FEN
[Event "Weekly No Castling Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/vcIeHUDk"]
[Date "2026.07.19"]
[P1 "ZerkingGoat"]
[P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.07.19"]
[UTCTime "07:24:20"]
[P1Elo "1546"]
[P2Elo "1147"]
[P1RatingDiff "+33"]
[P2RatingDiff "-2"]
[P2Title "BOT"]
[Variant "No Castling"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. d4 f5?! { (0.32 → 1.07) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. a3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3) 2. Nc3 { A80 Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation } e6 3. Nf3 Qf6? { (0.85 → 2.27) Mistake. The following was best. } (3... Nf6 4. a3) 4. Bf4? { (2.27 → 1.12) Mistake. The following was best. } (4. e4 Bb4) 4... Nc6?? { (1.12 → 3.03) Blunder. The following was best. } (4... Bb4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 d6 7. Kf1 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. c4 Kf8 10. Bg3 Nge7 11. h4) 5. g3?? { (3.03 → 0.53) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. Nb5 Bb4+) 5... Bb4 6. Qd2 Bxc3?! { (0.36 → 1.05) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (6... d6) 7. Qxc3 Nb8? { (1.07 → 2.72) Mistake. The following was best. } (7... d6 8. Bg2 Kf8 9. b4 Nge7 10. Qb2 h6 11. b5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Be3) 8. Be5 Qh6? { (2.30 → 3.83) Mistake. The following was best. } (8... Qe7 9. Qxc7 Na6 10. Qd6 Nf6 11. c3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Kf1 Rc8 14. Ne1 Qxd6 15. Bxd6) 9. Bg2 Ne7?! { (3.39 → 4.61) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9... Nc6 10. Bxc7) 10. Qxc7 Nd5? { (4.45 → 21.66) Mistake. The following was best. } (10... Na6) 11. Qxc8+ Kf7 12. Qxh8 a5 13. Bxb8 g6?! { (23.84 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (13... Rxb8 14. Qxb8 Ke7 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Qc7 g5 17. Bxb7 Qf8 18. h4 g4 19. Bc8 Qxc8 20. Qxc8) 14. Qc8?! { (Mate in 7 → 25.69) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (14. Ne5+ Ke7 15. Qg8 Nb6 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Bd6 Qd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nc4+ 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Qf8#) 14... a4?! { (25.69 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (14... Rxb8 15. Ne5+ Kf6 16. Nxd7+ Ke7 17. Nxb8 Qg7 18. Qxb7+ Kf8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qc8+ Kf7 21. Qd7+) 15. Ne5+ Ke7 16. Qxd7+ Kf6 17. h4 Qf8 18. Bd6?! { (Mate in 3 → 34.13) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (18. Ng4+ fxg4 19. Be5+ Kf5 20. e4#) 18... Ne7 19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. Ne5 Rxc2 23. Bxb7 Rxb2 24. Rd1 Rxb7 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Rc7+ Kf8?! { (16.85 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (26... Kd8 27. Rd7+) 27. Kd2?! { (Mate in 8 → 23.33) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (27. Nd7+ Kf7 28. Nxb8+ Kf6 29. Nc6 e5 30. Nd8 g5 31. hxg5+ Kg6 32. Rh6+ Kxg5 33. Nf7+ Kg4) 27... Rb2+?! { (23.33 → Mate in 9) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (27... Kg8 28. h5) 28. Ke3?! { (Mate in 9 → 28.37) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (28. Kd3 Kg8 29. Rhc1 Rb8 30. Ra7 Rf8 31. Rcc7 Rf6 32. Rxh7 a3 33. Rag7+ Kf8 34. Nd7+ Ke8) 28... Rxa2?! { (28.37 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (28... Kg8) 29. Rb1 Ra3+ 30. Kf4 g5+ 31. hxg5 Rf3+ 32. Kxf3 Ke8 33. Rb8# { P1 wins by checkmate. } 1-0