[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/2tpRQZz2"] [Date "2026.06.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Hardik_5967"] [Black "backforward1"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "2tpRQZz2"] [UTCDate "2026.06.01"] [UTCTime "02:54:48"] [WhiteElo "1279"] [BlackElo "1288"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-139"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rkbbnqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBNQNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.31] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.25] } 2. Nef3 { [%eval 0.12] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.2] } 3. d3 { [%eval -0.14] } 3... Be6?! { (-0.14 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval 0.63] } (3... a5 4. a4 Ne7 5. Nd2 g5 6. h4 h6 7. Ra3 f5 8. hxg5) 4. Be3?! { (0.63 → -0.36) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.36] } (4. d4 Ngf6 5. Qe1 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. a4 c5 8. Nb3 Bc7 9. f3 O-O-O) 4... Ngf6?! { (-0.36 → 0.23) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval 0.23] } (4... a5 5. a4 Ne7 6. Nd2 f5 7. f4 exf4 8. Qxf4 Ng6 9. Qf1 fxe4 10. Qxf8) 5. Nd2 { [%eval 0.25] } 5... c6 { [%eval 0.23] } 6. c3 { [%eval 0.03] } 6... Qe7 { [%eval 0.45] } 7. d4?! { (0.45 → -0.63) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%eval -0.63] } (7. f4 Bb6 8. Qe2 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 exf4 10. Qxf4 O-O-O 11. Ngf3 Ng4 12. Nd4 Ne5) 7... Bb6 { [%eval -0.35] } 8. dxe5 { [%eval -0.35] } 8... dxe5 { [%eval -0.26] } 9. Bxb6 { [%eval -0.56] } 9... axb6 { [%eval -0.45] } 10. Ngf3 { [%eval -0.56] } 10... Bd7 { [%eval -0.08] } 11. Nc4 { [%eval -0.38] } 11... Nd6?! { (-0.38 → 0.27) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.27] } (11... Nxe4 12. Nxb6 Bf5 13. Bc2 Ra6 14. Nc4 Qc5 15. Nfd2 N8d6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe2) 12. Nxb6 { [%eval 0.29] } 12... Ra6 { [%eval 0.6] } 13. Nxd7+ { [%eval 0.64] } 13... Nxd7 { [%eval 1.03] } 14. Be2?! { (1.03 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. Bc2 was best. } { [%eval 0.44] } (14. Bc2 b5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O g6 17. Rfd1 Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 19. Ne1 Nc4) 14... Rb6 { [%eval 0.46] } 15. b4?? { (0.46 → -2.19) Blunder. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -2.19] } (15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc1 Qg5 17. g3 Rd8 18. Rd1 f5 19. Kc2 fxe4) 15... O-O?? { (-2.19 → -0.10) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval -0.1] } (15... Nxe4 16. Qc1 c5 17. b5 c4 18. a4 Rd6 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Rd8 21. Qa3) 16. a3? { (-0.10 → -1.67) Mistake. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval -1.67] } (16. Nd2 c5 17. b5 c4 18. a4 Nc5 19. Qc1 Ndxe4) 16... Nxe4 { [%eval -1.95] } 17. Bc4? { (-1.95 → -3.37) Mistake. Qc1 was best. } { [%eval -3.37] } (17. Qc1 c5 18. Qe3 cxb4 19. O-O Nxc3 20. axb4 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Rxb4 22. Rad1 e4) 17... Nxc3+ { [%eval -3.35] } 18. Kc2 { [%eval -2.8] } 18... Nd5 { [%eval -2.73] } 19. Bxd5?! { (-2.73 → -4.11) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -4.11] } (19. Qe2 e4 20. Rhd1 Re8 21. Nd2 N7f6 22. Nb3 Qe5 23. Rd4 Qxh2 24. Re1 Qe5) 19... cxd5 { [%eval -4.29] } 20. Rd1 { [%eval -4.84] } 20... d4 { [%eval -3.96] } 21. Kb3?! { (-3.96 → -5.98) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%eval -5.98] } (21. Qe2 Ra8 22. Rxd4 Rxa3 23. Qe4 Ra2+ 24. Kb1 Ra4 25. Kc2 Rbxb4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4) 21... Rc8?! { (-5.98 → -4.62) Inaccuracy. Qe6+ was best. } { [%eval -4.62] } (21... Qe6+ 22. Kb2 Nc5 23. Nd2 Na4+ 24. Ka1 Rc8 25. Rc1 Nc3 26. Rc2 Rxb4 27. axb4) 22. a4?? { (-4.62 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc1 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Rc6 24. Qd1 Nb6 25. Kb2 Nc4+ 26. Kb3 Qe6 27. Ng5 Qg6) 22... Qxb4+ { [%eval #-1] } 23. Ka2 { [%eval #-1] } 23... Qxa4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1