[Event "CIC Champions League 2025 DEC Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xVBIpt7m"] [Date "2025.12.06"] [Round "-"] [White "AshwinKarthikeyan"] [Black "Srimanval"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "xVBIpt7m"] [UTCDate "2025.12.06"] [UTCTime "15:17:26"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1550"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "From Position"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "r1bqkb1r/pppn1ppp/3p1n2/4p3/3PPP2/2N5/PPP3PP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. f5 { [%eval -0.28] } 1... exd4 { [%eval 0.16] } 2. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.11] } 2... Nb6? { (0.11 → 1.26) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.26] } (2... d5 3. Nxd5 Bc5 4. Nxf6+ Qxf6 5. Qxf6 Nxf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 1.4] } 3... Qe7 { [%eval 1.99] } 4. Bf4?! { (1.99 → 1.28) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } { [%eval 1.28] } (4. Bg5 Bxf5 5. O-O-O Bd7 6. Nd5 c5 7. Qd2 Nbxd5 8. exd5 h6 9. Re1 hxg5) 4... Bxf5 { [%eval 1.28] } 5. O-O-O { [%eval 1.13] } 5... Bg4?! { (1.13 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } { [%eval 2.0] } (5... Be6 6. a4 c6 7. a5 Nbd7 8. a6 b5 9. Be2 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3) 6. Re1?! { (2.00 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval 0.91] } (6. Nb5 Rd8 7. Nxa7 Nfd7 8. Nb5 Rc8 9. h3 Be6 10. Kb1 Qf6 11. Qe3 Be7) 6... O-O-O { [%eval 1.15] } 7. h3?? { (1.15 → -0.64) Blunder. a4 was best. } { [%eval -0.64] } (7. a4 Bxf3) 7... Bxf3 { [%eval -0.43] } 8. gxf3 { [%eval -0.38] } 8... d5?! { (-0.38 → 0.35) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } { [%eval 0.35] } (8... g6 9. Bg5) 9. e5? { (0.35 → -1.30) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval -1.3] } (9. Nb5) 9... Nh5 { [%eval -1.26] } 10. Be3 { [%eval -1.38] } 10... Ng3?! { (-1.38 → -0.28) Inaccuracy. Kb8 was best. } { [%eval -0.28] } (10... Kb8 11. Bd3 g6 12. Qg4 Qd7 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Kb1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nb5) 11. Rh2?? { (-0.28 → -2.08) Blunder. Qg4+ was best. } { [%eval -2.08] } (11. Qg4+ Qe6) 11... Nf5 { [%eval -1.69] } 12. Qd2?? { (-1.69 → -4.79) Blunder. Qg4 was best. } { [%eval -4.79] } (12. Qg4 Qe6 13. Bg5 h5 14. Qf4 Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Rd2 Kb8) 12... d4 { [%eval -4.75] } 13. Bg5 { [%eval -4.69] } 13... dxc3 { [%eval -4.66] } 14. Qxd8+ { [%eval -4.61] } 14... Qxd8 { [%eval -4.5] } 15. Bxd8 { [%eval -4.52] } 15... Kxd8 { [%eval -4.4] } 16. bxc3 { [%eval -4.5] } 16... Ba3+ { [%eval -4.45] } 17. Kb1 { [%eval -4.27] } 17... Re8 { [%eval -4.18] } 18. Rd2+ { [%eval -4.15] } 18... Kc8 { [%eval -4.13] } 19. h4 { [%eval -4.36] } 19... Nxh4 { [%eval -4.39] } 20. Bh3+ { [%eval -4.48] } 20... Kb8 { [%eval -4.42] } 21. Red1 { [%eval -4.48] } 21... a6 { [%eval -4.48] } 22. Rd8+ { [%eval -5.32] } 22... Rxd8 { [%eval -5.28] } 23. Rxd8+ { [%eval -5.18] } 23... Ka7 { [%eval -5.06] } 24. Rh8?! { (-5.06 → -7.85) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%eval -7.85] } (24. f4 Ng6 25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Re4 Nd5 27. Kb2 Ndxf4 28. Bd7 Ne6 29. Be8 Ng5) 24... Nxf3 { [%eval -7.47] } 25. Rxh7? { (-7.47 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd8 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (25. Rd8 Nc4 26. Ka1 Nfd2 27. Rxd2 Nxd2 28. Bg2 Nc4 29. Bd5 Nxe5 30. c4 c6) 25... Nxe5?? { (Mate in 3 → -6.06) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd2+ was best. } { [%eval -6.06] } (25... Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Nbc4 27. Rxg7 Bb2#) 26. Rxg7 { [%eval -6.58] } 26... Nd5 { [%eval -5.36] } 27. Rg3 { [%eval -5.79] } 27... Bd6 { [%eval -5.13] } 28. Bg2 { [%eval -5.07] } 28... Nc4?? { (-5.07 → -0.11) Blunder. Nb6 was best. } { [%eval -0.11] } (28... Nb6 29. Kc1 f6 30. Rh3 Nec4 31. Rh4 Be5 32. Bf1 Nd6 33. Kd2 Nd5 34. c4) 29. Rg7?? { (-0.11 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxd5 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (29. Bxd5 Bxg3 30. Bxc4 f5 31. Bd5 Be5 32. c4 Kb6 33. Kc1 Kc5 34. Kd2 Kb4) 29... Nxc3+ { [%eval #-2] } 30. Ka1 { [%eval #-2] } 30... f6?? { (Mate in 2 → -5.65) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ba3 was best. } { [%eval -5.65] } (30... Ba3 31. Rxf7 Bb2#) 31. Rf7?? { (-5.65 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf1 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (31. Bf1 Ne3 32. Bd3 Na4 33. Kb1 Nd5 34. Rg4 Ndc3+ 35. Ka1 Be5 36. Bf5 Nd5+) 31... Be5?? { (Mate in 2 → -6.23) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ba3 was best. } { [%eval -6.23] } (31... Ba3 32. Rxf6 Bb2#) 32. Bh1?? { (-6.23 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a3 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (32. a3 b5 33. Rh7 Nxa3 34. Rxc7+ Bxc7 35. Kb2 Be5 36. Kxa3 f5 37. Kb3 Kb6) 32... Na3?? { (Mate in 3 → -6.27) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne2+ was best. } { [%eval -6.27] } (32... Ne2+ 33. c3 Bxc3+ 34. Kb1 Na3#) 33. Kb2 { [%eval -6.15] } 33... Nc4+ { [%eval -6.03] } 34. Kb3 { [%eval -6.25] } 34... Nd2+ { [%eval -6.02] } 35. Ka3?? { (-6.02 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb2 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (35. Kb2 Na4+ 36. Kc1 Nc4 37. c3 b5 38. Rf8 Bxc3 39. Bc6 Be5 40. Kc2 Kb6) 35... Nb5+ { [%eval #-6] } 36. Kb4 { [%eval #-3] } 36... Bc3+?? { (Mate in 3 → -5.62) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bd6+ was best. } { [%eval -5.62] } (36... Bd6+ 37. Ka5 b6+ 38. Ka4 Nc3#) 37. Kc5 { [%eval -5.59] } 37... Bd4+ { [%eval -5.43] } 38. Kd5 { [%eval -5.38] } 38... c6+ { [%eval -4.95] } 39. Ke6 { [%eval -5.16] } 39... Na3?? { (-5.16 → -1.13) Blunder. Kb6 was best. } { [%eval -1.13] } (39... Kb6 40. Rd7 Nc4 41. a4 Nc7+ 42. Ke7 Be5 43. Rd3 Kc5 44. Bf3 a5 45. Rb3) 40. Bxc6 { [%eval -1.11] } 40... Kb6 { [%eval -1.17] } 41. Bxb7 { [%eval -1.43] } 41... Nxc2 { [%eval -1.33] } 42. Bd5? { (-1.33 → -3.14) Mistake. Rd7 was best. } { [%eval -3.14] } (42. Rd7) 42... Nb4 { [%eval -2.53] } 43. Rb7+ { [%eval -2.56] } 43... Kc5 { [%eval -2.47] } 44. a4?? { (-2.47 → -5.65) Blunder. Rc7+ was best. } { [%eval -5.65] } (44. Rc7+ Kb6) 44... Nxd5 { [%eval -5.63] } 45. Rb8 { [%eval -5.62] } 45... Nf4+ { [%eval -5.39] } 46. Kf5 { [%eval -5.29] } 46... Nd5 { [%eval -5.3] } 47. Ke6 { [%eval -5.43] } 47... Ne4?? { (-5.43 → -2.20) Blunder. Nc7+ was best. } { [%eval -2.2] } (47... Nc7+ 48. Kf5 Nc4 49. Kg6 a5 50. Rd8 Be5 51. Kf5 Nd6+ 52. Kg6 Nd5 53. Ra8) 48. Rc8+ { [%eval -2.0] } 