[Event "Blitz Masters Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/f9lOWGnN"] [Date "2026.02.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Zaven_ChessMood"] [Black "ALA060312"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "f9lOWGnN"] [UTCDate "2026.02.08"] [UTCTime "18:06:31"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "1711"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.31] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.24] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.24] } 3. e5 { [%eval 0.33] } 3... Bf5 { [%eval 0.22] } 4. h4 { [%eval 0.09] } { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation } 4... h6 { [%eval 0.44] } 5. g4 { [%eval 0.32] } 5... Bh7 { [%eval 0.71] } 6. e6 { [%eval 0.82] } 6... fxe6 { [%eval 0.74] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 0.72] } 7... Be4 { [%eval 0.87] } 8. Bxe4 { [%eval 0.7] } 8... dxe4 { [%eval 0.84] } 9. Nc3 { [%eval 0.7] } 9... Nd7 { [%eval 1.04] } 10. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.93] } 10... Ndf6? { (0.93 → 2.19) Mistake. Qa5+ was best. } { [%eval 2.19] } (10... Qa5+) 11. Nc3? { (2.19 → 0.86) Mistake. Nc5 was best. } { [%eval 0.86] } (11. Nc5 Qd5 12. Nf3 Nxg4 13. Qe2 N8f6 14. Nxe6 Rc8 15. h5 Rg8 16. c4 Qe4) 11... Qd7? { (0.86 → 2.32) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.32] } (11... e5 12. dxe5) 12. Nf3 { [%eval 2.3] } 12... O-O-O?! { (2.30 → 3.49) Inaccuracy. Nxg4 was best. } { [%eval 3.49] } (12... Nxg4 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Qe2 g6 15. O-O-O N8f6 16. Rhg1 Rg8 17. Kb1 Bg7 18. a4) 13. Ne5 { [%eval 3.49] } 13... Qxd4?! { (3.49 → 5.08) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } { [%eval 5.08] } (13... Qe8 14. h5 Nd5 15. Qe2 Ngf6 16. Bd2 Rg8 17. Ng6 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Qxe6+) 14. Qxd4 { [%eval 5.05] } 14... Rxd4 { [%eval 4.86] } 15. Ng6 { [%eval 4.96] } 15... Rxg4 { [%eval 5.24] } 16. Nxh8 { [%eval 5.22] } 16... Kd8 { [%eval 5.67] } 17. Nf7+ { [%eval 5.64] } 17... Ke8 { [%eval 5.53] } 18. Ne5 { [%eval 5.66] } 18... Rg2 { [%eval 5.82] } 19. Kf1 { [%eval 5.86] } 19... Ng4 { [%eval 5.66] } 20. Kxg2 { [%eval 5.86] } 20... Nxe5 { [%eval 5.88] } 21. Be3 { [%eval 5.78] } 21... a6 { [%eval 6.07] } 22. Rad1 { [%eval 5.79] } 22... Nf6 { [%eval 5.82] } 23. Rhe1 { [%eval 5.62] } 23... Nd5 { [%eval 6.23] } 24. Nxd5 { [%eval 6.13] } 24... exd5 { [%eval 6.18] } 25. Bd4 { [%eval 5.84] } 25... Ng6 { [%eval 5.76] } 26. Kg3 { [%eval 5.49] } 26... Kd7 { [%eval 6.17] } 27. h5 { [%eval 5.98] } 27... Nh8 { [%eval 6.08] } 28. f4 { [%eval 5.82] } 28... Nf7 { [%eval 5.8] } 29. Re2 { [%eval 5.64] } 29... e6 { [%eval 5.62] } 30. Kg4 { [%eval 5.53] } 30... Bd6 { [%eval 6.91] } 31. Bxg7 { [%eval 6.81] } 31... e5 { [%eval 8.36] } 32. fxe5 { [%eval 8.42] } 32... Bc7 { [%eval 10.28] } 33. e6+ { [%eval 9.74] } 33... Ke7? { (9.74 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc8 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (33... Kc8 34. exf7 Bd6 35. Kf5 Kc7 36. f8=Q Bxf8 37. Bxf8 Kb6 38. Rg1 a5 39. Rg6) 34. exf7+ { [%eval #6] } 34... Kxf7 { [%eval #6] } 35. Rf1+ { [%eval #5] } { White wins on time. } 1-0