[Event "French Defense Blitz Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/myVgA1ya"] [Date "2026.01.22"] [Round "-"] [White "pentasyllabic"] [Black "Betelgeise"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "myVgA1ya"] [UTCDate "2026.01.22"] [UTCTime "21:03:10"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2034"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [WhiteBerserk "true"] [Variant "From Position"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/4p3/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.29] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.31] } 2. Nd2 { [%eval 0.1] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.42] } 3. Bd3 { [%eval 0.23] } 3... c5 { [%eval 0.35] } 4. Ngf3?! { (0.35 → -0.68) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval -0.68] } (4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6) 4... Nc6?! { (-0.68 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%eval 0.39] } (4... c4 5. Be2 dxe4 6. Ne5 Qxd4 7. Nexc4 Be7 8. c3 Qd5 9. O-O) 5. exd5 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... Nxd5 { [%eval 0.0] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.07] } 6... cxd4 { [%eval 0.09] } 7. Nb3 { [%eval 0.13] } 7... e5 { [%eval 0.35] } 8. Re1 { [%eval 0.46] } 8... Qb6?? { (0.46 → 3.05) Blunder. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 3.05] } (8... Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 f6 11. Nfxd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. c4) 9. Nfxd4?! { (3.05 → 2.04) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval 2.04] } (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5+ Be6 11. Nxd4 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4 Nc7 14. b3 Bc5) 9... Nxd4?! { (2.04 → 2.71) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 2.71] } (9... Be7 10. Nxc6) 10. Nxd4?? { (2.71 → 0.44) Blunder. Rxe5+ was best. } { [%eval 0.44] } (10. Rxe5+ Ne6 11. Rxd5 a6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qe5 O-O 15. Ba5 Qa7) 10... Bc5?? { (0.44 → 3.71) Blunder. Qxd4 was best. } { [%eval 3.71] } (10... Qxd4) 11. Rxe5+ { [%eval 3.41] } 11... Kf8 { [%eval 3.53] } 12. Rxd5 { [%eval 3.49] } 12... Be6? { (3.49 → 6.36) Mistake. Bxd4 was best. } { [%eval 6.36] } (12... Bxd4 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Rb5 Qd6 15. Qe4 Re8 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Qxb7 h5 18. Qc6) 13. Nxe6+ { [%eval 6.42] } 13... fxe6 { [%eval 6.37] } 14. Qf3+ { [%eval 6.38] } 14... Ke7?? { (6.38 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval #10] } (14... Kg8 15. Rxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. Qxb7 h5 18. h4 Rf8 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Rd1) 15. Re5?? { (Mate in 10 → 6.13) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg5+ was best. } { [%eval 6.13] } (15. Bg5+ Ke8 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+ hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Rd7 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Rxh2+) 15... Rhf8 { [%eval 6.23] } 16. Bg5+ { [%eval 6.15] } 16... Ke8 { [%eval 7.38] } 17. Qh5+ { [%eval 6.1] } 17... g6?? { (6.10 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (17... Kd7 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. Qh4 Rad8 20. Qa4+ Kc8 21. Be3 Qe5 22. Qxa7 Rf5 23. Qa8+) 18. Qxh7 { [%eval #8] } 18... Bxf2+ { [%eval #7] } 19. Kh1 { [%eval #6] } 19... Bd4 { [%eval #1] } 20. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0