FEN
[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/hhRPsjID"]
[Date "2026.08.26"]
[P1 "chen-rcc"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.26"]
[UTCTime "02:18:36"]
[P1Elo "1410"]
[P2Elo "1130"]
[P1RatingDiff "+37"]
[P2RatingDiff "-5"]
[P2Title "BOT"]
[Variant "No Castling"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. e4 Nf6?! { (0.22 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 h5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. Kf1 g6 8. Kg1) 2. Nc3?! { (1.04 → 0.51) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. h4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c3 g6) 2... e5 3. Nf3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } Ng4?? { (0.22 → 2.08) Blunder. The following was best. } (3... Nc6 4. h4 h5 5. a3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Ng4 7. Rf1 Nd4 8. Ng5 Ne6 9. f3 Nf6 10. d3) 4. Bc4?! { (2.08 → 1.15) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (4. h3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bb4 6. Ng4 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h5 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Be3 d6 10. Kd2 Kf8) 4... Qf6?? { (1.15 → 3.83) Blunder. The following was best. } (4... Bc5 5. Qe2 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Na4 Nc6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. d3) 5. d3?! { (3.83 → 3.00) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. h3 Nh6) 5... Bc5 6. Nd5 Bxf2+? { (2.37 → 4.38) Mistake. The following was best. } (6... Qd8) 7. Kf1?! { (4.38 → 3.38) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7. Ke2 Qd8 8. h3 c6 9. Nc3 b5 10. hxg4 Bc5 11. Bb3 d6 12. Rh4 a5 13. a3 a4) 7... Qd6?! { (3.38 → 4.72) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7... Qd8 8. h3 c6 9. hxg4 cxd5 10. Bxd5 Bb6 11. Nxe5 Nc6 12. Rh5 d6 13. Nxc6 Qf6+ 14. Qf3) 8. Ng5 Nxh2+? { (4.61 → 11.92) Mistake. The following was best. } (8... h5) 9. Rxh2 Bd4 10. Nxh7 c6 11. Nhf6+ gxf6?! { (25.69 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (11... Qxf6+ 12. Nxf6+) 12. Rxh8+ Qf8 13. Nxf6+ Ke7 14. Rxf8 Kxf8?! { (31.79 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (14... d5 15. exd5) 15. Qh5 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Ke7 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Qe8+?! { (Mate in 4 → 75.74) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (19. Qf8+ Kc7 20. Ne8+ Kb6 21. Qb4+ Ka6 22. Nc7#) 19... Kc7 20. Be6?! { (Mate in 11 → 28.19) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (20. Qe7+ Bd7 21. Ne8+ Kc8 22. Bg5 Nc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qd8+ Kb7 25. Qxd7+ Kb6 26. Qc7+ Kb5) 20... Bxe6?! { (28.19 → Mate in 9) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20... Nd7 21. Nd5+) 21. Qxe6 e4 22. Nxe4 a5 23. Bf4+ Kd8 24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kd7 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Re1 Rc8 28. Re7+ Kd8 29. Qf8# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0