[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/jqojlHIq"] [Date "2026.11.10"] [P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [P2 "on"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.11.10"] [UTCTime "08:17:39"] [P1Elo "1109"] [P2Elo "1522"] [P1RatingDiff "-2"] [P2RatingDiff "+8"] [P1Title "BOT"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A21"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian } d6 3. Qa4+?! { (0.61 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3. e3 Be7) 3... Bd7 4. Qa5? { (0.08 → -1.24) Mistake. The following was best. } (4. Qd1) 4... Nc6 5. Qd5?? { (-0.74 → -3.42) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. Qa4 h5 6. d3 g6 7. e3 Bh6 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Be2 a6 10. Nf3 Kf8 11. Kf1 Kg7) 5... Nf6?? { (-3.42 → -1.30) Blunder. The following was best. } (5... Nd4 6. Qe4 Bf5 7. Qxb7 Rb8 8. Qxa7 Nc2+ 9. Kd1 Ra8 10. Qb7 Nxa1 11. e4 Bd7 12. Nd5) 6. Qb5?? { (-1.30 → -5.25) Blunder. The following was best. } (6. Qd3) 6... Nd4 7. Qxb7 Nc2+ 8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. d3?! { (-4.30 → -6.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9. Qf3 c6 10. Qd3 d5 11. Qb1 Qa5 12. Qxa1 d4 13. Nb1 Rb8 14. Ke1 h5 15. Nf3 Bd6) 9... Ng4?! { (-6.30 → -4.11) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... c6 10. e4 d5 11. exd5 Rb8 12. Qxa7 cxd5 13. Nf3 d4 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Qc8 16. Qa4) 10. Nf3? { (-4.11 → -10.53) Mistake. The following was best. } (10. Qf3 h5) 10... Nxf2+ 11. Ke1 Nxh1 12. Be3 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Rxb2 15. Bg1 Nb4+ 16. Kc1 Rxa2 17. Nxa2 Nxa2+ 18. Qxa2 Bg4?! { (-8.33 → -5.92) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (18... g5 19. g3) 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Qa8+ Qc8 21. Qc6+?! { (-6.23 → -11.56) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (21. Qxc8+ Bxc8) 21... Ke7 22. Ng5 Kf6 23. Ne4+ Kf5?! { (-8.92 → -5.62) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (23... Kg6 24. Nc3 Be7 25. Kc2 Qf5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. dxe4 h5 28. Nd5 Bg5 29. Nxc7 Rc8 30. Nb5) 24. e3?! { (-5.62 → -9.10) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (24. h3 Kg6) 24... d5 25. cxd5 Ba3+?! { (-5.76 → -4.41) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (25... Bd6) 26. Kd2 Bb4+ 27. Kc2 Qa8?? { (-4.64 → Mate in 3) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (27... Qe8 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. h3 h5 30. hxg4+ hxg4 31. Be2 Kg6 32. Nc3 f5 33. e4 Ra8 34. exf5+) 28. Qxc7?? { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 2) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (28. Qd7+ Kg6 29. Qxg4+ Kh6 30. Qg5#) 28... Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Ba3# { P2 wins by checkmate. } 0-1