FEN
[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/HdPmsCse"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[P2 "LeftCleverGlove"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.30"]
[UTCTime "08:35:11"]
[P1Elo "1023"]
[P2Elo "1323"]
[P1RatingDiff "-2"]
[P2RatingDiff "+10"]
[P1Title "BOT"]
[Variant "Five-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. c4?! { (0.15 → -0.53) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+) 1... e5 2. Nc3 Bb4?! { (-0.22 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack } (2... Nf6 3. Nf3) 3. Qc2? { (0.68 → -0.63) Mistake. The following was best. } (3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 e4 5. e3 c6 6. Nxe7 Nxe7 7. Ne2 d5 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Be2 Nd7) 3... Nf6 4. Qf5?? { (-0.52 → -2.46) Blunder. The following was best. } (4. Nf3 O-O) 4... Qe7?! { (-2.46 → -1.44) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (4... O-O 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Qh5 Nd7 8. e3 Bc5 9. b4 Bd4 10. exd4 exd4 11. Be2) 5. c5?? { (-1.44 → -4.99) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. a3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bg5 d5 8. Bxf6 Bxf5 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Nf3 d4 11. cxd4 Nxd4) 5... g6?! { (-4.99 → -3.73) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5... Nc6 6. e3) 6. Qd3 e4 7. Qc4 Bxc3?? { (-4.10 → -1.20) Blunder. The following was best. } (7... Nc6 8. e3) 8. dxc3?! { (-1.20 → -2.11) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. d4 d6 10. Bg5 e3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Nf3 Re8 13. g3 dxc5 14. Bg2 Ne4) 8... Nc6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6?! { (-1.83 → -2.77) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. Rd1) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxe4?! { (-2.94 → -4.01) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (11. Rd1 d5) 11... d5 12. cxd6?! { (-2.82 → -4.42) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (12. Qf3) 12... Qxd6 13. e3?? { (-2.98 → -6.07) Blunder. The following was best. } (13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. Qe4 Qd6 16. Qd3 Qc5 17. Qe3 Qb5 18. Qc1 Be6 19. b3 Ne5) 13... Rd8 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Bb5? { (-8.47 → Mate in 5) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (15. Qxe5 Qxe5) 15... Qd2+ 16. Kf1 c6? { (Mate in 4 → -9.20) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (16... Qd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 18. Ke2 Bg4+ 19. Qxg4 Re1#) 17. Qxe5? { (-9.20 → Mate in 4) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (17. Be2 Bf5) 17... cxb5?! { (Mate in 4 → -31.90) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (17... Qd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Ke2 Bg4+ 20. Nf3 Bxf3#) 18. Qxb5?! { (-31.90 → Mate in 4) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (18. g4 Bxg4) 18... Qd3+?? { (Mate in 4 → -1.13) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (18... Qd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Ke2 Bg4+ 21. Nf3 Bxf3#) 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Re1? { (-0.98 → -2.61) Mistake. The following was best. } (20. Nf3 Be6) 20... b6? { (-2.61 → -1.43) Mistake. The following was best. } (20... Rd2 21. Nf3) 21. Nf3 Ba6?! { (-1.65 → -0.76) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (21... Bb7) 22. Kg1 Rad8 23. Ne5?? { (-0.32 → Mate in 5) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (23. h4) 23... Rd1 24. Nd3 R8xd3 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Bc4 27. e4 Bxa2 28. Ke2 Rd8 29. b3 Bxb3 30. Ra1 Bc4+ 31. Ke3 Rd3# { P2 gives the fifth check. } 0-1