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[Event "Yearly No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/395S2sPN"] [Date "2026.07.10"] [P1 "GeoWhizzzz"] [P2 "DonCroa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.10"] [UTCTime "10:18:32"] [P1Elo "1500"] [P2Elo "1322"] [P1RatingDiff "+167"] [P2RatingDiff "-63"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A53"] [Opening "Old Indian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 { A53 Old Indian Defense } 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3?! { (1.37 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. dxc5 dxc5) 5... Nc6 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 g6?! { (1.21 → 1.86) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8... Be7 9. b3 Kf8 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Kf1 Bd7 13. Bf3 a6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Kg2) 9. e4?! { (1.86 → 1.00) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9. Bg5) 9... Bg7?! { (1.00 → 1.68) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... e5) 10. Qd3?! { (1.68 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. Nb5 e5) 10... Bd7 11. Be3?! { (0.99 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (11. f3 Bc6) 11... Bc6?! { (0.22 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (11... Ng4 12. Bd4 e5 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 h5 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. h4 Be6 17. Kf1 Bxc4+ 18. Kg1) 12. f3 d5? { (1.00 → 2.69) Mistake. The following was best. } (12... h5 13. Rd1 a6 14. Kf2 h4 15. g4 Nd7 16. Qxd6 h3 17. Bf1 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Ne5 19. Be2) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5?? { (2.31 → 0.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (14. e5 Ng8) 14... Nxd5 15. Kf2? { (0.15 → -1.15) Mistake. The following was best. } (15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qa3 Qe5 17. Rb1 f5 18. Kf2 Kf7 19. f4 Qe6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rhe1 Rhe8) 15... Nxc3 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rac1 Bg7?? { (-1.61 → 0.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (18... Bd2 19. Rcd1 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 h5 21. Rc1 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Bf1) 19. Rhd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 f5 21. Bxa7 Kf7 22. f4 Ra8 23. Bxc6 bxc6?! { (0.00 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (23... Rxa7 24. Bd5+ Ke7 25. Bb3 b6 26. Rd3 Rc7 27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Ba4 Ra3 29. Bb3 Bc3 30. Rd3) 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rc7?? { (0.30 → -3.48) Blunder. The following was best. } (25. Ke3 c5) 25... Bf8?? { (-3.48 → 1.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (25... Rxa7 26. Rxc6 Rxa2+ 27. Kg1 Bf8 28. h3 Rd2 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. h4 Bd6 31. Ke1 Rd4 32. Kf2) 26. a4?? { (1.00 → -3.46) Blunder. The following was best. } (26. Ke2 Bb4 27. a4 h6 28. Rb7 g5 29. Rb8+ Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Ba5 31. Kd3 Kf7 32. Kc4 Ke6) 26... c5?? { (-3.46 → 2.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (26... Rxa7 27. Rxc6 Rxa4 28. h4 Ra2+ 29. Kg1 Kf7 30. Rc7+ Be7 31. Rc6 Ra3 32. Kg2 Re3 33. Ra6) 27. Bxc5?? { (2.00 → 0.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (27. a5) 27... Rxa4?? { (0.00 → 3.23) Blunder. The following was best. } (27... Bxc5+ 28. Rxc5 Rxa4 29. h3 h5 30. Rc1 h4 31. gxh4 Rxf4+ 32. Kg3 Ra4 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rc5) 28. Bxf8?? { (3.23 → 0.32) Blunder. The following was best. } (28. Rc8) 28... Kxf8 29. Rxh7 Kg8 30. Rh4 Kg7 31. g4 Kf6 32. g5+ Kg7 33. Ke3 Ra3+ 34. Kd4 Ra4+ 35. Kd5 Ra5+ 36. Kc4 Ra4+ 37. Kb5 Ra3 38. Kb4 Re3 39. Kc5 Re4 40. Kd5 Kf7 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rh6 Kg7 43. Rh4 Re2 44. Rh3 Re4 45. Rf3 Re2 46. h3 Re1 47. Kd4 Re2 48. Re3 Rf2 49. Ke5 Rh2 50. Ke6 Ra2 51. Rd3 Ra6+?? { (0.22 → 3.97) Blunder. The following was best. } (51... Re2+ 52. Kd5 Re8 53. Ra3 Rd8+ 54. Kc5 Rc8+ 55. Kd4 Rd8+ 56. Ke3 Re8+ 57. Kf2 Re4 58. Kf3) 52. Rd6 Ra3?! { (4.20 → 5.92) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (52... Ra4 53. Rd7+ Kf8 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Re7 Rxf4 56. Kf6 Re4 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rxg6 Ra4 59. Kxf5) 53. Rd7+ Kf8 54. Rh7?? { (6.16 → 0.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (54. Rf7+) 54... Ra6+ 55. Ke5 Kg8?? { (0.00 → 5.54) Blunder. The following was best. } (55... Ra5+ 56. Kd6 Ra6+ 57. Kc5 Ra4 58. Rh8+ Kf7 59. Kd5 Rxf4 60. Rh7+ Kg8 61. Rd7 Re4 62. Rb7) 56. Rd7 Ra3?! { (4.52 → 6.45) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (56... Ra5+ 57. Ke6) 57. h4?? { (6.45 → 2.80) Blunder. The following was best. } (57. Re7) 57... Rh3?? { (2.80 → 15.12) Blunder. The following was best. } (57... Kf8 58. h5 Ra5+ 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 60. Kc5 gxh5 61. Kd5 Kg8 62. Ke5 h4 63. Rd3 Kg7 64. Kxf5) 58. Kf6 Rxh4 59. Kxg6 Rxf4?! { (61.21 → Mate in 1) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (59... Kf8 60. Kxf5) 60. Rd8# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0