FEN
[Event "No Castling Shield Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/h2snK7U4"]
[Date "2026.07.26"]
[P1 "ErikaHaydn"]
[P2 "G_MGST"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.07.26"]
[UTCTime "12:14:34"]
[P1Elo "1887"]
[P2Elo "1091"]
[P1RatingDiff "-236"]
[P2RatingDiff "+575"]
[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. Nc3?! { (0.44 → -0.23) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3. Nf3) 3... c5 4. b3 cxd4 5. Qxd4? { (0.00 → -1.06) Mistake. The following was best. } (5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Qd3 h5 8. a3 Bd6 9. h4 Kf8 10. Nb5 Be7 11. c4 a6) 5... Nc6 6. Qa4?! { (-1.20 → -2.04) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6. Bb5 Be7) 6... Bb4 7. Bb2 Bd7 8. Bb5?! { (-1.92 → -2.91) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. Qb5 Nf6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nf3 Kf8 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 Qc7 14. Rd3 b5) 8... Bxc3+?? { (-2.91 → -0.52) Blunder. The following was best. } (8... Nge7 9. a3) 9. Bxc3 a6? { (-0.68 → 0.45) Mistake. The following was best. } (9... f6 10. f3) 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne2?? { (0.00 → -7.65) Blunder. The following was best. } (11. Qg4 d4 12. Bxd4 Nf6 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg4) 11... Bxa4 12. bxa4 Qc7?! { (-8.30 → -5.32) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (12... Ne7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. h4 h5 15. f3 Qd7 16. Kf2 Rc7 17. Rb2 Qxa4 18. Be5 Rxc2 19. Rxc2) 13. Bxg7 f6 14. Bxh8 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qxa4?! { (-5.06 → -3.78) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (15... Qe4 16. h4) 16. f4?! { (-3.78 → -6.00) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (16. g4) 16... Qb4+ 17. Kf2 Kf7 18. g4 Qe7? { (-5.53 → -2.84) Mistake. The following was best. } (18... Ne7 19. Bxf6 Kxf6 20. Rhe1 Qd2 21. Rcd1 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qc2 23. g5+ Kg6 24. Rac1 Qe4 25. h4) 19. Nd4?! { (-2.84 → -3.95) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (19. g5 e5 20. Rhg1 exf4 21. Nxf4 d4 22. Rg3 dxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Qd6 24. Rc4 b5 25. Rce4 Rc8) 19... h6?! { (-3.95 → -2.49) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (19... Nh6 20. g5 Ng4+ 21. Kf3 Rxh8 22. Kxg4 e5 23. Nf3 h5+ 24. Kg3 exf4+ 25. exf4 h4+ 26. Kf2) 20. f5?? { (-2.49 → -5.79) Blunder. The following was best. } (20. h4) 20... exf5?! { (-5.79 → -4.24) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (20... e5) 21. Nxf5 Qe5 22. Rc7+? { (-5.01 → -11.69) Mistake. The following was best. } (22. Bg7) 22... Qxc7 23. h4 Qc2+ 24. Kf3 h5 25. g5?! { (-13.69 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (25. Rf1 Ne7) 25... Qxf5+ 26. Ke2 fxg5?! { (Mate in 7 → -17.07) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (26... Rc8 27. Rd1 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Qg4+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Qxd2+ 32. Kf1 Rc1#) 27. Rf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nf6 29. hxg5 Rxh8 30. gxf6 Kxf6 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Kf3 Re4 33. Ke2 h4 34. Kf2 b5 35. Kf3 h3 36. Kg3 Rxe3+ 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Kxh3 d4 39. Kg2 d3 40. Kf3 d2 41. Kf4 d1=Q 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kf3 Re3+ 44. Kf4 Qf1+ 45. Kg4 Re2 46. Kg3 Rg2+ 47. Kh3 Qh1# { P2 wins by checkmate. } 0-1