[Event "Sunday Strategy January 18 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/fpigkClg"] [Date "2026.01.18"] [Round "-"] [White "MsChessNJ"] [Black "ID0228"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "fpigkClg"] [UTCDate "2026.01.18"] [UTCTime "23:58:27"] [WhiteElo "1729"] [BlackElo "1480"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-21"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 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... Nf6?! { (0.40 → 1.36) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } { [%eval 1.36] } (3... e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. c5 Be7 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3) 4. cxd5 { [%eval 1.24] } 4... Nxd5 { [%eval 1.5] } 5. e4 { [%eval 1.32] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 1.54] } 6. Nc3 { [%eval 1.42] } 6... Bg4? { (1.42 → 2.77) Mistake. e6 was best. } { [%eval 2.77] } (6... e6 7. a3 a6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Nd7 11. O-O) 7. Be2?? { (2.77 → -0.21) Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%eval -0.21] } (7. d5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nb8 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 fxe6) 7... Bxf3 { [%eval -0.18] } 8. Bxf3?! { (-0.18 → -0.75) Inaccuracy. gxf3 was best. } { [%eval -0.75] } (8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 a6 11. f4 Nd7 12. e5 O-O-O) 8... Qxd4 { [%eval -0.77] } 9. Qxd4 { [%eval -1.24] } 9... Nxd4 { [%eval -1.16] } 10. O-O { [%eval -1.41] } 10... Nxf3+ { [%eval -1.43] } 11. gxf3 { [%eval -1.38] } 11... e6 { [%eval -1.07] } 12. e5?! { (-1.07 → -2.22) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval -2.22] } (12. Nb5 Bd6 13. Be3 a6 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. a4 Ke7 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. Rb3 b6) 12... Bb4?? { (-2.22 → 3.09) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } { [%eval 3.09] } (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. f4 c6 15. a4 g6 16. a5 Kd7 17. Ra4 a6 18. Be3) 13. exf6 { [%eval 3.07] } 13... Bxc3 { [%eval 3.16] } 14. bxc3 { [%eval 3.14] } 14... gxf6 { [%eval 3.18] } 15. c4 { [%eval 2.87] } 15... Rg8+ { [%eval 2.74] } 16. Kh1 { [%eval 2.8] } 16... O-O-O { [%eval 2.64] } 17. Be3 { [%eval 2.93] } 17... c6?! { (2.93 → 3.98) Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. } { [%eval 3.98] } (17... Rd3 18. Rg1 Rg6 19. Rgd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rg8 21. Rb1 f5) 18. Rg1 { [%eval 3.34] } 18... Rxg1+ { [%eval 3.77] } 19. Rxg1 { [%eval 3.88] } 19... b5 { [%eval 4.0] } 20. cxb5 { [%eval 3.94] } 20... cxb5 { [%eval 3.99] } 21. Rc1+?! { (3.99 → 2.92) Inaccuracy. Bxa7 was best. } { [%eval 2.92] } (21. Bxa7 Kb7 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Rb1 Kc6 24. Rc1+ Kb7 25. Rc2 Ka6 26. f4 b4) 21... Kb8 { [%eval 3.24] } 22. Kg2 { [%eval 3.05] } 22... b4 { [%eval 3.73] } 23. Rc2?! { (3.73 → 2.68) Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. } { [%eval 2.68] } (23. Rb1 a5 24. a3 Rd5 25. axb4 Rb5 26. Bd2 f5 27. Kg3 f6 28. f4 Kc7) 23... a5 { [%eval 2.69] } 24. Rb2 { [%eval 2.41] } 24... Rc8? { (2.41 → 4.01) Mistake. Kc7 was best. } { [%eval 4.01] } (24... Kc7 25. a3 bxa3 26. Ra2 Kc6 27. Bc1 Kb5 28. Bxa3 Rd5 29. Be7 Rg5+ 30. Kf1) 25. a3 { [%eval 3.85] } 25... Rc3 { [%eval 4.29] } 26. axb4 { [%eval 4.24] } 26... axb4 { [%eval 4.5] } 27. Rxb4+ { [%eval 4.49] } 27... Ka8 { [%eval 5.09] } 28. Bd4 { [%eval 4.89] } 28... Rd3 { [%eval 4.99] } 29. Bxf6 { [%eval 4.97] } 29... Ra3 { [%eval 5.5] } 30. Be5 { [%eval 5.09] } 30... Ra5 { [%eval 5.13] } 31. f4 { [%eval 5.12] } 31... h6 { [%eval 5.54] } 32. Rb8+ { [%eval 5.44] } 32... Ka7 { [%eval 5.48] } 33. Rf8 { [%eval 5.48] } 33... h5 { [%eval 5.8] } 34. Rxf7+ { [%eval 5.73] } 34... Kb6 { [%eval 6.92] } 35. Rf6 { [%eval 5.99] } 35... Kc6 { [%eval 6.01] } 36. Rxe6+ { [%eval 5.91] } 36... Kd7 { [%eval 5.89] } 37. Rh6 { [%eval 5.85] } 37... Ke7 { [%eval 6.32] } 38. Rxh5 { [%eval 6.35] } 38... Ke6 { [%eval 6.27] } 39. Rh6+ { [%eval 5.77] } 39... Kd5 { [%eval 6.23] } 40. h4 { [%eval 6.64] } 40... Ke4 { [%eval 6.49] } 41. h5 { [%eval 6.4] } 41... Kf5 { [%eval 6.55] } 42. Rf6+ { [%eval 6.3] } 42... Ke4 { [%eval 6.77] } 43. f3+ { [%eval 6.55] } 43... Kd5 { [%eval 7.65] } 44. h6 { [%eval 7.4] } 44... Ra7 { [%eval 7.1] } 45. Rg6 { [%eval 6.7] } 45... Rh7 { [%eval 9.08] } 46. Bg7 { [%eval 8.66] } 46... Rxg7? { (8.66 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc4 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (46... Kc4 47. Kh3 Kd3 48. f5 Ke3 49. Kg4 Kf2 50. Ra6 Ke3 51. Kg5 Kd3 52. Rg6) 47. hxg7 { [%eval #5] } 47... Kd4 { [%eval #5] } 48. g8=Q { [%eval #4] } 48... Kc3 { [%eval #4] } 49. Rd6 { [%eval #4] } 49... Kc2 { [%eval #3] } 50. Qc8+ { [%eval #2] } 50... Kb3 { [%eval #2] } 51. Rb6+ { [%eval #1] } 51... Ka4 { [%eval #1] } 52. Qa6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0