[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xdskDOpM"] [Date "2026.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "nikhil9632"] [Black "Natanel_il"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "xdskDOpM"] [UTCDate "2026.04.17"] [UTCTime "10:51:59"] [WhiteElo "730"] [BlackElo "723"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+42"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.06] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.07] } 4. Bc4 { [%eval 0.0] } { C47 Four Knights Game: Italian Variation } 4... a6?! { (0.00 → 0.58) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.58] } (4... Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1) 5. d4 { [%eval 0.42] } 5... b5? { (0.42 → 1.76) Mistake. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 1.76] } (5... Bd6 6. Bg5 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3) 6. Bd5?! { (1.76 → 0.77) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.77] } (6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 bxc4 8. Nxc4 d6 9. Qd4 Be6 10. Ne3 Be7) 6... Nxd5 { [%eval 0.73] } 7. Nxd5 { [%eval 0.62] } 7... Bb4+? { (0.62 → 1.93) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.93] } (7... d6 8. a4 bxa4 9. Rxa4 Be7 10. Rc4 Bb7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. dxe5) 8. Bd2?! { (1.93 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. Nxb4 was best. } { [%eval 0.78] } (8. Nxb4 Nxb4 9. dxe5 Bb7 10. c3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 h6 13. Re1 Re8) 8... Ba5? { (0.78 → 2.13) Mistake. Bxd2+ was best. } { [%eval 2.13] } (8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Ne3 c5 14. Qd3) 9. Nxe5?! { (2.13 → 1.46) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 1.46] } (9. dxe5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. O-O-O d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qg5 f6 14. Qg3 Qxg3) 9... Qh4?? { (1.46 → 4.33) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 4.33] } (9... O-O 10. f3 Re8 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Nf4 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 f5 14. e5 c5 15. c3) 10. Qf3?? { (4.33 → 1.15) Blunder. Bxa5 was best. } { [%eval 1.15] } (10. Bxa5 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nxd4+ 13. Kd2 O-O 14. Nxc7 Rb8 15. c3 Nc6) 10... Nxd4?? { (1.15 → 10.12) Blunder. Bxd2+ was best. } { [%eval 10.12] } (10... Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. Nd5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bb7 15. Qf4 Qd8 16. Rhe1) 11. Qxf7+ { [%eval 8.9] } 11... Kd8 { [%eval 9.28] } 12. Bxa5 { [%eval 9.43] } 12... Qxe4+ { [%eval 9.48] } 13. Kf1 { [%eval 8.78] } 13... Qxe5? { (8.78 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxd5 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (13... Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Ne6 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. Qxa8 d6 17. Qc6 dxe5 18. Bb4+ Kf7 19. Rd7+) 14. Bxc7+ { [%eval #1] } 14... Qxc7 { [%eval #1] } 15. Nxc7?? { (Mate in 1 → 6.53) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe7# was best. } { [%eval 6.53] } (15. Qe7#) 15... Kxc7 { [%eval 6.41] } 16. Rd1 { [%eval 5.53] } 16... Nxc2 { [%eval 6.38] } 17. Qxg7 { [%eval 6.12] } 17... Rd8 { [%eval 6.25] } 18. Qc3+ { [%eval 6.25] } 18... Kb6 { [%eval 6.3] } 19. Qxc2 { [%eval 6.23] } 19... Bb7 { [%eval 6.12] } 20. f3 { [%eval 5.92] } 20... Rg8?! { (5.92 → 8.35) Inaccuracy. Bc6 was best. } { [%eval 8.35] } (20... Bc6 21. Qxh7 b4 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. h4 Rce8 25. Rhd1) 21. Qxh7 { [%eval 6.44] } 21... a5 { [%eval 7.85] } 22. Rxd7 { [%eval 7.58] } 22... Bc8? { (7.58 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bc6 was best. } { [%eval #3] } { Black resigns. } (22... Bc6 23. Qh6 Rg5 24. Qxg5 Bxd7 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rc1 Kb7 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 28. Qd5) 1-0