[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xE0knbNF"] [Date "2026.06.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Zahar_2017a"] [Black "DAIWIK_JOSHI"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "xE0knbNF"] [UTCDate "2026.06.21"] [UTCTime "04:53:45"] [WhiteElo "645"] [BlackElo "570"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Reversed Mexican Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.1] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval -0.25] } { A06 Zukertort Opening: Reversed Mexican Defense } 2... Bf5 { [%eval -0.04] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Qd7? { (0.00 → 1.56) Mistake. e6 was best. } { [%eval 1.56] } (3... e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. O-O) 4. Bf4? { (1.56 → 0.27) Mistake. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval 0.27] } (4. Ne5 Qd8 5. e4 Bxe4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. d5 f6) 4... Be4?? { (0.27 → 2.58) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 2.58] } (4... Nc6 5. Nb5 Rc8 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nc3 e6 8. e4 Bg4 9. d5) 5. Ne5 { [%eval 2.47] } 5... Bf5?? { (2.47 → 5.88) Blunder. Qd8 was best. } { [%eval 5.88] } (5... Qd8 6. f3 Bg6 7. e4 dxe4 8. h4 Nf6 9. g4 h6 10. Qe2 e6 11. Qb5+) 6. Nxd7 { [%eval 6.0] } 6... Nxd7 { [%eval 6.09] } 7. Bxc7 { [%eval 5.85] } 7... Ngf6 { [%eval 5.71] } 8. f4 { [%eval 4.74] } 8... Ne4 { [%eval 5.69] } 9. Nxe4 { [%eval 5.61] } 9... Bxe4 { [%eval 5.8] } 10. Qd2 { [%eval 4.85] } 10... g5 { [%eval 5.09] } 11. fxg5 { [%eval 5.23] } 11... Bg7 { [%eval 5.43] } 12. Qa5 { [%eval 4.49] } 12... Bxd4 { [%eval 4.48] } 13. c3 { [%eval 4.22] } 13... Be5 { [%eval 5.15] } 14. g3?! { (5.15 → 3.69) Inaccuracy. Bxe5 was best. } { [%eval 3.69] } (14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Qxb5+ Kf8 17. Qb7 Kg7 18. Qc7 Nc4 19. b3 Rhc8) 14... Rg8?! { (3.69 → 5.19) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } { [%eval 5.19] } (14... b6 15. Qb5 Bxc7 16. Bh3 O-O-O 17. Rf1 e6 18. Rxf7 Ne5 19. Qa6+ Kb8 20. Rxc7) 15. Bg2?! { (5.19 → 3.98) Inaccuracy. Bh3 was best. } { [%eval 3.98] } (15. Bh3 e6 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qb5+ Nd7 18. O-O Rxg5 19. Bg2 Rf5 20. g4 Rxf1+) 15... Rxg5?! { (3.98 → 5.62) Inaccuracy. Bxg2 was best. } { [%eval 5.62] } (15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Be4 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qc7 Nc4 19. Qxb7 Rd8 20. b3 Nb2 21. Kd2) 16. Bxe4 { [%eval 5.7] } 16... Bf4?! { (5.70 → 9.07) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } { [%eval 9.07] } (16... dxe4 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qc7 Rc5 19. Qf4 Ne5 20. O-O-O Rac8 21. Rhf1 Rxc3+ 22. Kb1) 17. gxf4 { [%eval 9.1] } 17... dxe4 { [%eval 10.02] } 18. Qxg5 { [%eval 9.64] } 18... Nf8? { (9.64 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (18... Nf6 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Qxb7 Re8 21. Rg1 h5 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Qc6) 19. O-O? { (Mate in 7 → 8.49) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb5+ was best. } { [%eval 8.49] } (19. Qb5+ Nd7 20. Rg1 f6 21. Rd1 a6 22. Qxd7+ Kf7 23. Qd5+ e6 24. Qd7+ Kf8) 19... Ne6 { [%eval 9.35] } 20. Qd5 { [%eval 8.85] } 20... Nxc7 { [%eval 8.75] } 21. Qxe4 { [%eval 8.4] } 21... Na6 { [%eval 10.05] } 22. Rad1 { [%eval 10.62] } 22... Nc5 { [%eval 10.91] } 23. Qxh7 { [%eval 9.79] } 23... f6? { (9.79 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (23... Ne6 24. Qh8+ Nf8 25. Kf2 e6 26. Rg1 a6 27. Rd4 Ke7 28. Qh4+ Ke8) 24. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0