[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/WatwYLu0"] [Date "2026.10.24"] [P1 "woll"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.24"] [UTCTime "08:41:47"] [P1Elo "1754"] [P2Elo "948"] [P1RatingDiff "+0"] [P2RatingDiff "+0"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "Five-check"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. a3 Qg5?? { (0.23 → 2.07) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. c5 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Nc3 f5 9. O-O) 3. Nf3 Qg4 4. h3 Qe4? { (2.25 → 4.20) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Qg6 5. Nc3) 5. c4?! { (4.20 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. Nc3 Qc6 6. d4 Qb6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b4 d5 11. b5 a6) 5... Bc5? { (2.77 → 5.32) Mistake. The following was best. } (5... b5 6. Nc3) 6. Nc3 Qf5?! { (5.28 → 7.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6... Qg6 7. d4) 7. Nb5?! { (7.30 → 4.78) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7. e4 Qg6 8. d4 Bf8 9. e5 f6 10. Bd3 Qh5 11. d5 Nh6 12. O-O Na6 13. b4 fxe5) 7... Kd8?! { (4.78 → 8.67) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7... Bb6) 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. d4 Be7 11. Bd3 Qh5 12. Re1? { (6.67 → 3.45) Mistake. The following was best. } (12. e4 a6) 12... b6? { (3.45 → 7.07) Mistake. The following was best. } (12... g5) 13. e4 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qc5 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Rc1 Na5 20. Bf5 Qxf5 21. b4?? { (9.81 → 1.53) Blunder. The following was best. } (21. Nd4) 21... Bxf3 22. Qxf3? { (1.67 → 0.41) Mistake. The following was best. } (22. gxf3 Nc6 23. Nd5 Bd6 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Rxc6 Bd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Ne7 Qf6 28. Qc1 Rb8) 22... Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nc4 24. Nd5?? { (0.60 → -1.11) Blunder. The following was best. } (24. Bd4) 24... Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxb4?? { (-1.14 → 10.25) Blunder. The following was best. } (25... Bd6 26. Rec3) 26. axb4 c6 27. Nf4? { (11.72 → 4.17) Mistake. The following was best. } (27. Ne7 Rc8 28. Nxc8 Kxc8 29. Ra1 Kb8 30. Re7 Rd8 31. Rxf7 g6 32. Rxh7 Kb7 33. Kg2 g5) 27... Rf8? { (4.17 → 8.31) Mistake. The following was best. } (27... Re8 28. Rd3) 28. Rd3 Ke8?? { (6.56 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (28... Re8 29. b5) 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Red1?! { (Mate in 5 → 30.86) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (30. Ne6+ Kc8 31. Nxf8 d6 32. Re8+ Kc7 33. Re7+ Kb8 34. Re8#) 30... Kc8 31. Rxd7 Re8?! { (32.30 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (31... g5 32. Ne2 g4 33. fxg4 f6 34. Rxh7 Rf7 35. Rxf7 b5 36. Rdd7 c5 37. Rc7+ Kb8) 32. Kg2 a5 33. Rxf7 axb4 34. Rd6 Kb8 35. Rxc6 b5 36. Rb6+ Kc8 37. Rxb5 Ra1 38. Rc5+ Kb8 39. Rb5+ Ka8 40. Ne2 Rg1+ 41. Nxg1 Re2 42. Rf8# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0