FEN
[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/dXLIF9JF"]
[Date "2026.08.26"]
[P1 "TUANHOANG15"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.26"]
[UTCTime "02:50:07"]
[P1Elo "1482"]
[P2Elo "1137"]
[P1RatingDiff "-14"]
[P2RatingDiff "+8"]
[P2Title "BOT"]
[Variant "No Castling"]
[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+?! { (0.29 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be2 c6 5. Kf1 Be6 6. Nh3 Nd7 7. Ng5) 3. c3 Bd6 4. e5 Bf8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 b6 7. d5? { (2.01 → 0.75) Mistake. The following was best. } (7. Qe2 Bb7) 7... exd5?! { (0.75 → 1.52) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7... Na5 8. dxe6) 8. Bxd5 Ba6 9. Bf4 Bc5?! { (1.41 → 2.53) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... Nge7 10. Be4 f5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bg3 g6 13. h4 h5 14. Nbd2 Bg7 15. Kf1 Kf8 16. Kg1) 10. Nd4?? { (2.53 → 0.54) Blunder. The following was best. } (10. b4) 10... Bxd4?! { (0.54 → 1.07) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... Kf8 11. Be4) 11. cxd4 Qh4?! { (1.06 → 2.16) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (11... Nb4 12. Be4 d5 13. exd6 Nf6 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxb4 Nxe4 16. dxc7 Qg4 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. Qa3+) 12. Bg3 Qg5 13. Bxc6?? { (2.83 → 0.39) Blunder. The following was best. } (13. Nc3 Kf8) 13... dxc6 14. Nc3 Bc4?! { (0.07 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (14... Ne7 15. Qa4 Bd3 16. d5 h5 17. d6 cxd6 18. exd6 Rh6 19. Bf4 Re6+ 20. Kd2 Qf5 21. Rhe1) 15. Qf3?! { (0.98 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (15. Qa4 b5) 15... Kd7? { (0.00 → 1.25) Mistake. The following was best. } (15... Ne7 16. b3 Be6 17. h4 Qf5 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rd1 Kd7 20. f3 Kc8 21. h5 Kb7 22. Bf2) 16. Ne4?! { (1.25 → 0.28) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (16. h4 Qg6 17. b3 Ba6 18. h5 Qc2 19. Rd1 Ne7 20. h6 g5 21. d5 Rae8 22. d6 cxd6) 16... Qe7? { (0.28 → 1.51) Mistake. The following was best. } (16... Qg6 17. Qf4) 17. Rc1? { (1.51 → 0.00) Mistake. The following was best. } (17. Qg4+ Qe6 18. Qxg7 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. f3 Ne7 21. Kf2 Be6 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bg5 Nb4) 17... Qb4+ 18. Kd1?! { (-0.07 → -0.83) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (18. Qc3 Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Ne7 20. f3 Be6 21. Kd2 h5 22. h3 a5 23. Bh4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5) 18... Bxa2?! { (-0.83 → -0.06) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (18... Ne7 19. a3 Qb5 20. Kc2 Kc8 21. b3 Bd5 22. Kb2 Kb7 23. Rc3 a5 24. Rhc1 a4 25. b4) 19. Nd2?? { (-0.06 → -1.69) Blunder. The following was best. } (19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 21. Ke2 Nxf6 22. exf6+ Qxf6 23. Qe4+ Qe6 24. Rxc7+ Kf8 25. Qxe6 Bxe6) 19... Qxd4?? { (-1.69 → 13.87) Blunder. The following was best. } (19... Bd5 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Bh4 g6 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Nh6 26. Bf6) 20. Qxc6+ Kd8 21. Qxa8+ Ke7 22. Rxc7+ Ke6?! { (30.69 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (22... Qd7 23. Bh4+) 23. Qc6+?! { (Mate in 2 → 19.70) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (23. Qc8+ Kd5 24. Qd7#) 23... Kf5 24. Rxf7+?? { (19.69 → 2.88) Blunder. The following was best. } (24. Rd7) 24... Bxf7 25. Qf3+?! { (3.30 → 2.58) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (25. Qc2+ Ke6 26. Ke2 Be8 27. Rd1 Bb5+ 28. Ke1 Nh6 29. Ne4 Qb4+ 30. Rd2 Nf7 31. Nc3 Rc8) 25... Ke6 26. Qc6+ Kf5 27. Qf3+?? { (3.42 → 1.29) Blunder. The following was best. } (27. Qc2+) 27... Ke6 28. Qc6+? { (1.53 → 0.00) Mistake. The following was best. } (28. Qa8 Qa4+ 29. Ke2 Ne7 30. Qxh8 Qa6+ 31. Ke3 Nd5+ 32. Kd4 Qa4+ 33. Nc4 Ne7 34. Rc1 Qb3) 28... Kf5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2