[Event "CIC Champs Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NXpfZzeW"] [Date "2026.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "AshwinKarthikeyan"] [Black "ChessKing134363Y6"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "NXpfZzeW"] [UTCDate "2026.02.21"] [UTCTime "15:23:31"] [WhiteElo "1743"] [BlackElo "1346"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.03] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.18] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.07] } 3... Bc5 { [%eval 0.2] } 4. d4 { [%eval -0.11] } 4... exd4 { [%eval 0.2] } { C44 Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit } 5. c3 { [%eval 0.14] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 0.18] } 6. Qb3?? { (0.18 → -1.65) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval -1.65] } (6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4) 6... d6?? { (-1.65 → 0.31) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.31] } (6... O-O 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bd5 Nf6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Bg5) 7. cxd4 { [%eval 0.44] } 7... Bxd4?! { (0.44 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } { [%eval 1.2] } (7... Nxd4 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. O-O c6 11. Bc4 Re8 12. Qd3) 8. Bxf7+ { [%eval 1.28] } 8... Kf8 { [%eval 0.8] } 9. Bd5 { [%eval 0.59] } 9... Ng4?? { (0.59 → 2.37) Blunder. Nxd5 was best. } { [%eval 2.37] } (9... Nxd5) 10. O-O { [%eval 2.23] } 10... h5?? { (2.23 → 5.29) Blunder. Bb6 was best. } { [%eval 5.29] } (10... Bb6 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nbd2 Qh5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Be3 Nxd5 16. exd5) 11. Bxc6 { [%eval 5.44] } 11... bxc6 { [%eval 5.36] } 12. Nxd4 { [%eval 5.49] } 12... Ba6 { [%eval 6.91] } 13. Ne6+ { [%eval 7.02] } 13... Ke8 { [%eval 6.98] } 14. Nxd8 { [%eval 7.09] } 14... Kxd8 { [%eval 7.24] } 15. Bg5+ { [%eval 7.08] } 15... Kc8 { [%eval 6.85] } 16. Qe6+ { [%eval 6.99] } 16... Kb7 { [%eval 7.0] } 17. Qb3+ { [%eval 6.8] } 17... Kc8 { [%eval 6.93] } 18. Qc2 { [%eval 6.37] } 18... Bxf1 { [%eval 6.43] } 19. Qxc6 { [%eval 6.2] } 19... Rb8 { [%eval 6.01] } 20. e5 { [%eval 4.88] } 20... Bb5 { [%eval 5.18] } 21. Qc3 { [%eval 5.16] } 21... Bd7 { [%eval 6.49] } 22. exd6 { [%eval 6.43] } 22... c6 { [%eval 6.47] } 23. Qxg7 { [%eval 6.16] } 23... Re8 { [%eval 6.27] } 24. Nc3 { [%eval 6.39] } 24... Rxb2 { [%eval 6.4] } 25. Na4 { [%eval 5.23] } 25... Rb1+?? { (5.23 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc2 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (25... Rc2 26. Nc5 Rxc5 27. h3 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Ree2 30. Qf8+ Re8 31. Qf1) 26. Rxb1 { [%eval #6] } 26... Ne5 { [%eval #6] } 27. Nc5 { [%eval #5] } 27... Bf5 { [%eval #1] } 28. Qc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0