[Event "GM Cemil Aghamaliyev Birthday Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5T0QrF88"] [Date "2025.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "prithvinathan"] [Black "pillsbury1"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5T0QrF88"] [UTCDate "2025.08.31"] [UTCTime "11:45:17"] [WhiteElo "1854"] [BlackElo "2299"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Re8 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3?! { (-1.21 → -1.89) Inaccuracy. Bxe7 was best. } (14. Bxe7) 14... Qxb2 15. Na4 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qd6 17. Be3 f5?! { (-2.39 → -1.55) Inaccuracy. Nf8 was best. } (17... Nf8 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nb3 Qd7 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Nd2 h6 22. Qa4 Rac8 23. Nf3) 18. Rb1?! { (-1.55 → -2.32) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } (18. Nc5 f4 19. Bd2 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rb1 b6 22. Bxf4 Bf6 23. a4 Qf8) 18... Rab8?? { (-2.32 → -0.40) Blunder. b6 was best. } (18... b6 19. g3 g5 20. Qh5 Qg6 21. Qxg6+ hxg6 22. Rfc1 Rac8 23. Kg2 Nf8 24. Nc3) 19. Qd2?! { (-0.40 → -1.03) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (19. Qf3 Qc7) 19... b5? { (-1.03 → 0.21) Mistake. Qc7 was best. } (19... Qc7) 20. Bf4 Qg6?! { (0.39 → 1.22) Inaccuracy. Qf6 was best. } (20... Qf6) 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Nc5?! { (1.50 → 0.90) Inaccuracy. Rfe1 was best. } (22. Rfe1) 22... Nxc5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qd4?! { (0.57 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (25. Qf3) 25... a6 26. Qa7 Rf8 27. Qxa6 Kh8?? { (0.68 → 2.75) Blunder. f4 was best. } (27... f4) 28. Rbc1 Bb8?! { (2.76 → 4.33) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (28... c5 29. Qxb5 h6 30. Rce1 f4 31. f3 Kh7 32. Qc6 Rf5 33. Qe8 Qxe8 34. Rxe8) 29. Qxc6 Qg5 30. Qxd5 Qf4 31. g3 Qh6 32. Kg2?! { (5.29 → 4.18) Inaccuracy. Qxf5 was best. } (32. Qxf5 Qf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Rfd1 f5 35. f4 Ba7+ 36. Kh2 Be3 37. Rc2 Re8) 32... f4 33. Qc5?! { (4.36 → 3.26) Inaccuracy. Rc6 was best. } (33. Rc6 g6 34. Qf3 Qg7 35. g4 Ba7 36. Rc2 Qe5 37. Rfc1 Bxf2 38. Rxf2 Kg7) 33... fxg3?? { (3.26 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd6 was best. } (33... Bd6 34. Qd4 Qe6 35. Rce1 Qd7 36. Qe4 b4 37. gxf4 h5 38. Rg1 Bxf4 39. Re2) 34. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0