[Event "Sunday Strategy January 4 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/YvYJSoDX"] [Date "2026.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "MsChessNJ"] [Black "ID0228"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "YvYJSoDX"] [UTCDate "2026.01.04"] [UTCTime "23:36:05"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "1235"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+3"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.27] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.5] } { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. c4 { [%eval 0.4] } 3... dxc4 { [%eval 0.64] } 4. d5 { [%eval 0.55] } 4... Nb4?? { (0.55 → 3.19) Blunder. Nb8 was best. } { [%eval 3.19] } (4... Nb8 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O) 5. Qa4+ { [%eval 2.78] } 5... c6 { [%eval 2.9] } 6. Qxb4 { [%eval 3.09] } 6... cxd5 { [%eval 2.8] } 7. e3? { (2.80 → 1.51) Mistake. Qb5+ was best. } { [%eval 1.51] } (7. Qb5+ Qd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. Qxd7+ Bxd7 10. e4 Nf6 11. exd5 exd5) 7... Bg4?? { (1.51 → 3.53) Blunder. e6 was best. } { [%eval 3.53] } (7... e6 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 a6 12. a5) 8. Be2 { [%eval 3.4] } 8... Bxf3 { [%eval 3.53] } 9. Bxf3 { [%eval 3.09] } 9... d4? { (3.09 → 5.83) Mistake. Qd7 was best. } { [%eval 5.83] } (9... Qd7 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O Nf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Rd1+) 10. Qxc4 { [%eval 5.35] } 10... dxe3 { [%eval 6.23] } 11. Bxe3 { [%eval 6.09] } 11... g6 { [%eval 6.5] } 12. Bxb7 { [%eval 6.23] } 12... Rb8?? { (6.23 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg7 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (12... Bg7 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. b4 Qf5 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. b5 Rc8 18. Ne2) 13. Bc6+ { [%eval #9] } 13... Qd7 { [%eval #9] } 14. Bxd7+ { [%eval #7] } 14... Kxd7 { [%eval #8] } 15. Qd4+ { [%eval #11] } 15... Ke8 { [%eval #10] } 16. Qxh8? { (Mate in 10 → 9.68) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qa4+ was best. } { [%eval 9.68] } (16. Qa4+ Rb5 17. Qxb5+ Kd8 18. Nc3 e6 19. Rd1+ Bd6 20. Qc6 Ke7 21. Qxd6+ Kf6) 16... Nf6 { [%eval 9.74] } 17. Bd4 { [%eval 8.76] } 17... Rxb2 { [%eval 10.42] } 18. Bxb2 { [%eval 10.33] } 18... Ng4 { [%eval 11.24] } 19. O-O { [%eval 10.84] } 19... Kd8?! { (10.84 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (19... f6 20. Qxh7 e5 21. Rd1 Bd6 22. Qxg6+ Kd8 23. Qxg4 f5 24. Qg6 Kc8 25. Rxd6) 20. Bg7 { [%eval #10] } 20... e6 { [%eval #5] } 21. Qxf8+ { [%eval #4] } 21... Kc7 { [%eval #4] } 22. Qxf7+ { [%eval #5] } 22... Kd6 { [%eval #4] } 23. Rd1+ { [%eval #3] } 23... Kc5 { [%eval #3] } 24. Qc7+ { [%eval #2] } 24... Kb4 { [%eval #2] } 25. Bc3+ { [%eval #2] } 25... Ka4 { [%eval #1] } 26. Qa5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0