FEN
[Event "Yearly Five-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/YuuT7xqk"]
[Date "2026.03.20"]
[P1 "G_MGST"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.03.20"]
[UTCTime "05:00:45"]
[P1Elo "1500"]
[P2Elo "998"]
[P1RatingDiff "+28"]
[P2RatingDiff "-3"]
[P2Title "BOT"]
[Variant "Five-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+?? { (0.09 → 1.83) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6) 3. c3 Bxc3+?? { (1.85 → 5.58) Blunder. The following was best. } (3... Be7) 4. Nxc3 Qh4?! { (5.09 → 7.91) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (4... Nc6) 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. d5?! { (6.70 → 4.38) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6. Be2 Nc6 7. g3 Qg4 8. Qxg4 Nxg4 9. Bxg4 Nb4 10. Kf1 b6 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Bf3 Bb7) 6... exd5 7. exd5?! { (4.92 → 3.67) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7. Be2 d6 8. g3 Qg4 9. Qxf6 Qxe2+ 10. Ngxe2 gxf6 11. Nxd5 Kd8 12. Bh6 Nd7 13. O-O-O Re8) 7... Kf8? { (3.67 → 5.92) Mistake. The following was best. } (7... O-O 8. Be3) 8. b3?! { (5.92 → 3.99) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. d6 Nc6 9. Qf4 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Nb4 11. O-O-O c6 12. Re1 b5 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. h4 h6) 8... d6 9. g3?? { (4.04 → -2.47) Blunder. The following was best. } (9. Qf4) 9... Qd4?? { (-2.47 → 4.37) Blunder. The following was best. } (9... Qb4) 10. Bd2?? { (4.37 → -7.24) Blunder. The following was best. } (10. Nge2 Qb4) 10... Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nxd5?? { (-7.61 → 10.53) Blunder. The following was best. } (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Ncxe2 Nbd7 15. Nf3 Re8 16. O-O Rxe2 17. Rae1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxd2 19. Nf3) 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxc7 Bd7 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Bxd6+ Kg8 17. Nxa8?? { (16.59 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (17. Nf3 h5) 17... Ne7?? { (Mate in 8 → Mate in 6) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (17... Nd4 18. Kd1 h5 19. Qe8+ Bxe8 20. Rc1 Rh6 21. Rc8 Nxb3 22. Rxe8+ Kh7 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24. axb3) 18. Qxe7 h5 19. Qxd7 Kh7 20. Qf5+ Kh6 21. Bf4+ g5 22. Bxg5+ Kg7 23. Qf6# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0