[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/u5cKDMm7"] [Date "2026.11.12"] [P1 "woll"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.11.12"] [UTCTime "02:39:41"] [P1Elo "1727"] [P2Elo "975"] [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 → 2.07) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. c5 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Nc3 f5 9. O-O) 3. Nf3 Qg4 4. h3 Qe4? { (2.25 → 4.20) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Qg6 5. Nc3) 5. c4?! { (4.20 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. Nc3 Qc6 6. d4 Qb6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b4 d5 11. b5 a6) 5... Bc5? { (2.77 → 5.32) Mistake. The following was best. } (5... b5 6. Nc3) 6. Nc3 Qf5?! { (5.28 → 7.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6... Qg6 7. d4) 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 Qh5 9. O-O?! { (6.57 → 4.77) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9. g4) 9... h6? { (4.77 → 9.26) Mistake. The following was best. } (9... Nh6 10. Ne2) 10. Nb5?! { (9.26 → 5.07) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. Ne2 Qa5) 10... Kd8?! { (5.07 → 13.46) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10... Bd8 11. d5 d6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Qa4 Kf8 14. Qf4 Na6 15. d6 Bf6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. dxc7) 11. Ne5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 f5 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14. Nxh8 Bxa3?! { (15.97 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (14... Na6 15. Be2) 15. Nxc7+ Ke7 16. Rxa3 Nf6 17. Ng6+ Kf7 18. Ne5+ Kg8 19. Nxa8 d6 20. Nf3?! { (Mate in 2 → 46.61) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (20. Ng6 f4 21. Ne7#) 20... Nc6?! { (46.61 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (20... Na6 21. c5) 21. Nc7?! { (Mate in 7 → 46.13) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (21. Nb6 Bd7 22. d5 a6 23. dxc6 g6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. cxd7 Kg7 26. d8=R Kh7 27. Rd7#) 21... g6?! { (46.13 → Mate in 5) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (21... g5 22. Bd2) 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Rxa7 Bc8 26. Ra8 Ne8 27. Rxc8 Kf7 28. Rxe8 Kg7 29. Re7# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0