[Event "Happy Holidays Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/G6VzYHGC"] [Date "2025.12.18"] [Round "-"] [White "PrivateChessPlayer44"] [Black "LeoJames389"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "G6VzYHGC"] [UTCDate "2025.12.18"] [UTCTime "13:46:06"] [WhiteElo "1189"] [BlackElo "1051"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+29"] [BlackRatingDiff "-47"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... d5?! { (0.18 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.81] } { C40 Elephant Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1) 3. exd5 { [%eval 0.79] } 3... c6 { [%eval 1.34] } 4. dxc6?! { (1.34 → 0.65) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 0.65] } (4. Nxe5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nc4 Bc7 8. Nbd2 Ne7) 4... Nxc6 { [%eval 0.64] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.72] } 5... Bc5 { [%eval 0.69] } 6. Bc4 { [%eval 0.68] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 0.78] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.7] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.65] } 8. Re1?! { (0.65 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. d3 was best. } { [%eval -0.15] } (8. d3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7) 8... Bf5?! { (-0.15 → 0.80) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } { [%eval 0.8] } (8... Qb6) 9. Nxe5?? { (0.80 → -3.22) Blunder. d3 was best. } { [%eval -3.22] } (9. d3 Ng4 10. Re2 Qd6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Bg5 Na5 13. Nc3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Qxd1+) 9... Nxe5? { (-3.22 → -1.60) Mistake. Bxf2+ was best. } { [%eval -1.6] } (9... Bxf2+ 10. Kh1 Bxe1 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxe1 Bxc2 13. Qg3 Bg6 14. d3 Qb8 15. b3) 10. Rxe5 { [%eval -1.84] } 10... Re8?? { (-1.84 → 4.52) Blunder. Bxf2+ was best. } { [%eval 4.52] } (10... Bxf2+) 11. Rxf5 { [%eval 4.22] } 11... g6 { [%eval 5.27] } 12. Rxc5 { [%eval 5.7] } 12... h5 { [%eval 6.46] } 13. Bd3 { [%eval 5.57] } 13... b6 { [%eval 6.06] } 14. Rc6 { [%eval 5.64] } 14... Rc8 { [%eval 6.35] } 15. Rxf6 { [%eval 6.3] } 15... Qxf6 { [%eval 6.29] } 16. b3 { [%eval 6.17] } 16... Re5 { [%eval 6.74] } 17. Bb2 { [%eval 6.61] } 17... Qe6 { [%eval 7.08] } 18. Ne2 { [%eval 6.66] } 18... Rxc2 { [%eval 8.05] } 19. Bxe5 { [%eval 8.36] } 19... Qxe5 { [%eval 8.07] } 20. Qxc2 { [%eval 6.71] } 20... Qxa1+ { [%eval 7.22] } 21. Qb1 { [%eval 7.25] } 21... Qd4 { [%eval 10.17] } 22. h3 { [%eval 7.19] } 22... Qd6 { [%eval 7.1] } 23. Qc2 { [%eval 7.03] } 23... f5 { [%eval 7.84] } 24. Qc8+ { [%eval 7.68] } 24... Kf7 { [%eval 7.97] } 25. Bc4+ { [%eval 7.7] } 25... Kf6 { [%eval 8.35] } 26. g3 { [%eval 8.23] } 26... g5 { [%eval 8.4] } 27. h4 { [%eval 8.36] } 27... f4 { [%eval 9.45] } 28. Nxf4 { [%eval 7.82] } 28... gxf4 { [%eval 7.46] } 29. gxf4 { [%eval 7.27] } 29... Qxd2? { (7.27 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxf4 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (29... Qxf4 30. Qf8+ Ke5 31. Qb8+ Kf5 32. Bd3+ Kg4 33. Be2+ Kf5 34. Qxf4+ Kxf4 35. Bxh5) 30. Qe6+ { [%eval #5] } 30... Kg7 { [%eval #5] } 31. Qf7+ { [%eval #4] } 31... Kh6 { [%eval #4] } 32. Qf6+ { [%eval #5] } 32... Kh7 { [%eval #5] } 33. Bf7?? { (Mate in 5 → 6.73) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf7+ was best. } { [%eval 6.73] } (33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Bg8+ Kh8 36. Be6+ Kh7 37. Bf5#) 33... b5?? { (6.73 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe1+ was best. } { [%eval #2] } (33... Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. Qd4 Qf5 37. Bd5 Qg4 38. Qe4+ Kh6 39. Qe6+) 34. Qg6+ { [%eval #1] } 34... Kh8 { [%eval #1] } 35. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0