[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dU0CTaJF"] [Date "2026.06.01"] [Round "-"] [White "backforward1"] [Black "vedhachalam"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "dU0CTaJF"] [UTCDate "2026.06.01"] [UTCTime "03:23:16"] [WhiteElo "1298"] [BlackElo "1211"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nrbnqbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBNQBKR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.17] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.29] } 2. Ne3 { [%eval 0.17] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.45] } 3. Nb3 { [%eval 0.25] } 3... b6 { [%eval 0.6] } 4. Bb5 { [%eval 0.49] } 4... Nb4 { [%eval 0.51] } 5. a3 { [%eval 0.45] } 5... Nd5?? { (0.45 → 4.19) Blunder. Na2 was best. } { [%eval 4.19] } (5... Na2 6. O-O c6 7. Bd3 Nc7 8. f4 exf4 9. Rxf4 h5 10. Nd4 Nxc1 11. Rxc1) 6. O-O?? { (4.19 → 0.49) Blunder. exd5 was best. } { [%eval 0.49] } (6. exd5 c5 7. h4 Nc7 8. Be2 d6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. b4 cxb4) 6... Nxe3 { [%eval 0.73] } 7. fxe3 { [%eval 0.36] } 7... c6 { [%eval 0.39] } 8. Be2 { [%eval 0.36] } 8... h5 { [%eval 0.45] } 9. d4 { [%eval 0.45] } 9... exd4? { (0.45 → 1.59) Mistake. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.59] } (9... d6 10. Nd2 Rh6 11. b3 b5 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 f6 15. Nf3) 10. exd4 { [%eval 1.41] } 10... d6 { [%eval 1.64] } 11. Bd3 { [%eval 1.36] } 11... Be6 { [%eval 1.76] } 12. Qg3?! { (1.76 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval 1.04] } (12. Nd2 h4 13. h3 Be7 14. Nf3 b5 15. b3 Nc7 16. Bd2 Rh5 17. c4 d5) 12... Bxb3 { [%eval 1.39] } 13. cxb3 { [%eval 1.37] } 13... h4 { [%eval 1.43] } 14. Qg4 { [%eval 1.28] } 14... Qe6?! { (1.28 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. Nc7 was best. } { [%eval 2.0] } (14... Nc7 15. Bd2 h3 16. gxh3 Ne6 17. Bc3 Rh6 18. Kh1 Rg6 19. Qe2 c5 20. d5) 15. Qe2?! { (2.00 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Qxe6 was best. } { [%eval 0.96] } (15. Qxe6 fxe6 16. Bg5 Nc7 17. Rbc1 c5 18. b4 Rh5 19. Bf4 g5 20. Be2 Rh7) 15... Qxb3?? { (0.96 → 6.17) Blunder. Nc7 was best. } { [%eval 6.17] } (15... Nc7 16. h3 g6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. b4 Qe7 19. Qg4 Rh5 20. Rbc1 c5 21. bxc5) 16. Bf4?? { (6.17 → 1.97) Blunder. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval 1.97] } (16. Bc4 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 Rb7 18. h3 d5 19. exd5 Rh5 20. dxc6 Re7 21. d5 Rhe5) 16... Re8?? { (1.97 → 4.56) Blunder. b5 was best. } { [%eval 4.56] } (16... b5 17. Rbc1 h3 18. g3 Nb6 19. Rxc6 Be7 20. Rc3 Qa2 21. Rc7 Bd8 22. Rxa7) 17. Bg5?? { (4.56 → 1.90) Blunder. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval 1.9] } (17. Bc4 Rxe4 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Qxe4 Qd7 20. Rbc1 b5 21. Qxc6 Nb6 22. Qxd7 Nxd7) 17... Be7?? { (1.90 → 5.75) Blunder. Qe6 was best. } { [%eval 5.75] } (17... Qe6 18. Rbc1 Be7 19. Be3 h3 20. Rxc6 Qd7 21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Rfc1 hxg2 23. Kxg2) 18. Bc4 { [%eval 5.41] } 18... Qxc4 { [%eval 5.62] } 19. Qxc4 { [%eval 5.68] } 19... Bxg5 { [%eval 5.59] } 20. Rxf7 { [%eval 4.94] } 20... Kh7 { [%eval 5.45] } 21. Qxc6 { [%eval 5.12] } 21... Kg6 { [%eval 6.47] } 22. Rbf1 { [%eval 6.06] } 22... Rhf8?! { (6.06 → 8.52) Inaccuracy. Kh6 was best. } { [%eval 8.52] } (22... Kh6 23. R7f5 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Qd5 g6 26. Rf6 Bg5 27. Qf7 Bxf6 28. Qxf6) 23. Qd7 { [%eval 8.14] } 23... Rxf7 { [%eval 7.9] } 24. Qxf7+ { [%eval 8.03] } 24... Kh7 { [%eval 8.47] } 25. Qxe8 { [%eval 8.46] } 25... Nc7? { (8.46 → Mate in 18) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf6 was best. } { [%eval #18] } (25... Bf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qxd6 Kf7 30. Kf2 Nc7) 26. Qh5+ { [%eval 7.93] } 26... Kg8? { (7.93 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bh6 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (26... Bh6 27. Qf5+ Kh8 28. Kh1 Be3 29. Qh3 Ne8 30. Qxe3 Nf6 31. Qh3 Kg8 32. Qc8+) 27. Qxg5 { [%eval #6] } 27... Ne6 { [%eval #5] } 28. Qd5 { [%eval #4] } 28... Kh7 { [%eval #4] } 29. Qxe6 { [%eval #3] } 29... d5 { [%eval #3] } 30. Qd6 { [%eval #3] } 30... b5 { [%eval #3] } 31. exd5 { [%eval #3] } 31... b4 { [%eval #3] } 32. Qxb4 { [%eval #4] } 32... a6 { [%eval #4] } 33. Qe7 { [%eval #3] } 33... a5 { [%eval #3] } 34. Rf7 { [%eval #2] } 34... Kg6 { [%eval #2] } 35. Rxg7+ { [%eval #1] } 35... Kf5 { [%eval #1] } 36. Qe5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0