[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/WXcLXRfK"] [Date "2026.01.18"] [Round "-"] [White "NitikaPatel"] [Black "Ethanjoe2024"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "WXcLXRfK"] [UTCDate "2026.01.18"] [UTCTime "16:03:30"] [WhiteElo "1747"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-81"] [BlackRatingDiff "+472"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.03] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.11] } 3. Nf3?! { (0.11 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.48] } { C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a5 7. Bg5 c6) 3... c6? { (-0.48 → 1.04) Mistake. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 1.04] } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 Nf6 8. d4) 4. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.03] } 4... Nxe4?? { (1.03 → 3.66) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.66] } (4... d5 5. exd5 Bd6 6. d4 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4) 5. Qf3?! { (3.66 → 2.26) Inaccuracy. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval 2.26] } (5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Qh5 Nf6 8. Ng6+ hxg6 9. Qxa5 Kxf7) 5... Nf6?! { (2.26 → 3.54) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 3.54] } (5... Qe7 6. Bxf7+ Kd8 7. Qxe4 d6 8. Nxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nc3) 6. Nxf7?? { (3.54 → 0.41) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } { [%eval 0.41] } (6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Bb3 Ke8 8. O-O d5 9. d4 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 a5) 6... Qe7+ { [%eval 0.63] } 7. Qe3 { [%eval 0.75] } 7... Qxe3+ { [%eval 0.66] } 8. dxe3 { [%eval 0.41] } 8... d5 { [%eval 0.53] } 9. Nxh8 { [%eval 0.39] } 9... dxc4 { [%eval 0.31] } 10. O-O? { (0.31 → -0.93) Mistake. f3 was best. } { [%eval -0.93] } (10. f3) 10... g5?? { (-0.93 → 1.71) Blunder. Na6 was best. } { [%eval 1.71] } (10... Na6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. b3 c3 13. Nb1 Nb4 14. Nxc3 Nxc2 15. Rb1 Na3 16. Ra1) 11. e4 { [%eval 1.76] } 11... Bg7 { [%eval 2.3] } 12. Bxg5 { [%eval 2.23] } 12... Bxh8 { [%eval 2.29] } 13. e5? { (2.29 → 0.86) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.86] } (13. Nc3 Na6 14. f4 Kf7 15. h3 Ne8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Rfe1 Ne6 18. Bh4 Nd4) 13... Nd5 { [%eval 1.3] } 14. Re1? { (1.30 → 0.13) Mistake. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval 0.13] } (14. Nd2 b5 15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Ne4 Kd7 17. f4 Na6 18. Rf2 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc5) 14... Kf7?! { (0.13 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Na6 was best. } { [%eval 0.74] } (14... Na6 15. a4) 15. Nd2 { [%eval 0.84] } 15... Be6? { (0.84 → 2.22) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval 2.22] } (15... b5) 16. Nxc4 { [%eval 1.77] } 16... Nd7 { [%eval 2.09] } 17. Nd6+ { [%eval 1.93] } 17... Kg6 { [%eval 2.0] } 18. Bh4 { [%eval 1.91] } 18... Bxe5? { (1.91 → 4.02) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval 4.02] } (18... b5 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. a4 b4 21. a5 h5 22. h3 a6 23. f4 Bh6 24. Rf1) 19. Nxb7?? { (4.02 → 1.82) Blunder. Bg3 was best. } { [%eval 1.82] } (19. Bg3 Nb4 20. Re2 Rd8 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Nd6 Bg4 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd8) 19... Rb8?! { (1.82 → 2.98) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } { [%eval 2.98] } (19... Bf5 20. c4) 20. Na5 { [%eval 2.33] } 20... Rxb2? { (2.33 → 4.67) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval 4.67] } (20... Nb4 21. c3 Nc2 22. Nxc6 Re8 23. Rxe5 Nxa1 24. Ra5 Nc2 25. f3 a6 26. b3) 21. Rac1?? { (4.67 → 0.06) Blunder. Nxc6 was best. } { [%eval 0.06] } (21. Nxc6 Kf5 22. h3 Bg7 23. g4+ Kg6 24. Rxe6+ Kf7 25. Ree1 Nf4 26. Re7+ Kg8) 21... Kf5? { (0.06 → 1.62) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval 1.62] } (21... Nb4) 22. Nxc6 { [%eval 1.54] } 22... Bc3 { [%eval 1.65] } 23. Re2? { (1.65 → 0.32) Mistake. h3 was best. } { [%eval 0.32] } (23. h3 Nc5 24. Re2 Rb6 25. Ne7+ Nxe7 26. Bxe7 Bc4 27. Re3 Bd2 28. Bxc5 Bxc1) 23... Rxa2?? { (0.32 → 2.05) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval 2.05] } (23... Nf4) 24. Bd8?? { (2.05 → 0.00) Blunder. h3 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (24. h3 Bg8) 24... Nf4?? { (0.00 → 2.24) Blunder. N7f6 was best. } { [%eval 2.24] } (24... N7f6) 25. Re3?! { (2.24 → 1.18) Inaccuracy. Ne7+ was best. } { [%eval 1.18] } (25. Ne7+ Kg4 26. h3+ Kh5 27. Re4 Bd2 28. Rd1 Rxc2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Rxf4 Kg5) 25... Bd2 { [%eval 1.75] } 26. Re5+?? { (1.75 → -6.27) Blunder. Nd4+ was best. } { [%eval -6.27] } (26. Nd4+) 26... Nxe5 { [%eval -6.5] } 27. Rd1 { [%eval -7.43] } 27... Rxc2?? { (-7.43 → -1.17) Blunder. Nxc6 was best. } { [%eval -1.17] } (27... Nxc6 28. Bc7 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Rxc2 30. Bd6 Ke4 31. f3+ Kd3 32. Rb1 Kc4 33. Ba3) 28. Ne7+?? { (-1.17 → -6.62) Blunder. Nd4+ was best. } { [%eval -6.62] } (28. Nd4+ Ke4 29. Nxc2 Kd3 30. Nb4+ Ke2 31. Rb1 Bc3 32. Nc2 Nd5 33. Na3 a5) 28... Ke4 { [%eval -6.59] } 29. f3+ { [%eval -7.02] } 29... Kd3 { [%eval -6.54] } 30. Rb1 { [%eval -7.61] } 30... Be3+ { [%eval -6.73] } 31. Kf1?? { (-6.73 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh1 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (31. Kh1 Ke2 32. h4 Nfd3 33. Ba5 Nc6 34. Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Bd8 Bd4 36. Bg5 Rc7) 31... Rf2+ { [%eval #-2] } 32. Ke1 { [%eval #-2] } 32... Nxg2+ { [%eval #-1] } 33. Kd1 { [%eval #-1] } 33... Rf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1