[Event "SPL x IPL 2026 End-Season 960 Team Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Hqz1TrDM"] [Date "2026.05.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Rohit2000"] [Black "chanduln"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "Hqz1TrDM"] [UTCDate "2026.05.23"] [UTCTime "15:34:21"] [WhiteElo "1434"] [BlackElo "1428"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+87"] [BlackRatingDiff "-145"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nnqrbbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRBBKR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 { [%eval 0.17] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.64] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.3] } 2... f6 { [%eval 0.75] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.86] } 3... Nc6?! { (0.86 → 1.43) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.43] } (3... d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. h4 h5 6. Nb3 Nb6 7. Bd2 Bg6 8. Rh3 Nc6 9. Bf4) 4. d5 { [%eval 1.0] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 1.44] } 5. Nxd5?! { (1.44 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.75] } (5. cxd5 Ne5 6. Nb3 c6 7. f4 Nf7 8. h4 cxd5 9. h5 Nh6 10. e3 Bf7) 5... Ne5 { [%eval 1.11] } 6. e4 { [%eval 0.92] } 6... c6 { [%eval 1.01] } 7. Nf4 { [%eval 0.69] } 7... Nb6 { [%eval 0.97] } 8. b3 { [%eval 0.74] } 8... Bf7 { [%eval 0.65] } 9. Nc2?! { (0.65 → -0.04) Inaccuracy. Ba5 was best. } { [%eval -0.04] } (9. Ba5 Re8 10. h4 d5 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 h5 13. Nc2 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Ng4) 9... d6? { (-0.04 → 1.29) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.29] } (9... d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5 13. Ne3 Rc5 14. Qd2 Rc7 15. Bb5) 10. Nd3?! { (1.29 → 0.40) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval 0.4] } (10. Nd4 Ng6 11. h4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 h5 13. Nf5 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5) 10... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.77] } 11. Bc3 { [%eval 0.25] } 11... Nxd3 { [%eval 0.29] } 12. Bxd3 { [%eval 0.21] } 12... Nc5 { [%eval 0.53] } 13. Be2? { (0.53 → -0.65) Mistake. Ne3 was best. } { [%eval -0.65] } (13. Ne3 Nxd3 14. Rxd3 Bg6 15. f3 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5+ 18. Kf1) 13... d5? { (-0.65 → 0.58) Mistake. Nxe4 was best. } { [%eval 0.58] } (13... Nxe4 14. Bd4 d5 15. f3 Nc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bf2 Ne6 18. Nd4 Qxc1 19. Rxc1) 14. exd5 { [%eval 0.57] } 14... Ne4 { [%eval 1.08] } 15. Qe3? { (1.08 → -0.08) Mistake. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -0.08] } (15. Bb2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bd6 17. O-O O-O 18. Ne3 Qxc1 19. Rxc1) 15... Nxc3 { [%eval 0.33] } 16. Qxc3 { [%eval 0.35] } 16... Re8? { (0.35 → 1.62) Mistake. cxd5 was best. } { [%eval 1.62] } (16... cxd5 17. Ne3 Be7 18. Bg4 Qc5 19. Qd3 d4 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bf3) 17. Bf3 { [%eval 1.69] } 17... cxd5 { [%eval 1.98] } 18. Bxd5 { [%eval 1.98] } 18... Bxd5 { [%eval 2.43] } 19. Rxd5 { [%eval 2.36] } 19... Rd8?! { (2.36 → 3.06) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 3.06] } (19... Be7 20. O-O O-O 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Qf3 Rf7 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Kf1) 20. Rxd8 { [%eval 3.05] } 20... Qxd8 { [%eval 3.09] } 21. O-O { [%eval 3.16] } 21... Bd6?! { (3.16 → 4.14) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%eval 4.14] } (21... h5 22. Qf3 h4 23. h3 Qd2 24. Ne3 Qa5 25. Nf5 g6 26. Ne3 f5 27. Qxb7) 22. Nd4? { (4.14 → 2.15) Mistake. Qf3 was best. } { [%eval 2.15] } (22. Qf3 Qa5 23. Rd1 Qe5 24. g3 O-O 25. Qxb7 Kh8 26. Qf3 Bb8 27. Ne3 Qa5) 22... Bb8 { [%eval 2.8] } 23. c5 { [%eval 2.42] } 23... O-O?? { (2.42 → 5.23) Blunder. Qd5 was best. } { [%eval 5.23] } (23... Qd5 24. c6 O-O 25. cxb7 Qxb7 26. Nc6 Re8 27. g3 Bd6 28. Rd1 Bf8 29. a4) 24. Ne6 { [%eval 5.17] } 24... Qe7 { [%eval 5.27] } 25. Nxf8 { [%eval 5.52] } 25... Qxf8 { [%eval 5.77] } 26. Rd1 { [%eval 5.71] } 26... Qc8 { [%eval 5.89] } 27. Qc4+ { [%eval 5.74] } 27... Kf8 { [%eval 5.59] } 28. Rd5 { [%eval 5.47] } 28... b6 { [%eval 6.67] } 29. Qd3 { [%eval 5.95] } 29... Qg4 { [%eval 7.75] } 30. Rd8+ { [%eval 7.42] } 30... Kf7 { [%eval 7.88] } 31. Rxb8 { [%eval 7.92] } 31... Qg5 { [%eval 8.8] } 32. Rb7+ { [%eval 8.64] } 32... Ke6 { [%eval 8.6] } 33. Qd7+ { [%eval 9.1] } 33... Ke5 { [%eval 8.63] } 34. Qc7+ { [%eval 8.39] } 34... Ke6 { [%eval 8.85] } 35. Qe7+ { [%eval 8.6] } 35... Kf5 { [%eval 8.63] } 36. Qd7+ { [%eval 8.46] } 36... Ke5 { [%eval 8.85] } 37. Qd6+ { [%eval 8.72] } 37... Kf5 { [%eval 8.62] } 38. Qd5+ { [%eval 8.93] } 38... Kg6 { [%eval 9.01] } 39. Qxg5+ { [%eval 8.43] } 39... fxg5 { [%eval 12.85] } 40. c6 { [%eval 9.42] } 40... Kf6? { (9.42 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g4 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (40... g4 41. c7 h5 42. c8=Q h4 43. Qe6+ Kh5) 41. c7 { [%eval #7] } 41... a5 { [%eval #5] } 42. c8=Q { [%eval #4] } 42... b5 { [%eval #4] } 43. Rb6+ { [%eval #3] } 43... Ke5 { [%eval #3] } 44. Rxb5+ { [%eval #3] } 44... Kd4 { [%eval #1] } 45. Qc4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0