[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/sm9ALxZN"] [Date "2026.11.12"] [P1 "woll"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.11.12"] [UTCTime "02:21:23"] [P1Elo "1725"] [P2Elo "977"] [P1RatingDiff "+0"] [P2RatingDiff "+0"] [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 → 2.25) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bc2 c5 9. Ne4) 3. Nf3 Qg4 4. h3 Qe4?! { (2.85 → 4.26) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (4... Qg6 5. Nc3) 5. c4?! { (4.26 → 2.76) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. d4) 5... Bc5?? { (2.76 → 5.68) Blunder. The following was best. } (5... b5 6. Nc3) 6. Nc3 Qf5 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 Qh5 9. O-O h6? { (4.85 → 9.61) Mistake. The following was best. } (9... Nh6 10. Ne2) 10. Nb5?! { (9.61 → 5.84) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. Ne2 Qa5 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Nf4 d6 14. Nxf7 Rf8 15. c5 Qxd3 16. Nxd6+ cxd6) 10... Kd8?! { (5.84 → 13.46) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... Bd8 11. e4) 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bf4 d6 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. Be4 Nd4 16. Qxd4 Bd6?! { (43.26 → Mate in 10) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (16... f5 17. Bxb7) 17. exd6 Bxb5 18. dxc7+ Ke7 19. Qd6+ Kf6 20. cxb5 Rc8 21. Be5+ Qxe5 22. Qxe5+ Ke7 23. Qc5# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0