[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/OCh6eBUZ"] [Date "2026.11.10"] [P1 "on"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.11.10"] [UTCTime "08:21:43"] [P1Elo "1530"] [P2Elo "1107"] [P1RatingDiff "+7"] [P2RatingDiff "-2"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 d5?! { (0.06 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 h5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3) 2. exd5 Qxd5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation } 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Qe2?! { (1.30 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (4. Be2 Nf6 5. d4 Qa5 6. Kf1 h5 7. a3 c6 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. h4 e6 10. g3 Be7) 4... Qxe2+ 5. Bxe2 e5 6. Nf3 e4? { (0.69 → 1.91) Mistake. The following was best. } (6... Nc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nb5 Bd6 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Bb5 Kd7 12. Nxd4 Re8+ 13. Kd2) 7. Nxe4 Bb4 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 Bg4?! { (2.38 → 3.23) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... Bf5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Kd2 Rb8 15. Rae1 Kf8 16. h4) 10. Bf4 Bxf3?! { (2.81 → 3.69) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... c6) 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc7 Kd7 13. Bf4 Bh4? { (3.46 → 7.30) Mistake. The following was best. } (13... f5 14. Nc5+ Bxc5 15. dxc5 Re8+ 16. Kd2 Nf6 17. Rhe1 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Kc2 Kc8 20. g3) 14. Nc5+ Ke7 15. Nxb7 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nf6 17. Bd6+ Kd7 18. Bc5 Rhe8+ 19. Kd2 Bxf2 20. Nd6 Be3+ 21. Kd3 Bxd4 22. Kxd4 Reb8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rhe1 Rb8 25. Nxf7 Rxb2 26. Re7+ Kc6?! { (20.61 → Mate in 3) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (26... Kc8 27. Nd6+) 27. Ne5+ Kb5 28. Rb7+ Ka4 29. Rxb2 a6 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Rb4+ Ka3 32. Rc4+ Kb2 33. Rac1 Kxa2 34. Rb4 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 Ka3 36. Kc4 g5 37. Ra5# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0