[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena April '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lHGNHNgk"] [Date "2023.04.01"] [White "PaulfromSPb"] [Black "athena-pallada"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.04.01"] [UTCTime "20:43:47"] [WhiteElo "2272"] [BlackElo "2452"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-29"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rnbnkbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBNKBRQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 g6 2. c3?! { (0.47 → -0.11) Inaccuracy. e3 was best. } (2. e3 d5) 2... b6?! { (-0.11 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (2... e5 3. d5 f5 4. g4 Nf7 5. h4 Be7 6. gxf5 gxf5 7. Bh3 Rxg1+ 8. Qxg1 f4 9. Qg2) 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Bxg2 5. Qxg2 Nbc6 6. b4 Nb7 7. b5?! { (1.16 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (7. O-O h5 8. a4 h4 9. Na3 Rc8 10. Nb5 Nbd8 11. d5 Nxb4 12. Nxa7 Rb8 13. a5 e6) 7... Nca5 8. Nd2 O-O-O 9. a4?! { (0.39 → -0.42) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (9. f4) 9... d5 10. Ne3 e5 11. Nf3 e4? { (-0.79 → 0.45) Mistake. Bg7 was best. } (11... Bg7 12. Nc2) 12. Ne5 Qg7?! { (0.05 → 0.67) Inaccuracy. Qf6 was best. } (12... Qf6 13. Qh3+) 13. Qh3+ f5 14. g4 f4?! { (0.61 → 1.58) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (14... Bd6 15. gxf5) 15. g5+ Kb8 16. N3g4 Bd6 17. Bxf4 Rgf8 18. Nf6 Ka8 19. e3 h6? { (1.96 → 3.74) Mistake. Bxe5 was best. } (19... Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc4 21. Qxh7 Qxh7 22. Nxh7 Rf5 23. Bf4 Nb2 24. Nf6 Nd3+ 25. Ke2 Nxf4+ 26. exf4) 20. Nfd7 hxg5 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Rxg5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qf7 24. Qg3 Nc4 25. Rxg6 Nba5?! { (3.70 → 5.11) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nc5 27. Rf6 Qe8 28. Rxf8 Qxf8 29. Kf1 Kb7 30. h4 Qf7 31. Kg2 a5 32. bxa6+) 26. Rg7 Qf5 27. Rg8 Kb7 28. Rxf8 Qxf8 29. Qg7 Qd8 30. Rb1 Na3 31. Rb4 Nc2+ 32. Kd2 Nxb4 33. cxb4 Nc4+ 34. Kc3 Qc8 35. Bf4 a6 36. bxa6+ Kxa6 37. Qxc7 Qa8?? { (6.13 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxc7 was best. } (37... Qxc7 38. Bxc7 Kb7 39. Bf4 Kc6 40. h4 Kd7 41. h5 Ke6 42. Bc7 Kf5 43. a5 Kg5 44. axb6) 38. b5+ Ka5 39. Qe7 Nd6 40. Bxd6?! { (Mate in 6 → 10.04) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kb3 was best. } (40. Kb3 Qa6 41. Qxd6 Qxb5+ 42. axb5 Kxb5 43. Qxd5+ Ka6 44. Qa8+ Kb5 45. Qa4#) 40... Qc8+?! { (10.04 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kxa4 was best. } (40... Kxa4 41. h4 Kxb5 42. Qd7+ Qc6+ 43. Qxc6+ Kxc6 44. Be5 Kb5 45. h5 Kc6 46. Kb4 Kd7 47. h6) 41. Bc5 Kxa4 42. Qa7+ Kxb5 43. Qxb6+ Ka4 44. Qb4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0