[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/znraBlyd"] [Date "2026.05.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasudevkrishna_2016"] [Black "jeffaffery"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "znraBlyd"] [UTCDate "2026.05.22"] [UTCTime "06:13:32"] [WhiteElo "1148"] [BlackElo "1091"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-41"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.55] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.23] } { C41 Philidor Defense } 3... g5?! { (0.23 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 1.12] } (3... Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4) 4. h3 { [%eval 0.93] } 4... Nf6? { (0.93 → 2.40) Mistake. g4 was best. } { [%eval 2.4] } (4... g4 5. hxg4 Bxg4 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Qd3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3) 5. Nxg5 { [%eval 2.41] } 5... Nbd7?? { (2.41 → 5.07) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 5.07] } (5... d5 6. exd5 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. dxc6 Rg8 11. g3) 6. Nxf7 { [%eval 4.24] } 6... Qe7 { [%eval 4.22] } 7. Nxh8 { [%eval 4.1] } 7... b6 { [%eval 4.62] } 8. Nf7 { [%eval 3.73] } 8... Bb7 { [%eval 4.49] } 9. Ng5 { [%eval 4.84] } 9... O-O-O { [%eval 4.75] } 10. O-O { [%eval 4.06] } 10... h6 { [%eval 4.54] } 11. Ne6 { [%eval 4.62] } 11... Re8 { [%eval 4.57] } 12. Nc3 { [%eval 4.5] } 12... h5 { [%eval 5.31] } 13. Nxf8 { [%eval 4.88] } 13... Nxf8 { [%eval 4.9] } 14. d3 { [%eval 4.8] } 14... Ng6 { [%eval 5.05] } 15. Bg5 { [%eval 5.19] } 15... Nf4 { [%eval 5.37] } 16. Qf3 { [%eval 5.53] } 16... Rf8 { [%eval 5.66] } 17. Bxf4 { [%eval 5.4] } 17... h4?! { (5.40 → 7.43) Inaccuracy. Nh7 was best. } { [%eval 7.43] } (17... Nh7 18. Ne2 exf4 19. Nxf4 Qf6 20. Qg3 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. f3 Rh4 23. d4) 18. Bg5 { [%eval 7.26] } 18... a6 { [%eval 7.52] } 19. Bd5 { [%eval 7.25] } 19... Kb8 { [%eval 8.17] } 20. Bxb7 { [%eval 7.88] } 20... Kxb7 { [%eval 7.85] } 21. Nd5 { [%eval 7.77] } 21... Qg7 { [%eval 8.49] } 22. Bxf6 { [%eval 8.53] } 22... Rxf6 { [%eval 9.58] } 23. Qxf6 { [%eval 9.76] } 23... Qd7 { [%eval 10.36] } 24. Qxh4 { [%eval 10.26] } 24... c6 { [%eval 10.59] } 25. Qe7 { [%eval 10.58] } 25... Qxe7 { [%eval 10.52] } 26. Nxe7 { [%eval 10.47] } 26... d5 { [%eval 10.39] } 27. exd5 { [%eval 10.71] } 27... cxd5 { [%eval 10.7] } 28. Nxd5 { [%eval 10.51] } 28... Kc6 { [%eval 10.57] } 29. c4 { [%eval 10.42] } 29... a5 { [%eval 11.01] } 30. Rfe1 { [%eval 10.89] } 30... b5?! { (10.89 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a4 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (30... a4 31. Kh2 b5 32. Re4 b4 33. Nxb4+ Kd6 34. Nd5 Ke6 35. h4 Kf7 36. Kh3) 31. cxb5+ { [%eval #9] } 31... Kxb5 { [%eval #6] } 32. Nc7+?! { (Mate in 6 → 10.39) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rac1 was best. } { [%eval 10.39] } (32. Rac1 a4 33. Rc7 a3 34. bxa3 Ka5 35. Rb1 Ka6 36. Rb6+ Ka5 37. Ra7#) 32... Kc5 { [%eval 10.46] } 33. Rxe5+ { [%eval 10.24] } 33... Kb4?! { (10.24 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd6 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (33... Kd6 34. Rae1 Kxc7 35. Kh2 Kc6 36. Kg3 Kd6 37. d4) 34. a3+ { [%eval #5] } 34... Kb3 { [%eval #5] } 35. Rb5+ { [%eval #6] } 35... Kc2 { [%eval #7] } 36. Rc5+ { [%eval #6] } 36... Kxd3 { [%eval #3] } 37. Rd1+ { [%eval #2] } 37... Ke4 { [%eval #2] } 38. Rc6 { [%eval #2] } 38... Kf4 { [%eval #2] } 39. Re6 { [%eval #2] } 39... Kf5 { [%eval #2] } 40. Re3 { [%eval #3] } 40... a4 { [%eval #3] } 41. Rd8 { [%eval #4] } 41... Kf4 { [%eval #3] } 42. Rf8+ { [%eval #2] } 42... Kg5 { [%eval #2] } 43. Rg3+ { [%eval #1] } 43... Kh6 { [%eval #1] } 44. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0