[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/0p2jj72d"] [Date "2026.11.02"] [P1 "Omnidextra"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.11.02"] [UTCTime "14:32:27"] [P1Elo "1570"] [P2Elo "1151"] [P1RatingDiff "+17"] [P2RatingDiff "-2"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Italian Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 { C50 Italian Game } d5? { (0.29 → 1.72) Mistake. The following was best. } (3... Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 h6 8. Kf2) 4. Bxd5 Nb4?! { (1.66 → 2.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (4... Nge7) 5. Bxf7+?? { (2.30 → -0.44) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. Bc4 Nc6) 5... Kxf7 6. Nxe5+ Ke6?? { (-0.76 → 1.07) Blunder. The following was best. } (6... Ke8 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nf3 Ng6 9. a3 Nc6 10. d4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be3) 7. d4?? { (1.07 → -2.54) Blunder. The following was best. } (7. Nf3 Kf7 8. d4 Nf6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qd3 h6 11. Nc3 Kg8 12. Qc4+ Kh7 13. d5 Ne7) 7... Qh4?? { (-2.54 → 3.48) Blunder. The following was best. } (7... Qxd4 8. Nf3) 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. g3 Qh3?? { (2.62 → 6.56) Blunder. The following was best. } (9... Qh5 10. g4) 10. Bf4?? { (6.56 → 1.23) Blunder. The following was best. } (10. Ne2 Nh5) 10... Bd6 11. d5+?? { (1.83 → -1.37) Blunder. The following was best. } (11. Qe2 Ke7) 11... Ke7 12. Qf3?? { (-0.63 → -3.76) Blunder. The following was best. } (12. a3) 12... Nxc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. Rxa1? { (-3.67 → -6.54) Mistake. The following was best. } (14. Nd3 Bg4) 14... Qxh2?? { (-6.54 → 3.99) Blunder. The following was best. } (14... g5) 15. Rh1 Nxe4+? { (4.13 → 13.92) Mistake. The following was best. } (15... Qxh1 16. Qxh1) 16. Nxe4 Bb4+ 17. Kc2 Qxh1?! { (20.92 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (17... Rf8 18. Rxh2) 18. Qxh1?! { (Mate in 2 → 11.83) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Qf7#) 18... Bf5 19. Bg5+ Ke8 20. Kb3 Bxe4?! { (10.38 → Mate in 5) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20... Be7 21. g4) 21. Qxe4 Bc5 22. Nd3+ Kf7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Nxc5 Rd8 25. Be7+ Ke8 26. Bf6+ Kf8 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Qxg7# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0