[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/UH9GSHYL"] [Date "2026.10.14"] [P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [P2 "woll"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.14"] [UTCTime "14:13:21"] [P1Elo "956"] [P2Elo "1743"] [P1RatingDiff "+0"] [P2RatingDiff "+1"] [P1Title "BOT"] [Variant "Five-check"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense } 2. Qg4? { (0.39 → -0.85) Mistake. The following was best. } (2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O) 2... a6? { (-0.85 → 0.46) Mistake. The following was best. } (2... Nc6 3. Nf3) 3. e5?! { (0.46 → -0.53) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nh6 5. Qf4 d4 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 f5) 3... Nc6?! { (-0.53 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3... c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Be2 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Qf4 d6 9. Qe4 Qd5 10. Bd3) 4. Nc3? { (0.22 → -1.21) Mistake. The following was best. } (4. d4 f5 5. Qf4 Nge7 6. Qh4 Nd5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. Nf3 Bb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. h4 O-O) 4... Nh6 5. Qe4? { (-0.92 → -2.46) Mistake. The following was best. } (5. Qd1) 5... b6?? { (-2.46 → 0.30) Blunder. The following was best. } (5... d5) 6. g3?? { (0.30 → -2.40) Blunder. The following was best. } (6. d4 f5) 6... Bb7?! { (-2.40 → -1.80) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6... Nf5 7. g4 Nfd4 8. Nge2 f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qf3 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxe6+ dxe6 13. Bg2) 7. b3?? { (-1.80 → -6.62) Blunder. The following was best. } (7. d4 f5) 7... Rb8 8. Bb2 Nb4 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Qf4 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bxa1 Bxh1 13. Be2 Be7 14. Qc4 O-O 15. Qxa6 d6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Bd4?! { (-32.53 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (17. Bc3 Rfd8) 17... Qxd4 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Kc2 Rfd8 21. Kb1 Qxd2 22. a3 Bf6 23. Qe2 Qc3 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Qe8+ Rxe8 26. b4 Qb2# { P2 wins by checkmate. } 0-1