[Event "Cycle Chess960 Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/E24zE4uM"] [Date "2026.10.22"] [P1 "Fishfinger"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.22"] [UTCTime "14:44:54"] [P1Elo "1637"] [P2Elo "1180"] [P1RatingDiff "+18"] [P2RatingDiff "-2"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nqbbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3? { (0.42 → -0.70) Mistake. The following was best. } (2. e4) 2... Qf4?? { (-0.70 → 1.12) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... e5 3. d3 b5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. c3 Bc7 8. a3 d5 9. exd5) 3. d4 Qe4?! { (1.01 → 1.87) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3... Qc7) 4. dxc5 e6? { (1.59 → 2.95) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Nf6 5. Qb2) 5. c4?? { (2.95 → -15.15) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. O-O Nf6) 5... Qxb1 6. Be3 Qxa1 7. a4 f5 8. O-O Kf7 9. Bd4 Qc1 10. Ne5+ Kf6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nd3+ Kf5?? { (-8.54 → -2.69) Blunder. The following was best. } (12... e5) 13. Nxc1 Kf4?? { (-2.47 → 2.03) Blunder. The following was best. } (13... Nf6) 14. Bxg7 Bf6 15. Bxh8 Bxh8 16. Bc2 Bc3?? { (2.32 → 10.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (16... Nf6 17. f3) 17. Rxe4+? { (10.00 → 4.21) Mistake. The following was best. } (17. Ne2+ Ke5) 17... Kf5? { (4.21 → 9.05) Mistake. The following was best. } (17... Kg5) 18. Ne2? { (9.05 → 4.80) Mistake. The following was best. } (18. Re3+) 18... Bf6?? { (4.80 → Mate in 4) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (18... Bb4 19. Rf4+) 19. Ng3+? { (Mate in 4 → 7.38) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (19. Re5+ Kg4 20. f3+ Kh4 21. g3+ Kh3 22. Nf4#) 19... Kg6 20. Rg4+ Kf7 21. Re1? { (6.71 → 3.97) Mistake. The following was best. } (21. Bxh7) 21... Nh6 22. Rf4 Nf5?! { (5.08 → 8.99) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (22... Ke7 23. Ne4) 23. Nxf5?! { (8.99 → 6.03) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Nxf5 Kd8 26. Nd6 Be7 27. Rg4 Kc7 28. Rg8 Bxd6 29. cxd6+ Kxd6) 23... Rg8?! { (6.03 → 12.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (23... exf5 24. Rxe8) 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 26. Rxf6 Nc7 27. Rh6 Kf7 28. Rxh7+ Kf6 29. Re3 e5?! { (23.10 → Mate in 4) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (29... d5 30. Rxc7) 30. Rhh3?! { (Mate in 4 → 16.85) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (30. Rf3+ Ke6 31. Be4 b6 32. Rhf7 bxc5 33. R3f6#) 30... d6 31. Rhf3+ Kg5 32. h3 dxc5?! { (19.39 → Mate in 4) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (32... e4 33. Rf8) 33. Rxe5+ Kh4 34. Rxc5 Bxh3 35. Rxh3+ Kg4 36. Rxc7 Kf4 37. Rxb7 a6 38. Ra7 a5 39. Rxa5 Kg4 40. Rf3 Kh4 41. Ra8 Kg4 42. Rg8+ Kh4 43. Rh3# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0