eval 8.18] } (21. Rxc7+ Kb8 22. Re7+ Kc8 23. Rxe8+ Kd7 24. Qb5#) 21... Rxh8 { [%eval 8.33] } 22. Bxh8 { [%eval 8.31] } 22... Qg8 { [%eval 8.37] } 23. Qe8+ { [%eval 8.34] } 23... Qxe8 { [%eval 8.34] } 24. Rxe8+ { [%eval 8.23] } 24... Kd7 { [%eval 8.27] } 25. Re5 { [%eval 8.22] } 25... Kd6 { [%eval 8.11] } 26. g4 { [%eval 8.08] } { Black left the game. } 1-0