FEN
[Event "Yearly No Castling Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/7b9Zjo6v"]
[Date "2026.07.10"]
[P1 "DonCroa"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.07.10"]
[UTCTime "10:27:38"]
[P1Elo "1259"]
[P2Elo "1089"]
[P1RatingDiff "+32"]
[P2RatingDiff "-4"]
[P2Title "BOT"]
[Variant "No Castling"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. d4 f5?! { (0.32 → 0.92) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. a3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 { A84 Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation } Qh4? { (0.83 → 2.06) Mistake. The following was best. } (3... Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. e3 Kf7 6. h3 d6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Rg1 Kg8 10. gxf5) 4. Nf3 Qg4? { (1.67 → 3.07) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Qe7 5. h3 Nf6 6. g4 d6 7. gxf5 exf5 8. Bf4 g6 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Kf1) 5. h3 Qh5 6. e3?! { (3.00 → 1.85) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6. Bf4) 6... Nc6? { (1.85 → 3.34) Mistake. The following was best. } (6... Nf6) 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Ne5?! { (3.16 → 1.92) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. Bd2 Qg6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Kd8 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. Nf4 Qe8 14. Ng5 Ne4) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qh4 10. Nf3 Qe4?? { (1.61 → 8.72) Blunder. The following was best. } (10... Qf6 11. g4 Nge7 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Rb1 Kf8 14. h4 b6 15. Bd3 d6 16. Qe2 d5 17. Rg1) 11. Bd3 Qxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf6 13. Ke2 Kf7 14. Rd1 f4 15. exf4 h5 16. Ne5+ Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Qf3+ Ke7?! { (16.68 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (18... Nf6 19. Bg5) 19. Bg5+ Nf6 20. exf6+ gxf6 21. Bxf6+?! { (Mate in 3 → 44.52) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (21. Qxf6+ Kd6 22. Qe7+ Kc6 23. Qc5#) 21... Kf7?! { (44.52 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (21... Ke8 22. Bxh8) 22. Bxh8+ Kg6 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. Qg7# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0