[Event "casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LDQIC107"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "EdwardChan6143Chess"] [Black "ElioTheDog"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "LDQIC107"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "18:24:44"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "3 days per move"] [ECO "C48"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 { C48 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation } 5. Nxe5 Nxb5?! { (-0.27 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (5... Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. d3) 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. d4 d6 9. Nf3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4?! { (0.25 → -0.58) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. c4 Re8) 10... Qxe4+ 11. Be3 Bg4 12. O-O O-O-O?! { (-0.59 → 0.36) Inaccuracy. Bxf3 was best. } (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 d5 15. Rfe1 Kd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Kf1 Rae8 18. Re3) 13. h3? { (0.36 → -0.89) Mistake. d5 was best. } (13. d5 c5 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Kd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Reb1 a5) 13... Bh5? { (-0.89 → 0.30) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 d5 16. Rfb1 Rd6 17. b4 Rf6 18. b5 Be7 19. a4) 14. Qe2? { (0.30 → -1.04) Mistake. d5 was best. } (14. d5 c5 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Be7 18. b4 Bf6 19. Rab1 b6) 14... Be7 15. c4?! { (-0.63 → -1.44) Inaccuracy. Rfe1 was best. } (15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. c3 d5 19. Bd2 Kd7 20. Kg2 a5) 15... Rhe8?! { (-1.44 → -0.68) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (15... d5 16. c5 f5 17. Qd1 Bf6 18. Nd2 Bxd1 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Raxd1 Rd5 21. f3) 16. g4 Bxg4?! { (-0.84 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Bg6 was best. } (16... Bg6 17. Rac1 c5 18. Nd2 Qe6 19. Qf3 f5 20. g5 h6 21. h4 hxg5 22. hxg5) 17. hxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 Bg5? { (0.00 → 1.32) Mistake. Qh5+ was best. } (18... Qh5+ 19. Kg2 Qg4+ 20. Kh1) 19. Rg1?? { (1.32 → -0.34) Blunder. Rae1 was best. } (19. Rae1 Bf6 20. Qd1 d5 21. c5 Re4 22. Rg1 Qf5 23. Rg3 h5 24. a3 Rh8) 19... Qh3+ 20. Nh2 Bxe3 21. fxe3 g6?! { (0.05 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. Rxe3 was best. } (21... Rxe3 22. Qf1 g6 23. Re1 Qxf1 24. Rgxf1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 h5 26. Re7 Rd7 27. Re8+) 22. Rae1 Qd7?! { (0.60 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. Re4 was best. } (22... Re4 23. Rg4 Rde8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. b3 Qg3 26. Qd2 f5 27. Re2 a6 28. Nf1) 23. d5 Re4 24. dxc6?! { (1.29 → 0.50) Inaccuracy. Rg4 was best. } (24. Rg4 Rde8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qd3 Qe7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Nf3 Qe6 29. Kg2 Rxc4) 24... Qxc6 25. Rgf1 Rde8 26. Kg1 f5 27. b3 Qc5 28. Rf3 f4 29. Kf2?! { (0.31 → -0.53) Inaccuracy. Nf1 was best. } (29. Nf1 g5 30. Rh3 Kb8 31. Qd1 fxe3 32. Qe2 d5 33. cxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxe3 Rxe3) 29... Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Qg4+ Kc7 32. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kh3 Qxa2 35. Qxf4 Qxb3+ 36. Kg4 Qd1+ 37. Qf3?? { (-0.57 → -5.39) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (37. Nf3 Qa4 38. Kg3 h5 39. Qe3 a6 40. c5 dxc5 41. Qxc5+ Qc6 42. Qg5 Kb8) 37... Qxf3+ 38. Nxf3 a5 39. Nd4 Kb6 40. Kg5 a4 41. Nc2 Kc5 42. Na3 Kb4 43. Nc2+ Kxc4 44. Na3+ Kb3 45. Nb5 a3 46. Nxd6 a2 47. Nxb7 a1=Q 48. Nc5+ Ka2 49. Ne6?! { (-78.70 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nb7 was best. } (49. Nb7 Qe5+ 50. Kh6 Qh2+ 51. Kg5 Qc7 52. Na5 Qxa5+ 53. Kf4 Kb1 54. Kg4 Qd5) 49... Qe5+ 50. Kh6 Qxe6 51. Kxh7 g5 52. Kg7 g4 53. Kf8 g3 54. Kg7 g2 55. Kf8 Qf6+ 56. Ke8 g1=Q 57. Kd7 Qa7+ 58. Ke8 Qh8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1