[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/VFpGPSyj"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Mennonite"] [Black "seandcosta"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "VFpGPSyj"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "17:45:25"] [WhiteElo "1858"] [BlackElo "1359"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "1200+20"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nqbrknrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBRKNRB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.27] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.17] } 2. g4 { [%eval -0.35] } 2... g6 { [%eval -0.31] } 3. c3 { [%eval -0.42] } 3... Ne6 { [%eval -0.11] } 4. e4?! { (-0.11 → -0.69) Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best. } { [%eval -0.69] } (4. Qd3 c6 5. Qg3 Qxg3 6. hxg3 Nec7 7. Ne3 e5 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. g5 O-O) 4... dxe4?! { (-0.69 → 0.02) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } { [%eval 0.02] } (4... Nb6 5. Nb3 c6 6. Qd3 dxe4 7. Qg3 Qxg3 8. Rxg3 Bf6 9. g5 Bg7 10. Bxe4) 5. Bxe4? { (0.02 → -1.21) Mistake. Qxe4 was best. } { [%eval -1.21] } (5. Qxe4 Nb6 6. Ng3 Nd5 7. Ne2 b5 8. Nb3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 c5) 5... O-O { [%eval -0.86] } 6. h4 { [%eval -1.36] } 6... c6?! { (-1.36 → -0.69) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval -0.69] } (6... c5 7. Bh6 Bg7 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nac7 11. Qd3 Nf4 12. Qf3) 7. h5 { [%eval -0.84] } 7... Nf4 { [%eval -0.73] } 8. Ng3? { (-0.73 → -1.98) Mistake. Qc2 was best. } { [%eval -1.98] } (8. Qc2 Nb6 9. Nb3 Nbd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Bh6 Rfe8 12. Ne3 e5 13. O-O-O exd4) 8... Bxg4 { [%eval -1.82] } 9. hxg6 { [%eval -2.32] } 9... hxg6?? { (-2.32 → 0.43) Blunder. fxg6 was best. } { [%eval 0.43] } (9... fxg6 10. Nb3 Bxd1 11. Kxd1 Rf6 12. Nf5 Bg7 13. Rg4 Nh3 14. Be3 gxf5 15. Bxf5) 10. f3? { (0.43 → -1.18) Mistake. Bxf4 was best. } { [%eval -1.18] } (10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. Ne2 Bxe2 12. Bxg6 Bg7 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Kxe2 f5 15. Bg6 Rd6) 10... Nh3?? { (-1.18 → 2.17) Blunder. Bc8 was best. } { [%eval 2.17] } (10... Bc8 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Qh2 Nh3 13. Rg2 Nb6 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15. Nc2 Kh7 16. Bf5) 11. Rg2 { [%eval 2.09] } 11... Be5? { (2.09 → 3.62) Mistake. Bf6 was best. } { [%eval 3.62] } (11... Bf6 12. fxg4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qd3 Bh4 15. Qf3 e5 16. Ke2 Qg5 17. Nf5) 12. dxe5 { [%eval 3.42] } 12... Rxd1+ { [%eval 3.29] } 13. Kxd1 { [%eval 3.57] } 13... Rd8+ { [%eval 3.54] } 14. Ke1 { [%eval 3.51] } 14... Qxe5 { [%eval 3.64] } 15. fxg4 { [%eval 3.65] } 15... Ng5 { [%eval 4.2] } 16. Bxg5 { [%eval 4.17] } 16... Qxg5 { [%eval 4.09] } 17. Qc2 { [%eval 4.03] } 17... Qe3+ { [%eval 4.27] } 18. Ne2 { [%eval 4.19] } 18... Kg7 { [%eval 4.61] } 19. Nb3 { [%eval 4.6] } 19... Nc7 { [%eval 4.3] } 20. Nd4 { [%eval 4.43] } 20... Rxd4?! { (4.43 → 6.11) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 6.11] } (20... e5 21. Rg3 Qh6 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. g5 Qh5 24. Rg1 Qh3 25. Kf2 b6 26. b4) 21. cxd4 { [%eval 6.05] } 21... Ne6 { [%eval 6.22] } 22. Qd3 { [%eval 6.07] } 22... Qg5 { [%eval 6.01] } 23. b4 { [%eval 5.77] } 23... Nf4 { [%eval 6.03] } 24. Nxf4 { [%eval 5.82] } 24... Qxf4 { [%eval 5.81] } 25. Qc2 { [%eval 5.76] } 25... e5 { [%eval 6.1] } 26. dxe5 { [%eval 5.96] } 26... Qxe5 { [%eval 6.78] } 27. Qb2 { [%eval 6.63] } 27... Qxb2 { [%eval 6.51] } 28. Rxb2 { [%eval 6.55] } 28... f5 { [%eval 6.62] } 29. gxf5 { [%eval 6.9] } 29... g5 { [%eval 7.78] } 30. a4 { [%eval 7.88] } 30... Kf6 { [%eval 7.82] } 31. b5 { [%eval 7.56] } 31... cxb5 { [%eval 7.63] } 32. axb5 { [%eval 7.3] } 32... b6? { (7.30 → Mate in 15) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf7 was best. } { [%eval #15] } (32... Kf7 33. Kd2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Rc2 Kf7 36. Kd4 Kf6 37. Rc8 Ke7) 33. Ra2? { (Mate in 15 → 8.80) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kd2 was best. } { [%eval 8.8] } (33. Kd2 Kg7 34. Rc2 g4 35. Rc6 g3 36. f6+ Kf7 37. Ke3 Kg8 38. Bd5+ Kh7) 33... a5? { (8.80 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g4 was best. } { [%eval #9] } (33... g4 34. Rc2 Ke5 35. Rc6 Kxe4 36. f6 g3 37. f7 g2 38. Rg6 g1=Q+ 39. Rxg1) 34. bxa6 { [%eval #8] } 34... Ke5 { [%eval #8] } 35. Bg2 { [%eval #7] } 35... g4 { [%eval #7] } 36. a7 { [%eval #6] } 36... Kxf5 { [%eval #5] } 37. a8=Q { [%eval #4] } 37... Kf4 { [%eval #4] } 38. Qb8+ { [%eval #4] } 38... Kg5 { [%eval #4] } 39. Qg3 { [%eval #4] } 39... b5 { [%eval #4] } 40. Re2 { [%eval #4] } 40... b4 { [%eval #3] } 41. Re5+ { [%eval #4] } 41... Kf6 { [%eval #4] } 42. Qf4+ { [%eval #3] } 42... Kg6 { [%eval #2] } 43. Qg5+ { [%eval #2] } 43... Kf7 { [%eval #2] } 44. Re7+ { [%eval #1] } 44... Kf8 { [%eval #1] } 45. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0