[Event "Cycle 3 - Stage Two CDL 2026 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ydaOOzi7"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Nahyan-salem8m"] [Black "itz_caleb2026"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ydaOOzi7"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "12:56:46"] [WhiteElo "1035"] [BlackElo "988"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nc3 { [%eval -0.04] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.2] } { A00 Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.21] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.5] } 3. g3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nc6 { [%eval 0.28] } 4. Bg2 { [%eval 0.03] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.27] } 5. b3?! { (0.27 → -0.81) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.81] } (5. e4 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 5... Bd7? { (-0.81 → 0.31) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.31] } (5... d5 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 h5 8. d3 Bb4 9. Na4 b5 10. dxe4) 6. Bb2 { [%eval -0.17] } 6... Qe7?! { (-0.17 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.52] } (6... d5 7. d3 h5 8. e3 Qe7 9. Qd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O g6 11. Kb1) 7. d4?! { (0.52 → -0.39) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.39] } (7. e4 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a3 Na6) 7... b6?? { (-0.39 → 1.80) Blunder. e4 was best. } { [%eval 1.8] } (7... e4 8. Nd2 d5 9. e3 h5 10. h3 O-O-O 11. Na4 Kb8 12. a3 Qe8 13. c4) 8. dxe5?! { (1.80 → 1.05) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 1.05] } (8. O-O Qd8 9. Qd3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Rb8 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Qc3 c6) 8... dxe5 { [%eval 1.15] } 9. h4? { (1.15 → -0.07) Mistake. e3 was best. } { [%eval -0.07] } (9. e3 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Ng5 Rad8 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc5) 9... e4?! { (-0.07 → 0.84) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.84] } (9... O-O-O 10. Nd5 Qe8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Nxf6 gxf6 13. Qe1 Qe6 14. e4 Bg4 15. a3) 10. Ng5 { [%eval 1.0] } 10... Ng4? { (1.00 → 2.85) Mistake. e3 was best. } { [%eval 2.85] } (10... e3 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exf2+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. Nf7 Nb4 15. Bxa8 Qxf7 16. a3) 11. f3?? { (2.85 → -2.32) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval -2.32] } (11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bxe4 Qd7 14. e3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O f5 16. Bf3 Bxd5) 11... exf3?! { (-2.32 → -1.21) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } { [%eval -1.21] } (11... Ne3 12. Qc1 Nxg2+ 13. Kf2 exf3 14. exf3 Nxh4 15. gxh4 O-O-O 16. Qf4 Qc5+ 17. Kg2) 12. Nxf3?? { (-1.21 → -3.40) Blunder. Bxf3 was best. } { [%eval -3.4] } (12. Bxf3 O-O-O 13. Qd2 f6 14. Nge4 Bf5 15. Qf4 Qe5 16. Bxg4 Qxf4 17. gxf4 Bxg4) 12... Ne3 { [%eval -3.38] } 13. Qd3 { [%eval -4.18] } 13... Nxg2+ { [%eval -3.97] } 14. Kf2 { [%eval -3.96] } 14... Bg4?? { (-3.96 → -0.21) Blunder. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval -0.21] } (14... Nb4 15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Ne3 17. Kxe3 Nxc2+ 18. Kf4 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 O-O-O 20. Nfg5) 15. Nd5 { [%eval -0.37] } 15... Qe6?? { (-0.37 → 6.94) Blunder. Qc5+ was best. } { [%eval 6.94] } (15... Qc5+ 16. Kxg2 O-O-O 17. Rhd1 Kb7 18. a3 Qd6 19. Qc4 Be6 20. e4 Qd7 21. Ng5) 16. Nxc7+ { [%eval 6.9] } 16... Ke7 { [%eval 6.68] } 17. Nxe6 { [%eval 6.1] } 17... Bxf3 { [%eval 8.2] } 18. exf3 { [%eval 7.23] } 18... Ne5 { [%eval 8.4] } 19. Qe2 { [%eval 7.4] } 19... Kxe6? { (7.40 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. fxe6 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (19... fxe6 20. Kxg2 Nd3 21. cxd3 Kd7 22. d4 Bd6 23. Rhe1 Rae8 24. Qb5+ Kc7 25. Qc4+) 20. Qxe5+ { [%eval #8] } 20... Kd7 { [%eval #8] } 21. Kxg2?! { (Mate in 8 → 10.75) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rhd1+ was best. } { [%eval 10.75] } (21. Rhd1+ Kc8 22. Qe8+ Kb7 23. Qd7+ Ka6 24. Qa4+ Kb7 25. Rd7+ Kb8 26. Be5+ Bd6) 21... Re8?! { (10.75 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc8 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (21... Kc8 22. Qe8+ Kb7 23. Qe4+ Ka6 24. Qxa8 Ba3 25. Qxh8 Kb7 26. Bxa3 b5 27. Qxg7) 22. Qd5+? { (Mate in 6 → 9.03) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rhd1+ was best. } { [%eval 9.03] } (22. Rhd1+ Kc6 23. Qxe8+ Kb7 24. Rd7+ Ka6 25. Qc8+ Ka5 26. Rxa7+ Kb5 27. Qc4#) 22... Ke7? { (9.03 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (22... Kc7 23. Qxf7+ Re7 24. Be5+ Kc8 25. Qc4+ Kd7 26. Rad1+ Ke8 27. Kh3 Rxe5 28. Qc6+) 23. Rhe1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0