[Event "Cycle Five-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/y8rrZd7h"] [Date "2026.09.09"] [P1 "DeSlomeSlager"] [P2 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.09"] [UTCTime "02:30:33"] [P1Elo "1621"] [P2Elo "1008"] [P1RatingDiff "+10"] [P2RatingDiff "-1"] [P2Title "BOT"] [Variant "Five-check"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. e4 c6?! { (0.44 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { B10 Caro-Kann Defense } (1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3) 2. Nf3 Qa5?! { (1.15 → 2.16) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (2... d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nf5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. g4) 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3? { (2.76 → 1.23) Mistake. The following was best. } (4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. a4 Nd7 10. O-O h5) 4... Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Bd2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qb4?? { (1.82 → 7.30) Blunder. The following was best. } (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. Qd2) 8. O-O?? { (7.30 → 2.25) Blunder. The following was best. } (8. Nd5 Qxd2+ 9. Qxd2 cxd5 10. exd5 g6 11. g4 Bg7 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rde1 Ne5) 8... Qxb2?? { (2.25 → 7.19) Blunder. The following was best. } (8... Qb6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Be2 Ngf6 11. d4 e5 12. f4 Be7 13. Qe1 h5 14. Qg3 exd4 15. Bxd4) 9. a4?? { (7.19 → 2.12) Blunder. The following was best. } (9. e5) 9... Nc5?? { (2.12 → 10.40) Blunder. The following was best. } (9... Qb6 10. g4) 10. Ra2?? { (10.40 → 3.69) Blunder. The following was best. } (10. Rb1) 10... Qb4?? { (3.69 → 13.89) Blunder. The following was best. } (10... Qb6 11. a5 Qc7 12. d4 Nd7 13. a6 e5 14. d5 Be7 15. axb7 Qxb7 16. Qb1 Qxb1 17. Rxb1) 11. Nd5 Qd4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Be3 Qc3 14. Nxa8 Kd8 15. Bd2 Qd4 16. Kh1 b6 17. Be3 Qc3 18. Qb1 b5?! { (19.72 → Mate in 8) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (18... Qa5 19. e5) 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Nf6 22. Rxa7 g5 23. Qb8+ Qc8 24. Qb6+ Ke8 25. Qb5+ Qc6 26. Nc7# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0