48... Kb4?? { (-2.00 → 0.00) Blunder. Nc7+ was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (48... Nc7+ 49. Rxc7+ Kb4 50. Kd5 Nc5 51. Rc8 Nb3 52. Rb8+ Kc3 53. a5 Nxa5 54. Ra8) 49. Kxd5 { [%eval 0.09] } 49... Nc3+ { [%eval 0.43] } 50. Kxd4 { [%eval 0.41] } 50... Nxa4 { [%eval 0.39] } 51. Rc4+ { [%eval 0.03] } 51... Kb5 { [%eval 0.31] } 52. Rc2 { [%eval 0.05] } 52... Nb6 { [%eval 0.35] } 53. Rf2 { [%eval 0.01] } 53... Nd7 { [%eval 0.01] } 54. Kd5 { [%eval 0.0] } 54... a5 { [%eval 0.01] } 55. Kd6 { [%eval 0.0] } 55... Nb6 { [%eval 0.0] } 56. Rxf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 56... Nc4+ { [%eval 0.34] } 57. Kd5 { [%eval 0.15] } 57... Nb6+ { [%eval 0.3] } 58. Kd4 { [%eval 0.54] } 58... Nd7 { [%eval 0.77] } 59. Rf5+ { [%eval 0.69] } 59... Kb4 { [%eval 0.5] } 60. Rd5 { [%eval 0.61] } 60... Nb6 { [%eval 0.36] } 61. Rd6 { [%eval 0.0] } 61... Nc8 { [%eval 0.11] } 62. Rc6 { [%eval 0.0] } 62... Na7 { [%eval 0.0] } 63. Rc4+ { [%eval 0.0] } 63... Kb3 { [%eval 0.0] } 64. Rc3+ { [%eval 0.0] } 64... Kb4 { [%eval 0.0] } 65. Rc4+ { [%eval 0.0] } 65... Kb5 { [%eval 0.2] } 66. Kc3 { [%eval 0.21] } 66... Nc6 { [%eval 0.37] } 67. Kb3 { [%eval 0.27] } 67... Ne5 { [%eval 0.32] } 68. Rh4 { [%eval 0.23] } 68... Nc6 { [%eval 0.24] } 69. Rh5+ { [%eval 0.27] } 69... Kb6 { [%eval 0.32] } 70. Ka4 { [%eval 0.27] } 70... Ka6 { [%eval 0.28] } 71. Rh6 { [%eval 0.41] } 71... Kb6 { [%eval 0.37] } 72. Rf6 { [%eval 0.41] } 72... Kc5 { [%eval 0.23] } 73. Rf5+ { [%eval 0.36] } 73... Kb6 { [%eval 0.09] } 74. Rb5+ { [%eval 0.04] } 74... Ka6 { [%eval 0.07] } 75. Rc5 { [%eval 0.07] } 75... Kb6 { [%eval 0.16] } 76. Rh5 { [%eval 0.25] } 76... Kc7 { [%eval 0.21] } 77. Kb5 { [%eval 0.28] } 77... Kb7?? { (0.28 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd4+ was best. } { [%eval #13] } (77... Nd4+) 78. Rh7+ { [%eval #13] } 78... Kc8 { [%eval #12] } 79. Kxc6 { [%eval #11] } 79... Kd8 { [%eval #11] } 80. Kd6 { [%eval #10] } 80... Ke8 { [%eval #10] } 81. Ke6 { [%eval #9] } 81... Kd8 { [%eval #9] } 82. Re7 { [%eval #9] } 82... Kc8 { [%eval #8] } 83. Kd6?? { (Mate in 8 → 5.26) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rd7 was best. } { [%eval 5.26] } (83. Rd7 Kb8 84. Kd6 Kc8 85. Kc6 a4 86. Rd3 Kb8 87. Ra3 Ka7 88. Rxa4+ Kb8) 83... Kb8?? { (5.26 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (83... Kd8 84. Re4 Kc8 85. Kc6 Kd8 86. Ra4 Ke7 87. Kd5 Kd8 88. Ke4 Kd7 89. Kd3) 84. Kc6 { [%eval #4] } 84... a4 { [%eval #4] } 85. Rb7+ { [%eval #6] } 85... Kc8 { [%eval #6] } 86. Ra7 { [%eval #11] } 86... Kd8 { [%eval #11] } 87. Rxa4 { [%eval #11] } 87... Ke7 { [%eval #11] } 88. Rf4 { [%eval #12] } 88... Ke6 { [%eval #12] } 89. Re4+ { [%eval #11] } 89... Kf5 { [%eval #11] } 90. Kd5 { [%eval #10] } 90... Kf6 { [%eval #10] } 91. Re5 { [%eval #9] } 91... Kf7 { [%eval #9] } 92. Ke4 { [%eval #9] } 92... Kf6 { [%eval #8] } 93. Kf4 { [%eval #7] } 93... Kf7 { [%eval #5] } 94. Kf5 { [%eval #5] } 94... Kg7 { [%eval #5] } 95. Re6 { [%eval #6] } 95... Kf7 { [%eval #6] } 96. Ke5 { [%eval #7] } 96... Kg7 { [%eval #7] } 97. Kf4 { [%eval #6] } 97... Kf7 { [%eval #6] } 98. Kf5 { [%eval #5] } 98... Kg7 { [%eval #5] } 99. Rf6 { [%eval #4] } 99... Kg8 { [%eval #2] } 100. Kg6 { [%eval #1] } 100... Kh8 { [%eval #1] } 101. Rf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0