[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/4MZxgUzM"] [Date "2026.10.14"] [P1 "woll"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.14"] [UTCTime "14:10:11"] [P1Elo "1743"] [P2Elo "957"] [P1RatingDiff "+0"] [P2RatingDiff "-1"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "Five-check"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. a3 Qg5?? { (0.23 → 2.07) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. c5 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Nc3 f5 9. O-O) 3. Nf3 Qg4 4. h3 Qe4? { (2.25 → 4.20) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Qg6 5. Nc3) 5. c4?! { (4.20 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. Nc3 Qc6 6. d4 Qb6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b4 d5 11. b5 a6) 5... Bc5? { (2.77 → 5.32) Mistake. The following was best. } (5... b5 6. Nc3) 6. Nc3 Qf5?! { (5.28 → 7.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6... Qg6 7. d4) 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. d4 Be7 10. Nb5 Kd8 11. Bd3 Qh5 12. e4 b6 13. Bf4 d6 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Be4 Bd6 17. exd6 cxd6?! { (41.77 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (17... Ke8 18. dxc7) 18. Nxd6?! { (Mate in 7 → 45.16) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (18. Qxd6 Nge7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Rfd1+ Nd5 21. Ne5+ Qxe5 22. Rxd5+ Qxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. dxe6#) 18... Ke7?! { (45.16 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (18... Nf6 19. Bxc6) 19. Nb5?! { (Mate in 7 → 39.22) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (19. Nf5+ Kf8 20. Bd6+ Nge7 21. Bxe7+ Nxe7 22. Qxd7 exf5 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Ne5 fxe4 25. Ng6#) 19... Kf6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd4+ Ke7 22. Bd6+ Ke8 23. Nc7+ Kd7 24. Bg3+ Qd5 25. Ne5# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0