[Event "Cycle 1 - Stage One CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xawJrYmL"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "thomast3"] [Black "maher2017"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "xawJrYmL"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "13:29:35"] [WhiteElo "1472"] [BlackElo "1395"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-44"] [BlackRatingDiff "+76"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Main Line"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.54] } 2. exd5 { [%eval 0.51] } 2... Qxd5 { [%eval 0.52] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.47] } 3... Qa5 { [%eval 0.57] } { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Main Line } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.39] } 4... Nc6?! { (0.39 → 1.01) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval 1.01] } (4... Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4) 5. Bc4?! { (1.01 → 0.34) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } { [%eval 0.34] } (5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qd3 Qf5 9. Ne4 Nf6) 5... Bf5 { [%eval 0.75] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.57] } 6... O-O-O { [%eval 0.67] } 7. Bxf7 { [%eval 0.7] } 7... Nf6?! { (0.70 → 1.73) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.73] } (7... e5 8. Nh4 Bd7 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Qc5 11. h3 Nd4 12. Re1) 8. d3 { [%eval 1.52] } 8... e6 { [%eval 1.81] } 9. Bd2?? { (1.81 → -0.33) Blunder. Re1 was best. } { [%eval -0.33] } (9. Re1 Bc5 10. Bxe6+ Bxe6 11. Rxe6 Nd4 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nxe3) 9... a6?? { (-0.33 → 2.27) Blunder. Rd7 was best. } { [%eval 2.27] } (9... Rd7 10. Ne4 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Qxb4 12. Nxf6 gxf6 13. Bh5 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3) 10. Nd5?? { (2.27 → -4.20) Blunder. Re1 was best. } { [%eval -4.2] } (10. Re1 e5 11. Nd5 Qa4 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. b3 Qb5 15. Ng5 Rd7) 10... Qxd5 { [%eval -4.09] } 11. Be3?! { (-4.09 → -5.20) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -5.2] } (11. b4 Bxb4 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Qd6 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Ng5 Rd7 16. Bxe6 Bxe6) 11... Qd7 { [%eval -4.9] } 12. Ng5 { [%eval -5.69] } 12... h6 { [%eval -5.73] } 13. Bxe6 { [%eval -5.81] } 13... Bxe6 { [%eval -5.82] } 14. Nxe6 { [%eval -5.82] } 14... Qxe6 { [%eval -5.64] } 15. Re1 { [%eval -5.78] } 15... Ne4 { [%eval -4.71] } 16. dxe4 { [%eval -5.69] } 16... Rxd1 { [%eval -5.47] } 17. Rexd1 { [%eval -5.78] } 17... Qxe4 { [%eval -5.9] } 18. Re1 { [%eval -6.35] } 18... Qxc2 { [%eval -6.37] } 19. Rec1 { [%eval -6.35] } 19... Qe4 { [%eval -6.15] } 20. b3 { [%eval -6.59] } 20... Ba3 { [%eval -6.56] } 21. Rc4 { [%eval -6.63] } 21... Qd3 { [%eval -6.58] } 22. Rf4 { [%eval -6.62] } 22... Bb2 { [%eval -6.69] } 23. Re1 { [%eval -6.66] } 23... Bc3 { [%eval -6.66] } 24. Rc1 { [%eval -6.64] } 24... Rd8 { [%eval -6.76] } 25. g3 { [%eval -7.22] } 25... Nd4 { [%eval -7.01] } 26. Bxd4 { [%eval -6.76] } 26... Bxd4 { [%eval -6.61] } 27. Kg2 { [%eval -7.9] } 27... Be3 { [%eval -7.69] } 28. Rf3 { [%eval -8.15] } 28... Qd2 { [%eval -6.98] } 29. Rg1 { [%eval -7.33] } 29... g5 { [%eval -6.36] } 30. Rxe3 { [%eval -6.34] } 30... Qd5+ { [%eval -6.07] } 31. f3?? { (-6.07 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh3 was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (31. Kh3 b5 32. Rge1 Rf8 33. f3 Rxf3 34. Re5 Qd3 35. a4 Rf8 36. Kg2 Qf3+) 31... Qd2+ { [%eval #-7] } 32. Re2 { [%eval #-4] } 32... Qxe2+ { [%eval #-3] } 33. Kh3 { [%eval #-3] } 33... h5 { [%eval #-4] } 34. Rg2 { [%eval #-4] } 34... Qxf3 { [%eval #-3] } { White resigns. } 0-1