[Event "rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HIqCaBOd"] [Date "2026.02.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Just_Mwangi"] [Black "DONTEH"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "HIqCaBOd"] [UTCDate "2026.02.06"] [UTCTime "12:29:08"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1385"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+196"] [BlackRatingDiff "-132"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2 days per move"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Mikenas Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nc6 { A40 Mikenas Defense } 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qd2?! { (0.29 → -0.26) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } (5. Bb5 Qd6 6. Ne5 Nd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 e6) 5... Nb4 6. Bd3 Nxd3+ 7. cxd3 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. e4?! { (-0.39 → -1.17) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (9. a3 Be7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rfe1 Nd7) 9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4?? { (-1.00 → 3.59) Blunder. Bxc3+ was best. } (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Ne5 Qa4 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3) 11. Qc4?? { (3.59 → -1.71) Blunder. Qb5+ was best. } (11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxb4 a5 13. Qc4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb5 15. a4 Qa6 16. Be3 O-O) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxb4 Nd5 13. Qxb7 Nb6? { (-1.05 → 0.09) Mistake. O-O was best. } (13... O-O 14. O-O Qd6 15. Qb3 Rfb8 16. Qa4 Be4 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Rfc1) 14. Qc6+ Nd7 15. b3 O-O 16. Ba3 Re8 17. h4? { (0.05 → -1.28) Mistake. Rc1 was best. } (17. Rc1 e5 18. O-O e4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qd2 21. Rc2 Qd3 22. Rc3) 17... Rb8? { (-1.28 → -0.10) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (17... Nf6 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. O-O Bg4 20. Ne5 Qxh4 21. Rfe1 Bh5 22. Rc4 Rad8 23. Ra4) 18. h5?! { (-0.10 → -1.08) Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best. } (18. Rc1 Rc8 19. O-O Nf6 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Rc5 a6 22. Ra5 Bd3 23. Qc1 Bg6) 18... Rb6 19. Qc4 Be4 20. h6 g6? { (-1.43 → -0.22) Mistake. e5 was best. } (20... e5 21. d5 Bd3 22. Qh4 Qc8 23. hxg7 Qa6 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. bxa4 Nf6 26. Kd2) 21. Qc3?! { (-0.22 → -0.77) Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best. } (21. Rc1 Rc6 22. Qe2 e5 23. O-O exd4 24. Rfe1 Nf6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Qd3 Bxf3) 21... e5 22. Nxe5?? { (-0.41 → -3.07) Blunder. Kf1 was best. } (22. Kf1 Rc6 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 exd4 25. Qxd4 Ne5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Kg2 Nd3) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rb5?? { (-2.01 → 2.96) Blunder. Bxg2 was best. } (23... Bxg2 24. Rh2 Qg5 25. Bc1 Qg4 26. Be3 Rc6 27. Qd4 Be4 28. f4 Qg3+ 29. Rf2) 24. e6 Rxe6?? { (2.41 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (24... f6 25. e7 Qd5 26. Qxf6 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rh4 Bxg2 29. Rf4+ Rf5 30. Rxf5+) 25. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0