[Event "Cycle No Castling Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/oTPnUAg0"] [Date "2026.11.02"] [P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [P2 "Omnidextra"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.11.02"] [UTCTime "14:21:59"] [P1Elo "1149"] [P2Elo "1645"] [P1RatingDiff "-2"] [P2RatingDiff "+15"] [P1Title "BOT"] [Variant "No Castling"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 { C42 Russian Game } 4. Bb5+?? { (0.76 → -3.17) Blunder. The following was best. } (4. Nf3) 4... c6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 8. Bb3?! { (-3.24 → -4.46) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nxe4 dxc4 10. b3 Na6 11. h4 h5 12. bxc4 Qd4 13. Rb1 Qxc4 14. Qxc4 Bxc4) 8... Bc5?? { (-4.46 → -1.47) Blunder. The following was best. } (8... Be7 9. c3 Kf8 10. d3 Ba6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. c4 Nec5 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Be3) 9. f4?? { (-1.47 → -9.81) Blunder. The following was best. } (9. f3 h5) 9... Bf2+?! { (-9.81 → -6.34) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... Kf8 10. g3) 10. Kd1 h5?! { (-6.01 → -4.61) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... Qh4) 11. Nc3? { (-4.61 → -11.71) Mistake. The following was best. } (11. h3) 11... Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxg4 hxg4 15. Ke2 g3 16. d4 exd3+ 17. cxd3?! { (-27.11 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (17. Kd1 Rxh2) 17... Qe7+?! { (Mate in 6 → -32.00) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (17... Re8+ 18. Kd2 Re3 19. Kd1 Qxd3+ 20. Bd2 Re2 21. Kc1 Qxd2+ 22. Kb1 Qxb2#) 18. Kf3?! { (-32.00 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (18. Kd1 Qd6) 18... Nd7 19. Bd2 Nc5?! { (Mate in 6 → -25.72) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (19... Rae8 20. Rae1 Qh4 21. Re5 Nxe5+ 22. fxe5 Qh5+ 23. Kf4 Ke6 24. hxg3 Qf5#) 20. f5?! { (-25.72 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20. Rae1 Bxe1) 20... Nxd3 21. h3 Rae8 22. Kg4 Qe4+ 23. Kg5 Qh4# { P2 wins by checkmate. } 0-1