[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xFfR1Ajc"] [Date "2026.02.06"] [Round "-"] [White "AshwinKarthikeyan"] [Black "jashwinkarthikeya"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "xFfR1Ajc"] [UTCDate "2026.02.06"] [UTCTime "14:32:51"] [WhiteElo "1753"] [BlackElo "976"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } 2... Nf6?! { (0.11 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 0.73] } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bd3) 3. e5 { [%eval 0.86] } 3... Nd5 { [%eval 0.82] } 4. c4 { [%eval 0.65] } 4... Ne7 { [%eval 0.96] } 5. d4 { [%eval 0.92] } 5... Nbc6? { (0.92 → 2.19) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.19] } (5... d6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 g6 8. h4 h6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Nb5) 6. Nc3?! { (2.19 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.03] } (6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 d6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5) 6... a5? { (1.03 → 2.33) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 2.33] } (6... d6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. h4 d5 9. c5 Nf5 10. g4 Nh6 11. Rg1) 7. Be3?! { (2.33 → 1.13) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.13] } (7. d5 Nb4 8. Nb5 Nf5 9. d6 cxd6 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6) 7... f5?? { (1.13 → 3.47) Blunder. Nf5 was best. } { [%eval 3.47] } (7... Nf5 8. Qd2 d6 9. O-O-O dxe5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5) 8. d5 { [%eval 3.52] } 8... exd5?! { (3.52 → 4.47) Inaccuracy. Nb8 was best. } { [%eval 4.47] } (8... Nb8 9. Qc2 Na6 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. h4 f4 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. h5) 9. cxd5 { [%eval 4.73] } 9... d6 { [%eval 5.14] } 10. dxc6 { [%eval 4.95] } 10... bxc6 { [%eval 4.83] } 11. exd6 { [%eval 4.68] } 11... cxd6 { [%eval 4.85] } 12. Bd3 { [%eval 4.65] } 12... Ba6 { [%eval 5.76] } 13. O-O { [%eval 5.45] } 13... Bxd3 { [%eval 5.38] } 14. Qxd3 { [%eval 5.34] } 14... Qb8 { [%eval 6.85] } 15. b3 { [%eval 6.04] } 15... d5 { [%eval 6.22] } 16. Rfe1 { [%eval 6.18] } 16... Qd6 { [%eval 6.38] } 17. Na4 { [%eval 6.34] } 17... O-O-O { [%eval 8.26] } 18. Rac1 { [%eval 7.72] } 18... d4 { [%eval 7.84] } 19. Qa6+ { [%eval 7.9] } 19... Kb8? { (7.90 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } { [%eval #11] } (19... Kd7 20. Bxd4 Ke8 21. Bc5 Qd5 22. Ne5 Rg8 23. h3 g5 24. Nb6 Qd2 25. Qc4) 20. Nb6 { [%eval 10.01] } 20... dxe3?! { (10.01 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc8 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (20... Nc8 21. Bf4 Na7 22. Nxd4 c5 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Bxd6+ Nxd6 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Nd5+) 21. Qa8+ { [%eval #1] } 21... Kc7 { [%eval #1] } 22. Qa7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0