[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/G2spWA5g"] [Date "2026.07.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Mennonite"] [Black "zal667"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "G2spWA5g"] [UTCDate "2026.07.08"] [UTCTime "17:55:00"] [WhiteElo "1839"] [BlackElo "1650"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-48"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "1200+20"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nrknqbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKNQBBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. f4 Nb6 2. e4 e5 3. fxe5 Qxe5?! { (0.21 → 0.85) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (3... f6 4. Nc3 fxe5 5. O-O-O Nc6 6. Qg3 h5 7. h4 O-O-O 8. Nb3) 4. Nb3?! { (0.85 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (4. Nc3 f5 5. d4 Qf6 6. d5 c6 7. O-O-O fxe4 8. Nxe4 Qf4+ 9. Kb1 Bxd5) 4... Ne6? { (0.16 → 1.62) Mistake. f5 was best. } (4... f5 5. Nc3 fxe4 6. O-O-O Nc6 7. Qxe4 Qxe4 8. Nxe4 O-O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a3) 5. Nc3 f5 6. O-O-O? { (2.26 → 0.90) Mistake. d4 was best. } (6. d4 Qf6 7. d5 Nd8 8. O-O-O fxe4 9. h4 Nf7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. a4 Kb8) 6... fxe4 7. Qxe4?! { (0.92 → 0.24) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (7. d4 Qf5 8. d5 Nf4 9. d6 Bxd6 10. Nxe4 Bf8 11. Nd4 Qe5 12. Nb5 Bd5) 7... Qxe4 8. Nxe4 O-O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. Ng5 h6?! { (-0.28 → 0.41) Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. } (10... Nc4 11. Nxe6 Nxe3 12. Nxd8 Nxd1 13. Nc6 Nxb2 14. Nxa7+ Kb8 15. Nc6+ bxc6 16. Kxb2) 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Be2 g5? { (0.36 → 1.53) Mistake. Nc4 was best. } (12... Nc4 13. Bf2 b6 14. Rde1 Bd7 15. Bf3 c6 16. d3 Nd6 17. Nd4 Nf5 18. Ne6) 13. Bd4 Rg8 14. Nc5?! { (1.46 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. Rhf1 was best. } (14. Rhf1 Kb8 15. Bf6 Rc8 16. Bh5 Nd7 17. Bc3 c5 18. Rde1 Rc6 19. Bf7 Bxf7) 14... Bf5?! { (0.63 → 1.25) Inaccuracy. Bxc5 was best. } (14... Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nc4 16. Rde1 Nd6 17. Bh5 Kd7 18. Re2 g4 19. Rhe1 Rg5 20. Rxe6) 15. Rhf1 Bg6 16. Bg4+ Kb8 17. Be6 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rge8 19. Rf6 Be4?! { (1.52 → 2.66) Inaccuracy. Bh5 was best. } (19... Bh5 20. Rg1 Nd7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxh6 Bf7 23. Bd4 g4 24. Rh4 Rde7 25. b3) 20. g3? { (2.66 → 1.22) Mistake. d3 was best. } (20. d3 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Na4 22. Bf2 Rd6 23. Rxh6 Bh3 24. Rxh3 Rdxe6 25. Rxg5 d4) 20... h5 21. d3 Bf3 22. Rf1 g4 23. h3?! { (1.03 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. Rh6 was best. } (23. Rh6 d4 24. h4 a5 25. b3 Nc8 26. a4 b6 27. Ba3 Rh8 28. Rg6 Rhe8) 23... Bg2 24. R1f5 gxh3 25. Rxh5 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Kd2 Rdd8 28. g4 Rh8 29. Rfh6 Rxh6 30. Rxh6 c6? { (0.01 → 1.63) Mistake. Rg8 was best. } (30... Rg8 31. g5 Kc8 32. Be3 d4 33. Bf4 Rf8 34. Bg3 Rf3 35. Bh2 Rf2+ 36. Ke1) 31. g5 Rg8 32. Bd6+ Kc8 33. g6 b5?! { (1.74 → 3.04) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (33... c5 34. Be5 Kd7 35. g7 Ke7 36. c3 Kf7 37. Rh7 Kg6 38. Rh4 Rxg7 39. Bxg7) 34. Be5 Kd7 35. g7 a6? { (2.85 → 4.91) Mistake. Ke8 was best. } (35... Ke8 36. Rxc6 h2 37. Bxh2 Rxg7 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Bg1 a6 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Rc6) 36. Rh8 Ke6?? { (4.86 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h2 was best. } (36... h2 37. Rxh2 Ke6 38. d4 Be4 39. Rh6+ Kf7 40. Rxc6 Ra8 41. a3 a5 42. Rb6) 37. Rxg8 Kxe5 38. Re8+ { Black resigns. } 1-0