[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/X0AHSJY6"] [Date "2026.11.10"] [P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [P2 "on"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.11.10"] [UTCTime "08:26:36"] [P1Elo "1105"] [P2Elo "1537"] [P1Title "BOT"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A21"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian } d6 3. Qa4+?! { (0.61 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3. e3 Be7) 3... Bd7 4. Qa5? { (0.08 → -1.24) Mistake. The following was best. } (4. Qd1) 4... Nc6 5. Qd5?? { (-0.74 → -3.42) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. Qa4 h5 6. d3 g6 7. e3 Bh6 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Be2 a6 10. Nf3 Kf8 11. Kf1 Kg7) 5... Nf6?? { (-3.42 → -1.30) Blunder. The following was best. } (5... Nd4 6. Qe4 Bf5 7. Qxb7 Rb8 8. Qxa7 Nc2+ 9. Kd1 Ra8 10. Qb7 Nxa1 11. e4 Bd7 12. Nd5) 6. Qb5?? { (-1.30 → -5.25) Blunder. The following was best. } (6. Qd3) 6... Nd4 7. Qxb7 Nc2+ 8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. d3?! { (-4.30 → -6.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9. Qf3 c6 10. Qd3 d5 11. Qb1 Qa5 12. Qxa1 d4 13. Nb1 Rb8 14. Ke1 h5 15. Nf3 Bd6) 9... Ng4?! { (-6.30 → -4.11) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... c6 10. e4 d5 11. exd5 Rb8 12. Qxa7 cxd5 13. Nf3 d4 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Qc8 16. Qa4) 10. Nf3? { (-4.11 → -10.53) Mistake. The following was best. } (10. Qf3 h5) 10... Nxf2+ 11. Ke1 Nxh1 12. Be3 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxe3 14. Kxe3 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Rxb2 16. Ke4?! { (-19.34 → Mate in 10) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (16. Nd5 f5) 16... f5+?! { (Mate in 10 → -28.81) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (16... Bc6+ 17. Nd5 Qf6 18. g3 g6 19. Qb8+ Rxb8 20. d4 Qf5+ 21. Ke3 Bh6+ 22. Ng5 Bxg5+ 23. Nf4) 17. Ke3 f4+ 18. Ke4 Nf2+ 19. Qxf2 Qf6 20. Qa7?! { (-18.30 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20. Nh4 Be7 21. Nd5 Qxh4 22. Qxh4 Bxh4 23. d4 c6 24. dxe5 cxd5+ 25. cxd5 dxe5 26. Kxe5 Rf8) 20... Qf5+ 21. Kd5 c6# { P2 wins by checkmate. } 0-1