[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/VXj5ieQV"] [Date "2026.10.15"] [P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [P2 "woll"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.15"] [UTCTime "14:05:48"] [P1Elo "1203"] [P2Elo "1820"] [P1RatingDiff "-1"] [P2RatingDiff "+1"] [P1Title "BOT"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird Opening: From's Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. f4?! { (0.15 → -0.46) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1. d4) 1... e5? { (-0.46 → 0.92) Mistake. The following was best. } { A02 Bird Opening: From's Gambit } (1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nc3 h5 7. Kf2 a6 8. cxd5) 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. d4?? { (0.86 → -2.14) Blunder. The following was best. } (4. Nf3) 4... Qh4+ 5. g3 Bxg3+ 6. hxg3 Qxh1 7. Qd3?? { (-2.23 → -6.30) Blunder. The following was best. } (7. Be3 Nf6) 7... Qxg1 8. Qb5+ Nd7 9. Qf5 Qxg3+ 10. Kd1 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Qb5+ c6 13. Qc5 Be6 14. a3 Rd8 15. e4 Qf2 16. Nc3?! { (-22.36 → Mate in 15) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (16. b3 Qxf1+) 16... Qxf1+ 17. Be1 Qf3+?! { (Mate in 12 → -26.32) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (17... Bg4+ 18. Kd2 Qf4+ 19. Kd3 Nfd7 20. Qe7+ Kxe7 21. Nd5+ Nxd5 22. Bh4+ Ke8 23. Re1 Ne5+ 24. dxe5) 18. Kd2 Nxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bg3?! { (-24.36 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20. Bf2 Qf4+ 21. Ke1 Nc4 22. Qh5 Bg4 23. Qh1 Rxd4 24. Kf1 Nd2+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rd2) 20... Qg2+ 21. Bf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kd3 h5?! { (Mate in 6 → -39.19) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (22... Bc4+ 23. Kc3 Qe3+ 24. Kb4 Qd2+ 25. c3 Qxb2+ 26. Ka5 Qxc3+ 27. Qb4 Rd5#) 23. Qg5?! { (-39.19 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (23. Rc1 Qf3+) 23... Qf5+?! { (Mate in 2 → -24.14) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (23... Rxd4+ 24. Kc3 Na4#) 24. Qxf5 Bxf5+ 25. Ke3 g5 26. d5 Nxd5+ 27. Kf3 f6 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. c4?! { (-32.99 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (29. Rh1 Nf4) 29... Ne7?! { (Mate in 7 → -31.24) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (29... Nf4 30. Kf2 Nd3+ 31. Kg1 Nxe1 32. Kf1 Rhe8 33. a4 Rd2 34. a5 Rg2 35. c5 Bd3#) 30. Kg3?! { (-31.24 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (30. Kf2 h4) 30... Rd3+?! { (Mate in 7 → -34.08) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (30... Rd2 31. Rf1 h4+ 32. Kf3 Rhd8 33. Rf2 Be4+ 34. Kxe4 R2d3 35. Rxf6+ Kxf6 36. a4 R8d4#) 31. Kg2 Rd2+ 32. Kg3?! { (-40.05 → Mate in 4) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (32. Kf3 Rxb2) 32... Rxb2 33. Kf3 Rb3+?! { (Mate in 4 → -43.52) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (33... Bg4+ 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Ke4 Nf5 36. Rf1 Rd4#) 34. Kg2 h4 35. a4 g4 36. a5 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 h3 38. Re3 h2+ 39. Kh1 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 h1=Q+ 41. Kf2 Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Qg1# { P2 wins by checkmate. } 0-1