[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena February '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/f53gXDFL"] [Date "2023.02.04"] [White "V_M"] [Black "sterpfi"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.02.04"] [UTCTime "19:40:38"] [WhiteElo "2396"] [BlackElo "2030"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rbnknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6?! { (0.25 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (2... f5) 3. c3 Nb6 4. e4 h6?! { (0.95 → 1.74) Inaccuracy. Nfd7 was best. } (4... Nfd7) 5. d4 Bh7 6. e5 Bxb1 7. Rxb1 Nfd5 8. Nd3?! { (1.41 → 0.58) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } (8. Nd2 c6) 8... g5?! { (0.58 → 1.64) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } (8... Qe8) 9. fxg5 hxg5? { (1.62 → 2.91) Mistake. Qg8 was best. } (9... Qg8 10. gxh6) 10. Nxg5 Ke8 11. Qf3 Rg8 12. Ne4?! { (3.04 → 1.92) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (12. h4 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 Qg6 15. Rc1 c6 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bh2 Qh6 18. Re1 Rg7) 12... Qh6?! { (1.92 → 2.70) Inaccuracy. Qg7 was best. } (12... Qg7 13. g3 c6 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Kc2 Kd7 16. Qf5+ Kc7 17. Re1 Nc4 18. Bf2 Qh6 19. Kb1) 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Kc2 Nc4 15. Re1 f5 16. Qxf5 Rxg2+ 17. Kb1?! { (3.21 → 2.26) Inaccuracy. Kb3 was best. } (17. Kb3) 17... Nd2+?? { (2.26 → 6.77) Blunder. e6 was best. } (17... e6 18. Qf3 Rxb2+ 19. Ka1 Rb5 20. Bf2 Kd7 21. Rhg1 Bc7 22. Ndc5+ Kc6 23. Qe2 Ndb6 24. d5+) 18. Ka1 Qh4 19. Bf2 Rxf2 20. Ndxf2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf4? { (8.48 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } (21... Kd8 22. Qxd5 Kc8 23. Ng5 e5 24. Qe6+ Kc7 25. Reg1 exd4 26. Ne4 Kb6 27. Qb3+ Ka6) 22. Qc8+ Kf7 23. Qf5+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Kd8 25. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0