FEN
[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/u8OHHh9L"]
[Date "2026.09.24"]
[P1 "woll"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.09.24"]
[UTCTime "08:34:06"]
[P1Elo "1738"]
[P2Elo "996"]
[P1RatingDiff "+0"]
[P2RatingDiff "-1"]
[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 } e5 2. a3?! { (-0.08 → -0.75) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (2. d4 e4) 2... Qf6?? { (-0.75 → 1.60) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... d5 3. d4 e4 4. c4 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bd6 6. Nbc3 c6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Be2) 3. c4 Bc5?! { (1.67 → 2.30) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3... d6 4. Nc3) 4. Nc3 Qg6? { (2.28 → 3.84) Mistake. The following was best. } (4... Qe6 5. Be2) 5. Nf3?! { (3.84 → 2.43) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5. d4 Be7) 5... e4 6. Ng1? { (2.21 → 0.92) Mistake. The following was best. } (6. Ne5 Qe6) 6... Qf6?? { (0.92 → 4.14) Blunder. The following was best. } (6... Nf6) 7. Nxe4 Qe5?! { (4.19 → 5.42) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7... Qc6 8. Ng3) 8. Nxc5?! { (5.42 → 3.62) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 Be6 14. Ng5 Nc6) 8... Qxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2?! { (3.76 → 2.76) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (10. d4 Qe7 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 Nd8 15. Qc2 Re8 16. e4 Nxe4) 10... d6 11. O-O Bg4?! { (3.01 → 3.97) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (11... Nf6 12. d4) 12. d4 Qa5?! { (4.62 → 6.17) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (12... Qf5 13. e4) 13. Bd2 Qf5 14. b4?! { (4.84 → 3.22) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (14. e4) 14... Bxf3?! { (3.22 → 4.67) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (14... Nf6 15. e4) 15. Bxf3 d5? { (4.67 → 8.68) Mistake. The following was best. } (15... Nh6 16. a4 O-O 17. a5 a6 18. b5 axb5 19. a6 bxc4 20. axb7 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 d5 22. Qb1) 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. dxc6 b6 18. Bc3 Ke7 19. e4 Qb5 20. Re1 Qxc6 21. e5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxc3 23. Rc1 Qxe1+ 24. Qxe1 c6 25. Rxc6 h5?! { (52.91 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (25... Rac8 26. Qc1) 26. b5 h4 27. Qb4+ Kd7 28. Bf5+ Kd8 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qd7+ Kf8 31. Rc8# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0