[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/McN8gmiR"] [Date "2026.11.10"] [P1 "on"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.11.10"] [UTCTime "08:29:16"] [P1Elo "1537"] [P2Elo "1105"] [P1RatingDiff "+7"] [P2RatingDiff "-1"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation } Qh4? { (0.37 → 1.46) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Be7 5. Nc3 Kf8 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Kf1 c6 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. a3 h6 11. Be3) 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Ndb5?! { (1.97 → 1.23) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7. Kf1 Kf8 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 Na6 11. h4 Bg4 12. h5 Bxh5 13. Nd5 Qa4) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3? { (1.38 → 0.21) Mistake. The following was best. } (8. Nxc3 Be6 9. g3 Qe7 10. f3 Bxc4 11. Qd4 Nf6 12. Qxc4 h6 13. Kf2 Kf8 14. Nd5 Nxd5) 8... Qxe4+ 9. Be2 Qxg2?? { (0.01 → 6.92) Blunder. The following was best. } (9... Kd8) 10. Bf3 Qh3 11. Nxc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 Qe6+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nf6 15. Bg5 Bh3 16. Nc7 Nc6 17. Nd5+ Kd7 18. Nxf6+ Ke7 19. Nd5+ Kd7 20. Bb5 Re8+ 21. Kd2 f6 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Nxe8+ Kxe8 24. Rhe1+ Kf7?! { (21.29 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (24... Kf8 25. Bh6+) 25. Bc4+ Kg7 26. Rab1 b6 27. Bd5?! { (Mate in 7 → 20.53) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (27. Re8 d5 28. Bxd5 Be6 29. Bxe6 h5 30. Rg8+ Kh7 31. Bf6 g5 32. Bf7 Kh6 33. Rh8#) 27... Na5?! { (20.53 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (27... Bd7 28. Be7) 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Rbe1 Nc4+ 30. Bxc4 d5 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Bxd5+ Be6 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34. Bg7# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0