[Event "Wildcard Chess960 Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/NECuEkly"] [Date "2026.09.26"] [P1 "kumsangir"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.26"] [UTCTime "07:06:46"] [P1Elo "1461"] [P2Elo "1176"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rkrqnnbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKRQNNBB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 g5 2. d4 c6? { (0.20 → 1.47) Mistake. The following was best. } (2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Ne3 Qe4 5. Qd3 Nd6 6. Qxe4 Nxe4 7. c3 h6 8. Rc2 Re8 9. O-O-O) 3. c4? { (1.47 → 0.25) Mistake. The following was best. } (3. g3 e5) 3... Qa5?! { (0.25 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3... h5 4. a3) 4. Ne3 Ne6 5. Nf3?? { (0.81 → -1.29) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. Nf5 Nd6) 5... g4?! { (-1.29 → -0.44) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5... h5) 6. Ne5?! { (-0.44 → -1.28) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6. Nxg4 h5) 6... Bxe5?! { (-1.28 → -0.37) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6... Nxd4 7. f4 Bxe5 8. fxe5 Qxe5 9. g3 c5 10. Nxg4 Qg7 11. b4 d6 12. Ne3 e5 13. Nf5) 7. dxe5 Qxe5 8. g3?! { (-0.82 → -1.67) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. Qxg4 Nf6 9. Qf5 Qxe4+ 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. f4 h5 12. Re1 Bh7 13. f5 Nd6 14. O-O-O Nxf5) 8... Kc7?? { (-1.67 → 1.97) Blunder. The following was best. } (8... h5 9. Nf5 Bh7 10. f4 gxf3 11. Qxf3 Nf6 12. Qc3 Qxc3 13. Rxc3 Re8 14. O-O-O Kc7 15. h4) 9. Nxg4 Qg5?! { (1.87 → 2.75) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... Qg7 10. f4 b6 11. Ne3 f6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rc3 Nc5 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Nd4) 10. h3?! { (2.75 → 1.79) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. f4 Qg7 11. a4 f6 12. a5 Nd6 13. Ne3 b6 14. b4 Rcb8 15. a6 b5 16. c5 Nc4) 10... Rd8?! { (1.79 → 2.76) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... Qh5 11. f4) 11. f4 Qa5?? { (2.70 → 6.48) Blunder. The following was best. } (11... Qg7) 12. a3? { (6.48 → 3.82) Mistake. The following was best. } (12. Nh6 N8g7 13. f5 Nc5 14. a3 Na4 15. Be3 b5 16. b4 Qa6 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Bf3 Nb6) 12... d6?! { (3.82 → 5.75) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (12... f6 13. Ne3) 13. b4?! { (5.75 → 3.88) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (13. f5 N6g7 14. Bf3 c5 15. b4 Qa6 16. Ne3 f6 17. Nd5+ Bxd5 18. cxd5 b6 19. Be2 Qb7) 13... Qh5 14. Nf2?? { (3.67 → 0.93) Blunder. The following was best. } (14. f5) 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nf6 16. Kb2 Rf8? { (0.59 → 1.75) Mistake. The following was best. } (16... a5 17. f5 Nf8 18. b5 N6d7 19. Ng4 f6 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxb6+ Kxb6 23. c5+) 17. Rac1?! { (1.75 → 0.99) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (17. f5 Ng7) 17... Nd7 18. Ng4?! { (1.20 → 0.26) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (18. Nd3 f6 19. c5 Rfd8 20. cxd6+ exd6 21. b5 Nec5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bf3 c4 24. bxc6 bxc6) 18... f5? { (0.26 → 1.50) Mistake. The following was best. } (18... a5 19. e5 axb4 20. axb4 Ng7 21. exd6+ exd6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. Bxc5 f6 25. Bxf8) 19. Ne3?! { (1.50 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (19. Nh6 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf6 21. Ng4 Rff8 22. Re1 a5 23. Nh6 Rf6 24. Nxg8 Rxg8 25. Rc3 h5) 19... fxe4 20. Bxe4 a5?! { (0.82 → 1.88) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (20... h5 21. f5 Ng5 22. Bg2 a5 23. b5 Rf7 24. Rc2 Rg7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh7 27. Ka1) 21. Nf5?? { (1.88 → 0.00) Blunder. The following was best. } (21. Nd5+) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Bf7? { (-0.40 → 0.78) Mistake. The following was best. } (22... Ra4 23. Kc3) 23. Nxe7 Bh5?? { (0.67 → 3.05) Blunder. The following was best. } (23... Ng7) 24. Rd2? { (3.05 → 1.79) Mistake. The following was best. } (24. Re1 Rfe8) 24... d5?? { (1.79 → 8.53) Blunder. The following was best. } (24... Ng7) 25. cxd5 Ng7 26. dxc6 Nf6?! { (14.85 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (26... Kd8 27. Rxd7+) 27. cxb7+ Kb8 28. Nc6+ Kxb7 29. Na5+ Kb8 30. Bxa8?! { (Mate in 6 → 13.68) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (30. Rd6 Ra6 31. Rxa6 Nxe4 32. Ba7+ Ka8 33. Bd4+ Kb8 34. Be5+ Nd6 35. Bxd6#) 30... Kxa8 31. Rc7 Nf5?! { (13.12 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (31... Bf3 32. Rdc2) 32. Ra7+ Kb8 33. Nc6+ Kc8 34. Ra8+?! { (Mate in 3 → 12.76) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (34. Bb6 Nd5 35. Rxd5 Nxg3 36. Rc7#) 34... Kb7 35. Rxf8 Kxc6?! { (16.23 → Mate in 9) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (35... Ne4 36. Nd8+) 36. Rxf6+ Nd6 37. Bc5 Bg4 38. Rdxd6+ Kb5 39. hxg4 Kc4 40. Rd4+ Kb5 41. Rf5 Kc6 42. Bf8 Kc7 43. Re4 Kb6 44. Re6+ Kc7 45. Rf7+ Kd8 46. Bh6 Kc8 47. Re8# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0