[Event "Southern Asia Team Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FFGMCSy7"] [Date "2026.03.14"] [Round "-"] [White "mariosm"] [Black "ryanvardhanbanerjee"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "FFGMCSy7"] [UTCDate "2026.03.14"] [UTCTime "08:32:43"] [WhiteElo "1938"] [BlackElo "1222"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+30"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Knight Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } { C40 King's Knight Opening } 2... Be7?! { (0.18 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.03] } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. c3?! { (1.03 → 0.15) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.15] } (3. Nxe5 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5) 3... d6 { [%eval 0.56] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.49] } 4... exd4 { [%eval 0.77] } 5. cxd4 { [%eval 0.86] } 5... d5 { [%eval 0.85] } 6. e5 { [%eval 0.83] } 6... f6?! { (0.83 → 1.76) Inaccuracy. Bb4+ was best. } { [%eval 1.76] } (6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. a4) 7. Bd3?! { (1.76 → 1.08) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 1.08] } (7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. exf6 Rxf6) 7... fxe5 { [%eval 1.53] } 8. Nxe5?! { (1.53 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.64] } (8. dxe5 Nc6) 8... c5?? { (0.64 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (8... Nf6 9. Nc3) 9. Qh5+ { [%eval #4] } 9... g6 { [%eval #4] } 10. Nxg6?? { (Mate in 4 → 2.44) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxg6+ was best. } { [%eval 2.44] } (10. Bxg6+ Kf8 11. Bh6+ Nxh6 12. Qxh6+ Kg8 13. Bf7#) 10... Nf6 { [%eval 2.32] } 11. Qh6 { [%eval 2.1] } 11... Ng4 { [%eval 2.25] } 12. Qg7?? { (2.25 → -4.29) Blunder. Qh5 was best. } { [%eval -4.29] } (12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Rg8 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. O-O Nxd4 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Re1 Bf5) 12... Bf6 { [%eval -3.93] } 13. Bb5+ { [%eval -4.86] } 13... Nc6 { [%eval -4.8] } 14. Bxc6+ { [%eval -5.17] } 14... bxc6 { [%eval -5.39] } 15. Qxh8+ { [%eval -5.43] } 15... Bxh8 { [%eval -5.08] } 16. Nxh8?! { (-5.08 → -6.96) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -6.96] } (16. O-O Bxd4 17. Nd2 Kf7 18. Nf3 Kxg6 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. f4 Nc4) 16... Qe7+ { [%eval -6.45] } 17. Kf1?? { (-6.45 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd2 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (17. Kd2 Qf6 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Ng6+ Qxg6 20. b3 Qg7 21. Nc3 Bf5 22. Ke2 Re8+) 17... Qf6? { (Mate in 2 → -7.97) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ba6+ was best. } { [%eval -7.97] } (17... Ba6+ 18. Kg1 Qe1#) 18. f3? { (-7.97 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke1 was best. } { [%eval #-9] } (18. Ke1 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxd4+ 20. Bd2 Nf2+ 21. Kc1 Nd3+ 22. Kd1 Rb8 23. b3 Qxa1) 18... Nxh2+?? { (Mate in 9 → -4.89) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ba6+ was best. } { [%eval -4.89] } (18... Ba6+ 19. Ke1 Qe6+ 20. Be3 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1 Be2+ 22. Kc2 Bd3+ 23. Kb3 Bxb1+ 24. Ka4) 19. Rxh2 { [%eval -4.61] } 19... Qxh8? { (-4.61 → -2.81) Mistake. Qxd4 was best. } { [%eval -2.81] } (19... Qxd4 20. g4 Qd1+ 21. Kg2 Qxc1 22. Rh1 Qxb2+ 23. Nd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kg3 Bf5 25. Rae1+) 20. Nd2? { (-2.81 → -5.60) Mistake. Be3 was best. } { [%eval -5.6] } (20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bf2 Ba6+ 22. Kg1 O-O-O 23. Rh4 d3 24. Nc3 Qg7 25. Ra4 Rg8) 20... Qxd4 { [%eval -4.65] } 21. Nb3?? { (-4.65 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g3 was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (21. g3 Ba6+ 22. Kg2 Qd3 23. b4 O-O-O 24. Rh6 Re8 25. Rxc6+ Kb7 26. Rxc5 Qe2+) 21... Qd1+?? { (Mate in 7 → -2.80) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ba6+ was best. } { [%eval -2.8] } (21... Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Qg1+ 23. Kd2 Qf2+ 24. Kc3 d4+ 25. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kb3 Rb8+ 27. Ka3) 22. Kf2 { [%eval -3.18] } 22... Qc2+ { [%eval -3.1] } 23. Kg3 { [%eval -3.08] } 23... Ba6 { [%eval -2.76] } 24. Bf4? { (-2.76 → -4.59) Mistake. Bg5 was best. } { [%eval -4.59] } (24. Bg5 Qg6 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Kg4 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Rh6 Bc8+ 29. Kh4 Qb1) 24... Kd7?? { (-4.59 → 0.47) Blunder. O-O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.47] } (24... O-O-O 25. Rh4 Rg8+ 26. Rg4 Rxg4+ 27. fxg4 c4 28. Rc1 Qxb2 29. g5 Bb5 30. Re1) 25. Rc1?? { (0.47 → -5.16) Blunder. Nxc5+ was best. } { [%eval -5.16] } (25. Nxc5+ Ke7) 25... Rg8+ { [%eval -5.33] } 26. Kh4 { [%eval -5.82] } 26... Qf5 { [%eval -4.8] } 27. Bd2? { (-4.80 → -9.25) Mistake. Nxc5+ was best. } { [%eval -9.25] } (27. Nxc5+ Kc8 28. g3 h5 29. Rf2 Rg4+ 30. Kh3 Rxf4+ 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. Rxc4 Bxc4) 27... Qf6+ { [%eval -8.25] } 28. Kh3 { [%eval -8.6] } 28... Qf5+ { [%eval -7.62] } 29. Kh4 { [%eval -6.34] } 29... Qf6+ { [%eval -5.49] } 30. Kh3 { [%eval -5.53] } 30... Qg6?? { (-5.53 → -2.51) Blunder. Bc8 was best. } { [%eval -2.51] } (30... Bc8 31. Rhh1 c4 32. Rhe1 cxb3 33. axb3 Qg6 34. g4 Qd3 35. Re3 Qxd2 36. Rce1) 31. g4 { [%eval -2.4] } 31... Qf7? { (-2.40 → -0.78) Mistake. h5 was best. } { [%eval -0.78] } { Black wins on time. } (31... h5 32. Nxc5+ Kc7 33. Bf4+ Kd8 34. Bg5+ Kc8 35. f4 Bc4 36. Re1 d4 37. b4) 0-1