[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/gYcFfeNa"] [Date "2026.11.12"] [P1 "woll"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.11.12"] [UTCTime "02:32:52"] [P1Elo "1726"] [P2Elo "976"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "Five-check"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. a3 Qg5?? { (0.23 → 2.07) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. c5 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Nc3 f5 9. O-O) 3. Nf3 Qg4 4. h3 Qe4? { (2.25 → 4.20) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Qg6 5. Nc3) 5. c4?! { (4.20 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. Nc3 Qc6 6. d4 Qb6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b4 d5 11. b5 a6) 5... Bc5? { (2.77 → 5.32) Mistake. The following was best. } (5... b5 6. Nc3) 6. Nc3 Qf5?! { (5.28 → 7.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6... Qg6 7. d4) 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 Qh5 9. O-O?! { (6.57 → 4.77) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9. g4) 9... h6? { (4.77 → 9.26) Mistake. The following was best. } (9... Nh6 10. Ne2) 10. Nb5?! { (9.26 → 5.07) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. Ne2 Qa5) 10... Kd8?! { (5.07 → 13.46) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... Bd8 11. d5 d6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Qa4 Kf8 14. Qf4 Na6 15. d6 Bf6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. dxc7) 11. Ne5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 f5 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14. Nxh8 Bxa3?! { (15.97 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (14... Na6 15. Be2) 15. Rxa3?! { (Mate in 7 → 36.10) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (15. Nxc7+ Kd8 16. e4 Kxc7 17. Bf4+ d6 18. c5 Bd7 19. cxd6+ Kb6 20. Rxa3 Nc6 21. Rb3#) 15... c5?! { (36.10 → Mate in 5) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (15... Ne7) 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Nxa8 Kf6 18. Rxa7?! { (Mate in 6 → 43.75) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (18. Nc7 Ke7 19. Ng6+ Kd8 20. e4 Nf6 21. Nf8 Kxc7 22. Nxe6+ dxe6 23. Bf4#) 18... cxd4?! { (43.75 → Mate in 5) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (18... g5 19. b3) 19. exd4 f4 20. Bxf4 Na6 21. Be5+ Kg5 22. f4+ Kh5 23. g4# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0