[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena April '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/i4dRJbj2"] [Date "2023.04.01"] [White "Gannikus21"] [Black "tacticthunder"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.04.01"] [UTCTime "19:23:33"] [WhiteElo "2277"] [BlackElo "2253"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "qrnknbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNKNBBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Ncd6?! { (-0.25 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (4... b5 5. Bf2 Bd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b4 O-O 8. Bd4 a5 9. a4 bxa4 10. Qxa4 Rxb4 11. Rxb4) 5. d3?! { (0.44 → -0.20) Inaccuracy. Bd4 was best. } (5. Bd4) 5... Nf6? { (-0.20 → 0.94) Mistake. b5 was best. } (5... b5) 6. h3? { (0.94 → -0.19) Mistake. c4 was best. } (6. c4 b5 7. b3 Be6 8. Bd4 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Ng5 Qa6 11. a4 bxc4 12. bxc4 Rxb1) 6... Bf7?! { (-0.19 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (6... b5 7. Bd4) 7. Ne5?? { (0.59 → -1.08) Blunder. a4 was best. } (7. a4 O-O) 7... O-O? { (-1.08 → 0.15) Mistake. Bd5 was best. } (7... Bd5) 8. b4?! { (0.15 → -0.49) Inaccuracy. Bf2 was best. } (8. Bf2) 8... a5 9. b5 Bd5 10. Bxd5+ Nxd5 11. a4? { (-0.18 → -1.86) Mistake. c4 was best. } (11. c4 Nf6 12. Bd4 c5 13. Bb2 Rbd8 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rg1 Nf7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Nd2 d5) 11... b6 12. Rh2 Nf7 13. Bd4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5?? { (-1.77 → -4.04) Blunder. Nb3 was best. } (14. Nb3 Ne3+ 15. Kc1 d6 16. fxe5 Bh6 17. exd6 exd6 18. Kb2 c5 19. Bxe3 Bxe3 20. Rf1 Qd5) 14... Bxe5?? { (-4.04 → -0.96) Blunder. Ne3+ was best. } (14... Ne3+ 15. Kd2 Nf1+ 16. Ke1 Nxh2 17. Bxg7 Rf7 18. Bd4 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Nf1+ 20. Kc3 Qxh3 21. Nb3) 15. Qxe5 e6?? { (-0.89 → 0.77) Blunder. d6 was best. } (15... d6 16. Qe6+ Kg7 17. Kd2 Rf6 18. Qd7 Rd8 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. bxc6 Nb4 21. e3 e5 22. Ne2) 16. c4 Nf6? { (0.77 → 1.98) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } (16... Nb4 17. Qxc7) 17. Nb3?? { (1.98 → 0.00) Blunder. Qxc7 was best. } (17. Qxc7 d5 18. c5 Rf7 19. Qd6 Ne8 20. Qxe6 bxc5 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Rc1 c4 23. Nd4 Ng7) 17... Qb7 18. O-O-O Rbe8 19. g4 c5?? { (-0.67 → 1.18) Blunder. d6 was best. } (19... d6) 20. g5 Nh5 21. d4 cxd4 22. Rxd4?! { (1.27 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. Kb2 was best. } (22. Kb2 Rc8 23. Rxd4 Qc7 24. e3 Ng3 25. Nd2 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rc5 27. Rxd7 Rxe5 28. Rc7 Rf7) 22... Rc8?! { (0.39 → 1.41) Inaccuracy. Ng3 was best. } (22... Ng3) 23. Kb2 Rf7 24. e3 Ng3 25. Rc2 Qf3?? { (2.08 → 4.99) Blunder. h6 was best. } (25... h6 26. c5) 26. c5 Ne4 27. c6 dxc6 28. Rxc6?! { (5.70 → 4.03) Inaccuracy. Qxe6 was best. } (28. Qxe6 Rb8 29. bxc6 Nc5 30. c7 Nxe6 31. cxb8=Q+ Rf8 32. Qe5 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Qb7 34. Qb5 Qe7) 28... Rxc6? { (4.03 → 6.69) Mistake. Rcf8 was best. } (28... Rcf8 29. Ka3) 29. bxc6 Qe2+ 30. Ka3 Re7? { (8.14 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd6 was best. } (30... Nd6 31. Rxd6 Qc4 32. Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rd7 Rf7 34. Qd6 Rf8 35. Qe7 Qb4+ 36. Qxb4 axb4+ 37. Kxb4) 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. c7?! { (Mate in 5 → 16.52) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qh8 was best. } (32. Qh8 Qa2+ 33. Kxa2 Nc3+ 34. Ka1 Re8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Qf8#) 32... Nc3?! { (16.52 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc4 was best. } (32... Qc4 33. c8=Q) 33. Rf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. c8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0