FEN
[Event "Five-check Shield Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/FwISHk5S"]
[Date "2026.05.28"]
[P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[P2 "absolum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.28"]
[UTCTime "12:28:36"]
[P1Elo "1091"]
[P2Elo "1782"]
[P1RatingDiff "+0"]
[P2RatingDiff "+1"]
[P1Title "BOT"]
[Variant "Five-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Horwitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd2?? { (0.44 → -1.15) Blunder. The following was best. } (2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5) 2... Nf6 3. Qc3 Ne4 4. Qa5?? { (-1.79 → -9.08) Blunder. The following was best. } (4. Qf3 d5) 4... b6?? { (-9.08 → -2.07) Blunder. The following was best. } (4... Nc6) 5. Qh5 Bb4+?! { (-2.14 → -1.29) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5... Nc6 6. c3) 6. c3 Bxc3+?? { (-1.47 → 3.38) Blunder. The following was best. } (6... Be7 7. Bf4) 7. bxc3 Qf6 8. Nf3 c5?! { (2.76 → 3.75) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8... Ba6 9. Nbd2 Nxc3 10. e3 Bxf1 11. Nxf1 Nc6 12. Ng3 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. O-O f6 15. Bd2) 9. e3 cxd4?! { (3.53 → 5.10) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bxf1 12. Nxf1 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. Nd2 d6 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Rb1) 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Bxe4? { (5.42 → 3.30) Mistake. The following was best. } (12. O-O O-O) 12... dxe4 13. Qb5?? { (3.15 → 1.27) Blunder. The following was best. } (13. Ng5 Qf5 14. g4 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Nd2 e3 17. fxe3 Bb7 18. O-O Rh4 19. Rf4 e5) 13... exf3?? { (1.27 → 15.46) Blunder. The following was best. } (13... Bd7) 14. Qxc6+ Bd7?! { (14.52 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (14... Kd8 15. Qxa8) 15. Qxa8+ Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bg5+ Kc8 18. gxf3?! { (Mate in 5 → 33.74) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (18. Nd2 Kb7 19. Nc4 Ka6 20. Rb1 Bb5 21. Rxb5 Kxb5 22. Nd6#) 18... f6 19. Bf4 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bxe5?! { (Mate in 5 → 40.81) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (21. Na3 exf4 22. O-O-O Re8 23. Rxd7 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Kxd7 25. Rd1#) 21... Re8 22. Kd2 Rxe5?! { (36.12 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (22... Kb7 23. Na3) 23. Na3?! { (Mate in 8 → 29.32) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (23. Re1 Rd5+ 24. Kc1 Kb7 25. Na3 Rc5 26. Nb5 Rxc3+ 27. Nxc3 Ka6 28. Re7 g6 29. Rxd7 b5) 23... Rd5+ 24. Ke3?? { (32.58 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (24. Kc1) 24... Re5+ 25. Kd3 Rd5# { P2 gives the fifth check. } 0-1