[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/YcjNl2xw"] [Date "2026.01.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Catholicity"] [Black "doteps"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "YcjNl2xw"] [UTCDate "2026.01.07"] [UTCTime "20:02:27"] [WhiteElo "1369"] [BlackElo "1542"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-38"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "1200+20"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brknnqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNNQRB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nd3 b6 4. Nc3 Qh6?! { (-0.21 → 0.41) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (4... f5 5. f4 g5 6. b3 O-O-O 7. e3 gxf4 8. gxf4 e6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bf3) 5. e3 Ng7?! { (0.30 → 1.13) Inaccuracy. Nd6 was best. } (5... Nd6 6. b4) 6. O-O-O?! { (1.13 → 0.40) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (6. b4 Nf5 7. f4 Nd6 8. e4 Bd4 9. e5 Nc4 10. b5 N6a5 11. Bxa8 Rxa8) 6... Nf5 7. Qe2 e5?! { (0.03 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (7... O-O-O 8. b3 g5 9. f4 gxf4 10. Nxf4 e6 11. Rdf1 d5 12. Nfxd5 Qxh2 13. Rh1) 8. h4?! { (0.66 → -0.02) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (8. g4) 8... Nce7?! { (-0.02 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Bb7 was best. } (8... Bb7) 9. Bxa8 Rxa8 10. Qf3 c6 11. e4 Nd4 12. Qxf7 Rg7?? { (1.08 → 5.13) Blunder. Qf8 was best. } (12... Qf8 13. Qxf8+ Rxf8 14. b3 Ng8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nf6 17. Rdf1 Kc7 18. e5) 13. Qf8+?? { (5.13 → 0.98) Blunder. Qe8+ was best. } (13. Qe8+ Kc7 14. Qxa8 Nc8 15. f4 exf4 16. b3 f3 17. Nd5+ cxd5 18. Bxd4 dxe4) 13... Kb7 14. Qf6 Ng8 15. Qxe5 Rf7?! { (1.01 → 2.03) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (15... Nf3) 16. Nc5+?? { (2.03 → -1.99) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } (16. Qd6 Nf3 17. e5 Qf8 18. Ne4 Nxg1 19. Rxg1 Nh6 20. b3 Nf5 21. Qxf8 Rfxf8) 16... bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rxf2?? { (-1.75 → 1.53) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (17... Nf3 18. Qb4+ Kc8 19. Rh1 Qf8 20. Qc4 Rb8 21. b3 Bd4 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. e5) 18. Qb4+?? { (1.53 → -0.85) Blunder. e5 was best. } (18. e5) 18... Kc7?? { (-0.85 → 1.34) Blunder. Kc8 was best. } (18... Kc8 19. e5) 19. Qc5?? { (1.34 → -2.21) Blunder. e5 was best. } (19. e5) 19... Qf8 20. Nd5+?? { (-1.99 → -4.42) Blunder. Qa5+ was best. } (20. Qa5+) 20... Kb7 21. Qc4 cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kc7 23. c3?! { (-3.97 → -5.38) Inaccuracy. Qa5+ was best. } (23. Qa5+ Kc8 24. b3 Ne2+ 25. Kb1 Bxa1 26. Rge1 Qf6 27. c3 Bxc3 28. Qc5+ Kd8) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kb1 Nxg1 25. Qc4+ Kd8 26. Rxg1 Rc8 27. Qa6 Ne7 28. Re1 Nc6 29. Qb5 Rxd2?! { (-6.43 → -4.13) Inaccuracy. Qd6 was best. } (29... Qd6 30. d4 Qxg3 31. Qg5+ Qxg5 32. hxg5 Nxd4 33. cxd4 Bxd4 34. Rh1 Ke7 35. Rxh7+) 30. Qg5+ Qf6 31. Qxd2 Qe5 32. Rd1 Qxe4+ 33. Kc1 Rc7 34. Qg5+ Qe7 35. Qd5 Be5 36. Rf1 Qe6 37. Rf8+ Ke7 38. Qf3 Rb7 39. Rc8 Rb8?? { (-5.21 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf7 was best. } (39... Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. g4 Rb8 42. Rxb8 Bxb8 43. Kc2 Ne5 44. g5 Ke6 45. b4) 40. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0