[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena March '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0XFnCi4D"] [Date "2024.03.09"] [White "DragonMaterz"] [Black "SamTheKid"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.03.09"] [UTCTime "19:59:34"] [WhiteElo "2114"] [BlackElo "2090"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-120"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [WhiteTitle "NM"] [BlackTitle "NM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "qbrknrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBRKNRBN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 f5 2. c3?! { (0.32 → -0.38) Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } (2. f3 c6 3. b3 a5 4. a4 b5 5. Ng3 Ng6 6. Bf2 Nf4 7. e3 Nd5 8. c4 f4) 2... g6?! { (-0.38 → 0.53) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (2... b6 3. b3 c5 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 c4 6. f3 Nd6 7. Ng3 Ng6 8. Qb2 Nf4 9. a4) 3. e3? { (0.53 → -1.00) Mistake. Nd3 was best. } (3. Nd3 b6) 3... c5 4. h3 b6 5. Bh2?? { (-1.36 → -5.62) Blunder. f3 was best. } (5. f3 Bd6) 5... Bxh2 6. Nf3 Bb8 7. O-O-O Nf7 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Bc2 Nf6 10. Ba4 Nd6 11. Qb1 Qe4 12. Bc2 Qb7 13. Ng3 Bc4 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. b3 Bf7 16. c4 Nde4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nd2 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rf1 { White offers draw } 20... Bd6 21. f3 exf3 22. gxf3 c4 23. e4?! { (-6.02 → -10.16) Inaccuracy. Nxc4 was best. } (23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Qa6 25. Bb3 Kg7 26. Qc2 Bb4 27. Kb1 Qa5 28. Qh2 Rcd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8) 23... Ba3+ 24. Qb2 Bxb2+ 25. Kxb2 c3+ 26. Kb1 cxd2 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. b4 Qc4?! { (-13.00 → -5.86) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (28... Kh8 29. a3 Rc3 30. Kb2 Rfc8 31. Rc1 dxc1=Q+ 32. Rxc1 Qd2 33. f4 Nd5 34. Ka2 Rf3) 29. Bb3 Rfd8 30. Rf2 Nd5 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rdxd2 Rxb4+ 33. Kc2? { (-5.78 → -37.02) Mistake. Kc1 was best. } (33. Kc1 Rc8+ 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Rfe2 Ra4 36. Kb2 Nf6 37. Rc7 Kf8 38. Rcc2) 33... Ne3+ 34. Kc3?! { (-34.54 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc1 was best. } (34. Kc1 Rc8+ 35. Rc2 Rxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Nxc2 37. Kxc2 Rf4 38. Kb3 Rxf3+ 39. Kc4 Rxh3 40. a4 g5) 34... Rc4+ 35. Kb3 Rb8+ 36. Ka3 Rc6 37. Rd4 Nc4+? { (Mate in 2 → -8.75) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ra6+ was best. } (37... Ra6+ 38. Ra4 Nc4#) 38. Ka4? { (-8.75 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxc4 was best. } (38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Rb2 Rc3+ 40. Rb3 Rbxb3+ 41. axb3 Rxf3 42. Ka2 Rxh3 43. Ka3 Rf3 44. Ka4 h5) 38... Ra6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1