FEN
[Event "Wildcard Five-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/LlM5iUyD"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[P1 "ganelon"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.29"]
[UTCTime "01:47:56"]
[P1Elo "1189"]
[P2Elo "1038"]
[P1RatingDiff "+32"]
[P2RatingDiff "-4"]
[P2Title "BOT"]
[Variant "Five-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Qh5?? { (0.44 → -1.58) Blunder. The following was best. } (2. c4 Nf6) 2... g6?! { (-1.58 → -0.82) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (2... Nf6 3. Qd1 d5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5) 3. Qf3?! { (-0.82 → -1.56) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3. Qd1 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Ne4) 3... f5 4. Ne2 Qh4? { (-1.45 → -0.08) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Nf6 5. Nf4) 5. g3 Qc4?? { (-0.46 → 1.91) Blunder. The following was best. } (5... Qe7) 6. Nbc3?! { (1.91 → 1.23) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6. b3 Qc6) 6... Nf6 7. Nf4 Qb4 8. a3?! { (0.69 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. d4 d5 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Bh6 11. h4 c5 12. Kb1 Nc6 13. Qg2 Bd7 14. f3 O-O) 8... Qb6? { (-0.08 → 1.13) Mistake. The following was best. } (8... Qe7) 9. Bb5?? { (1.13 → -0.84) Blunder. The following was best. } (9. b4) 9... Kf7?? { (-0.84 → 1.45) Blunder. The following was best. } (9... c6 10. Be2) 10. b3?! { (1.45 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. Be2 d5) 10... Be7? { (0.70 → 2.09) Mistake. The following was best. } (10... c6 11. Be2 d5 12. d4 Nbd7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nd3 Re8 15. Bb2 Kg8 16. Qg2 e5 17. dxe5) 11. Bb2 h5?? { (2.46 → 5.02) Blunder. The following was best. } (11... c6 12. Bd3) 12. h3?! { (5.02 → 3.58) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (12. Bc4 Qc6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxh8 d5 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. f3 e5) 12... h4?? { (3.58 → 11.76) Blunder. The following was best. } (12... Nc6 13. g4) 13. O-O-O?! { (11.76 → 6.36) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (13. g4 Nc6 14. Nxg6 Rg8 15. gxf5 Ke8 16. Bd3 Qc5 17. Nb5 Rxg6 18. fxg6 Ne5 19. Qf4 d6) 13... hxg3?! { (6.36 → 18.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (13... g5 14. Rhg1) 14. fxg3 a5 15. a4 Bb4 16. h4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc5 18. h5 Qa3+ 19. Bb2 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 g5 21. Ng6 Rh6 22. Ne5+ Kg7 23. g4 d6 24. Nc4 d5 25. Ne5 c6 26. Bd3 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Ra7 29. e4 dxe4?! { (22.15 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (29... d4 30. Qf2) 30. Qc3?! { (Mate in 8 → 31.51) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (30. Qe3 Kh7 31. Qxa7+ Nbd7 32. Bxd7 Bxd7 33. Nxd7 Ne8 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qa8 Rxf6 36. Qxe8+ Rf8) 30... Bd7 31. Bxd7 Nbxd7?! { (28.92 → Mate in 9) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (31... Rxd7 32. Qc8) 32. Nxd7?! { (Mate in 9 → 30.86) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (32. Qe3 f4 33. Qxa7 a4 34. Nxd7 a3+ 35. Qxa3 Ng8 36. Qf8+ Kh8 37. Ne5 Rf6 38. Qxf6+ Nxf6) 32... e5?! { (30.86 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (32... Rxd7 33. gxf5) 33. Nxe5?! { (Mate in 8 → 47.10) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (33. Qe3 Kh8 34. Qxa7 a4 35. Qb8+ Ng8 36. Nf8 a3+ 37. Ka2 e3 38. Qxe5+ Rf6 39. Qxf6+ Nxf6) 33... Re7 34. Nc6 Kh7?! { (47.28 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (34... Rb7 35. Nd4) 35. Nxe7 fxg4 36. Qc7 Nd7 37. Nf5 Kh8 38. Nxh6 Nc5 39. Qxc5 Kh7 40. Qc7+ Kxh6 41. Qc6+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. Qc8# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0