FEN
[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/Jo7WjgS7"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[P1 "LeftCleverGlove"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.30"]
[UTCTime "08:16:56"]
[P1Elo "1376"]
[P2Elo "1032"]
[P1RatingDiff "+12"]
[P2RatingDiff "-2"]
[P2Title "BOT"]
[Variant "Five-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. e4 e5?! { (0.44 → 1.16) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3) 2. Bc4? { (1.16 → -0.16) Mistake. The following was best. } (2. d4 d5) 2... Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Bxf7+?? { (0.17 → -2.01) Blunder. The following was best. } (3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nxe4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe4 d5 7. c3 Be7) 3... Ke7?? { (-2.01 → 5.76) Blunder. The following was best. } (3... Kxf7 4. d4 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Kg8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1) 4. Nc3?? { (5.76 → -0.76) Blunder. The following was best. } (4. Bb3 Qe8 5. Nf3 Kd8 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. a4 h5) 4... Kxf7 5. d3? { (-0.33 → -1.57) Mistake. The following was best. } (5. d4 Nc6) 5... g6?? { (-1.57 → 1.06) Blunder. The following was best. } (5... Kg8 6. Bg5) 6. Bg5? { (1.06 → -0.44) Mistake. The following was best. } (6. Nf3 Kg8) 6... d5?? { (-0.44 → 2.69) Blunder. The following was best. } (6... Bg7 7. f4) 7. Nxd5?? { (2.69 → -0.37) Blunder. The following was best. } (7. Nf3 h6) 7... Bb4+?? { (-0.37 → 4.42) Blunder. The following was best. } (7... Be7 8. Nxe7) 8. Nxb4 Qd4?! { (4.85 → 7.18) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8... h6 9. Bxf6) 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qf3+ Ke8 11. exd5 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 13. Rd1?! { (10.39 → 5.57) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. d4 e4 17. O-O Rf8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Ne5 h6) 13... Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2?? { (19.34 → 1.47) Blunder. The following was best. } (15. Rxd2) 15... Bf5?? { (1.47 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (15... Rf8 16. Qe2) 16. Qe3?! { (Mate in 8 → 10.33) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (16. Re1 Nd7 17. Rxe5+ Nxe5 18. Qe3 Kf7 19. Qxe5 Kg8 20. Nf3 a6 21. Re1 c6 22. Qe8+ Rxe8) 16... Kf7?! { (10.33 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (16... Nd7 17. Nf3) 17. Qxe5 Bxd3 18. Qxc7+ Kf6 19. Qd6+ Kg5 20. Qxg6# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0