[Event "CIC Champions League May 2025 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lPlMaRM1"] [Date "2025.05.10"] [Round "-"] [White "AshwinKarthikeyan"] [Black "KP_560100"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "lPlMaRM1"] [UTCDate "2025.05.10"] [UTCTime "16:20:53"] [WhiteElo "1507"] [BlackElo "1473"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+25"] [BlackRatingDiff "-39"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "qbnrbkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBNRBKRN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.46] } 2. Bb4?! { (0.46 → -0.61) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval -0.61] } (2. c4 dxc4 3. Bxh7 c5 4. Ng3 Rxd4 5. Rxd4 cxd4 6. b3 c3) 2... Bb5? { (-0.61 → 0.73) Mistake. a5 was best. } { [%eval 0.73] } (2... a5 3. Ba3) 3. Nd3? { (0.73 → -0.89) Mistake. a4 was best. } { [%eval -0.89] } (3. a4 Bd7) 3... Nd6? { (-0.89 → 0.47) Mistake. c5 was best. } { [%eval 0.47] } (3... c5 4. Nxc5) 4. Bxd6 { [%eval 0.22] } 4... Bxd3?? { (0.22 → 2.17) Blunder. Rxd6 was best. } { [%eval 2.17] } (4... Rxd6 5. O-O) 5. Rxd3? { (2.17 → 0.70) Mistake. Bxe7+ was best. } { [%eval 0.7] } (5. Bxe7+ Kxe7 6. Rxd3 Ng6 7. c3 c5 8. O-O Rge8 9. e3 cxd4 10. Rxd4 Be5) 5... Rxd6 { [%eval 0.74] } 6. b3?! { (0.74 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Rh3 was best. } { [%eval -0.08] } (6. Rh3 Ng6 7. c3 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 Rf6 10. g4 Bc7 11. Bc2 Qc8) 6... b6 { [%eval 0.18] } 7. Qc3 { [%eval -0.21] } 7... Ng6 { [%eval -0.16] } 8. Rf3?! { (-0.16 → -1.22) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval -1.22] } (8. Qd2 c5 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Rh3 Rc6 12. e3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd6) 8... O-O?! { (-1.22 → -0.38) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval -0.38] } (8... c5) 9. Qb4? { (-0.38 → -1.90) Mistake. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval -1.9] } (9. Qd2) 9... Qc6?! { (-1.90 → -1.09) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval -1.09] } (9... c5 10. Qd2) 10. c4? { (-1.09 → -2.47) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -2.47] } (10. O-O f5) 10... dxc4 { [%eval -2.55] } 11. Bxg6?! { (-2.55 → -3.27) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -3.27] } (11. O-O Rxd4 12. Qc3 Qd6 13. bxc4 c5 14. Rh3 Rd8 15. e3 Rd1 16. Ng3 Qd2) 11... hxg6 { [%eval -3.24] } 12. bxc4 { [%eval -3.44] } 12... Rxd4 { [%eval -3.59] } 13. g3 { [%eval -4.11] } 13... e6 { [%eval -4.01] } 14. O-O { [%eval -4.08] } 14... Qxc4 { [%eval -4.1] } 15. Qxc4 { [%eval -4.01] } 15... Rxc4 { [%eval -4.06] } 16. e3?! { (-4.06 → -5.11) Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. } { [%eval -5.11] } (16. Rd3 c5 17. f4 Rc2 18. Nf2 b5 19. Rd7 b4 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Ne4 c4) 16... c5 { [%eval -4.94] } 17. h3 { [%eval -5.23] } 17... Rd8 { [%eval -5.34] } 18. g4 { [%eval -5.39] } 18... f5 { [%eval -4.7] } 19. gxf5 { [%eval -4.69] } 19... exf5 { [%eval -4.56] } 20. Ng3 { [%eval -4.6] } 20... Rc2 { [%eval -4.41] } 21. Ra1 { [%eval -4.95] } 21... Bxg3 { [%eval -4.73] } 22. Rxg3 { [%eval -4.68] } 22... Kf7 { [%eval -4.54] } 23. e4 { [%eval -4.54] } 23... fxe4 { [%eval -4.24] } 24. Re3 { [%eval -4.74] } 24... Rdd2 { [%eval -4.85] } 25. Rxe4 { [%eval -4.74] } 25... Rxa2 { [%eval -4.72] } 26. Rae1 { [%eval -4.38] } 26... Rd7?? { (-4.38 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxf2 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (26... Rxf2 27. h4 Kg8 28. Re7 Kh7 29. h5 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Rag2+ 32. Kf1) 27. Rf4+ { [%eval #2] } 27... Kg8 { [%eval #2] } 28. Re8+ { [%eval #1] } 28... Kh7 { [%eval #1] } 29. Rh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0