[Event "Hourly King of the Hill Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/X2YTNrYL"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "zoulian"] [Black "william_rowan"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "X2YTNrYL"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "22:41:14"] [WhiteElo "1432"] [BlackElo "1261"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+137"] [BlackRatingDiff "-118"] [Variant "King of the Hill"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Knight Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.61] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.81] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.98] } { C40 King's Knight Opening } 2... Ke7?? { (0.98 → 4.07) Blunder. f5 was best. } { [%eval 4.07] } (2... f5 3. d4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. f3) 3. d4 { [%eval 3.46] } 3... Ke6?? { (3.46 → 9.60) Blunder. d6 was best. } { [%eval 9.6] } (3... d6 4. dxe5) 4. d5+?! { (9.60 → 5.71) Inaccuracy. Bc4+ was best. } { [%eval 5.71] } (4. Bc4+ Ke7 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. Nxf7 Qe8 7. Nc3 d5 8. Nxd5+ Nxd5 9. Nxh8 Nf6) 4... Kd6?! { (5.71 → 8.52) Inaccuracy. Ke7 was best. } { [%eval 8.52] } (4... Ke7 5. Nxe5 d6 6. Nc4 b5 7. Ne3 Nf6 8. b4 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Ke2) 5. c4 { [%eval 6.3] } 5... c5 { [%eval 6.84] } 6. Be3 { [%eval 6.4] } 6... Nc6?! { (6.40 → 9.37) Inaccuracy. Na6 was best. } { Black offers draw } { [%eval 9.37] } (6... Na6 7. Nc3 Kc7 8. Nxe5 Qe8 9. Nd3 d6 10. b4 Bd7 11. Kd2 f5 12. exf5) 7. Nc3 { [%eval 8.65] } 7... Nd4 { [%eval 11.2] } 8. Nxd4 { [%eval 10.77] } 8... cxd4 { [%eval 11.61] } 9. f4?! { (11.61 → 5.92) Inaccuracy. Nb5+ was best. } { [%eval 5.92] } (9. Nb5+) 9... dxe3 { [%eval 5.92] } 10. g3?? { (5.92 → 2.55) Blunder. Nb5+ was best. } { [%eval 2.55] } (10. Nb5+ Ke7 11. fxe5 Ke8 12. d6 Qg5 13. Qd4 f6 14. exf6 Qf4 15. Kd1 gxf6) 10... exf4?? { (2.55 → 13.25) Blunder. Qa5 was best. } { [%eval 13.25] } (10... Qa5 11. Ke2) 11. Qd4 { [%eval 13.26] } 11... Qf6 { [%eval 29.62] } 12. e5+ { [%eval 28.0] } 12... Qxe5?! { (28.00 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (12... Kc7 13. exf6 f3 14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. Nb5+ Kd8 16. Qxg7 Ke7 17. Qe5+ Kf8 18. Nd6) 13. Ne4+?! { (Mate in 7 → 17.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nb5+ was best. } { [%eval 17.33] } (13. Nb5+ Ke7 14. Qxe5+ Kd8 15. Ke2 Bc5 16. Kd3 f5 17. Qc7+ Ke8 18. Qxc5 d6) 13... Qxe4 { [%eval 23.7] } 14. Qxe4 { [%eval 12.18] } 14... Kc5?! { (12.18 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (14... g5 15. gxf4 Bg7 16. c5+ Kxc5 17. O-O-O e2 18. Bxe2 f5 19. Qc4+ Kd6 20. Qb4+) 15. Ke2 { [%eval #4] } 15... Bd6 { [%eval #3] } 16. Kd3 { [%eval #2] } 16... f6 { [%eval #2] } 17. Qd4+ { [%eval #1] } 17... Kb4 { [%eval #1] } 18. Ke4# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0