FEN
[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/7sNBAgSv"]
[Date "2026.10.04"]
[P1 "Vothimytien"]
[P2 "horstaut63"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.10.04"]
[UTCTime "08:21:04"]
[P1Elo "1475"]
[P2Elo "1321"]
[P1RatingDiff "+64"]
[P2RatingDiff "-39"]
[Variant "Five-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3?! { (0.39 → -0.12) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } (2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O) 2... Bb4?? { (-0.12 → 2.54) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5) 3. Nf3?! { (2.54 → 1.82) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3. e5) 3... Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Ng5?? { (1.76 → -0.68) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. e5 Nd5 6. O-O Nf4 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Ng6 10. Ne4 d5 11. Bg5 Be7) 5... h6?! { (-0.68 → -0.13) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5... d5 6. a3) 6. Nxf7? { (-0.13 → -1.37) Mistake. The following was best. } (6. Nf3) 6... Kxf7 7. Bh5+?? { (-0.89 → -2.66) Blunder. The following was best. } (7. d4 d6) 7... Kf8?! { (-2.66 → -1.84) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7... Kg8) 8. O-O Nxh5 9. Qxh5 Qf6 10. a3?! { (-0.84 → -1.59) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. Nb5 g6) 10... Bxc3 11. Qc5+?! { (-1.79 → -2.74) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (11. bxc3) 11... d6 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. dxc3 Kg8 14. Re1?! { (-2.95 → -4.04) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (14. Bd2) 14... Kh7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Re3 Rhf8 18. Rg3 g6 19. Re1 Rf7?? { (-4.22 → 1.73) Blunder. The following was best. } (19... Rf6 20. Rge3) 20. Bxh6 Kg8?? { (1.98 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20... Rf4 21. Ree3) 21. Rxg6+ Kh7 22. Re3 Kxg6 23. Rg3+ Kh7 24. Rg7# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0