[Event "1st Chess 960 Open Tournament"] [Site "https://lichess.org/JDbqUUlU"] [Date "2024.03.22"] [White "aaryan_varshney"] [Black "samardayal"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.22"] [UTCTime "15:41:02"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nnrkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKQRBB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 g6 2. c3?! { (0.09 → -0.76) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (2. O-O-O f5 3. g3 fxe4 4. Bxe4 O-O-O 5. Nb3 e5 6. f4 exf4) 2... e5?! { (-0.76 → 0.13) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (2... f5 3. f4 Bc4 4. Rf2 fxe4 5. Qxe4 Nb6 6. b3 Bd5 7. Qe2 c5 8. Rf1 Qf7 9. Nc2) 3. Nb3?! { (0.13 → -0.62) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (3. f4 exf4 4. O-O-O O-O-O 5. Rxf4 Nb6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Qf1 Kb8 8. Na3 d6 9. b3 Bg7) 3... b6? { (-0.62 → 0.60) Mistake. f5 was best. } (3... f5 4. exf5) 4. O-O-O O-O-O 5. d4?! { (0.75 → -0.21) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (5. g4 f5 6. exf5 c6 7. f4 exf4 8. Rxf4 Qxe1 9. Rxe1 Nc7 10. Na3 Rde8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8) 5... d6?! { (-0.21 → 0.83) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } (5... exd4 6. f4 dxc3 7. Nxc3 d6 8. g4 c6 9. Bd4 f6 10. Bf2 Nc7 11. Nd4 c5 12. Nc2) 6. g3 c6 7. f4 Nc7 8. Na3 b5?? { (0.68 → 3.00) Blunder. f5 was best. } (8... f5 9. dxe5) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bxa7?! { (3.05 → 2.22) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (10. Bc5 Rxd1+ 11. Qxd1 Bg7 12. Nc2 f6 13. Bxf8 Bxf8 14. fxe5 fxe5 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. Bg2 Be6) 10... f5? { (2.22 → 4.15) Mistake. Rxd1+ was best. } (10... Rxd1+ 11. Qxd1 f5 12. Bc5 Rf7 13. exf5 Nca6 14. Re1 Rd7 15. Bd6 e4 16. Rxe4 Qd8 17. Qe2) 11. exf5? { (4.15 → 2.47) Mistake. Rxd8+ was best. } (11. Rxd8+ Qxd8 12. Bxb8 Kxb8 13. Na5 Qd6 14. Qf2 c5 15. exf5 exf4 16. Rd1 fxg3 17. hxg3 Rxf5) 11... gxf5? { (2.47 → 4.18) Mistake. Rxd1+ was best. } (11... Rxd1+ 12. Qxd1 exf4 13. Bxb8 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe3+ 15. Kb1 Rd8 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Kxb8 18. fxg6) 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. fxe5?! { (4.46 → 2.88) Inaccuracy. Bxb8 was best. } (13. Bxb8) 13... Nd7 14. Qe2?! { (2.85 → 1.96) Inaccuracy. Bd4 was best. } (14. Bd4 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Qg6 16. c4 Re8 17. cxb5 c5 18. Bc3 Nxe5 19. Qd2 f4+ 20. Ka1 f3) 14... Nxe5 15. Rd1 Qg5+ 16. Be3 Qg6? { (1.90 → 3.28) Mistake. Qg4 was best. } (16... Qg4 17. Qf1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Bd4 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Qg6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Ka1) 17. Bf4 Nc4? { (3.48 → 6.00) Mistake. Bxb3 was best. } (17... Bxb3 18. axb3) 18. Qe7 Rf7?? { (6.05 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg7 was best. } (18... Qg7 19. Qc5 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qxc3+ 22. Qxc3 b4 23. Qxh8 bxa3+ 24. Kxa3 Rxh8 25. Bxc6) 19. Qd8+ Kb7 20. Nc5+ Ka7 21. Bxc7 Rf8 22. Bb6+ Nxb6 23. Qc7+ Ka8 24. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0