FEN
[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/ZRwVtujj"]
[Date "2026.08.26"]
[P1 "ZerkingGOAT"]
[P2 "chen-rcc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.26"]
[UTCTime "02:23:33"]
[P1Elo "1464"]
[P2Elo "1447"]
[P1RatingDiff "+61"]
[P2RatingDiff "-142"]
[Variant "No Castling"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Horwitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 Na6?! { (0.45 → 1.22) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (4... Nd7 5. Nbd2 Qe7 6. e4 e5 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2) 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bxa6?! { (1.30 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6. Bd3 h5 7. Kf1 Be7 8. Kg1 c5 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Ndf3 c4 11. Bc2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bf6) 6... bxa6 7. Ke2 a5 8. b3 Ba6+ 9. Ke1? { (0.76 → -0.59) Mistake. The following was best. } (9. c4 h5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. h4 Kf8 13. Kf1 Rh6 14. e4 Kg8 15. Kg1 Rc8) 9... Bd6 10. Bb2 g6?! { (-0.15 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... Rc8 11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Rc1 h5 14. Bd4 Rc8 15. Kf1 Kf8 16. Kg1 Rh6 17. c5) 11. Qe2?? { (0.44 → -7.68) Blunder. The following was best. } (11. c4) 11... Ne4?? { (-7.68 → 5.87) Blunder. The following was best. } (11... Bxe2 12. Kxe2 a4 13. c4 Kf8 14. Bc3 a3 15. Rhc1 Kg7 16. Kf1 a5 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Kg1) 12. Qxa6 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bb4+ 17. Bc3 Bxc3+ 18. Kxc3 f5 19. Ne5 h5 20. Nxg6 Kf7 21. Nxh8+ Rxh8 22. Rhe1 Rg8 23. Rg1 Rb8 24. f4 a4 25. Rab1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 a5 27. Rb7+ Kf6 28. Ra7 h4 29. Rxa5 Kg6 30. Rxa4 Kh5 31. Ra6 Kg4?! { (81.22 → Mate in 11) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (31... Kg6 32. Rxc6) 32. Rxc6 Kh5 { P2 resigns. } 1-0