[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HrDTr5NY"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [Round "-"] [White "CowboyCourage"] [Black "MichaelThunder"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "HrDTr5NY"] [UTCDate "2026.04.08"] [UTCTime "15:24:40"] [WhiteElo "1708"] [BlackElo "1674"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] } 3. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.29] } 3... Nc6? { (0.29 → 1.82) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.82] } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4) 4. Nxc6 { [%eval 1.87] } 4... dxc6 { [%eval 1.42] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 1.92] } 5... Bc5 { [%eval 2.02] } 6. Bc4?? { (2.02 → -0.51) Blunder. h3 was best. } { [%eval -0.51] } (6. h3 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. f4 O-O-O 9. Qf3 Qd4 10. Be2 g6) 6... Ng4 { [%eval -0.51] } 7. O-O?? { (-0.51 → -3.32) Blunder. Rf1 was best. } { [%eval -3.32] } (7. Rf1 Qf6 8. Qe2 Nxh2 9. Qh5 Bd6 10. Rh1 Bg4 11. Qxf7+ Qxf7) 7... Qh4 { [%eval -3.33] } 8. h3 { [%eval -2.76] } 8... Nxf2 { [%eval -2.21] } 9. Qf3?? { (-2.21 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (9. Bxf7+ Kd8 10. Qh5 Nxe4+ 11. d4 Bxd4+ 12. Kh2 Qg3+ 13. Kh1 Be5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5) 9... Nxh3+ { [%eval #-6] } 10. Kh1 { [%eval #-2] } 10... Nf2+ { [%eval #-1] } 11. Kg1 { [%eval #-1] } 11... Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1