[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/cvKJexuc"] [Date "2026.09.09"] [P1 "DeSlomeSlager"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.09"] [UTCTime "02:24:17"] [P1Elo "1600"] [P2Elo "1010"] [P1RatingDiff "+11"] [P2RatingDiff "-1"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "Five-check"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 c6?! { (0.44 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { B10 Caro-Kann Defense } (1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3) 2. Nf3 Qa5?! { (1.15 → 2.16) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (2... d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nf5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. g4) 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3? { (2.76 → 1.23) Mistake. The following was best. } (4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. a4 Nd7 10. O-O h5) 4... Bg4 5. Bd2 Nd7 6. Be2?! { (1.90 → 1.26) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6. Nd5 Qd8 7. Ne3 h5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. O-O-O d5 11. Kb1 Ngf6 12. Be2 Bd6) 6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qb4?? { (1.82 → 7.30) Blunder. The following was best. } (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. Qd2) 8. Nd5 Qxd2+ 9. Qxd2 cxd5 10. exd5 Rc8 11. O-O Ne5 12. c3?! { (10.23 → 5.36) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (12. Qb4 Nf6) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Kd7?! { (5.54 → 9.98) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (13... g6 14. Qf4) 14. Rfe1 Kd8 15. Re4 Nf6 16. Rf4 Nxd5 17. Rxf7 Kd7 18. Re1 Kc6 19. c4 Nc7?! { (34.55 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (19... Kc7 20. Qa5+) 20. Qb4?! { (Mate in 8 → 43.37) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (20. Qe3 Ne6 21. Qxe6 Kb6 22. c5+ Ka6 23. Qb3 dxc5 24. Qa3+ Kb5 25. Qa4+ Kxa4 26. Re4+ c4) 20... Ne6?! { (43.37 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20... b6 21. c5) 21. Qb5+ Kc7 22. Qa5+ Kc6 23. Qb5+ Kc7 24. Qa5+ Kc6 25. Qb5# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0