[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/oUD515kn"] [Date "2026.01.12"] [Round "-"] [White "sterpfi"] [Black "sivakumarr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "oUD515kn"] [UTCDate "2026.01.12"] [UTCTime "12:30:16"] [WhiteElo "2037"] [BlackElo "1958"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "1200+20"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rbbkqnrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKQNRN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Qxe4 Qc6? { (0.13 → 1.54) Mistake. Qd7 was best. } (3... Qd7 4. Nhg3 Nfg6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. a4 f5 7. Qd3 Nf7 8. O-O) 4. Qxc6 bxc6 5. c4 f5 6. Ne3 g6 7. g4?! { (1.40 → 0.72) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (7. c5) 7... f4 8. Nc2 g5 9. Nb4 Bb7 10. Be4 Kd7? { (1.02 → 2.87) Mistake. a5 was best. } (10... a5 11. Nxc6+ Bxc6 12. Bxc6 Ra6 13. Bb5 Rd6 14. Bd2 Ba7 15. O-O-O Bxd4 16. Rge1) 11. Nd3 Nhg6?! { (2.91 → 4.53) Inaccuracy. Kc8 was best. } (11... Kc8 12. Re1 Nf7 13. c5 a5 14. f3 Ba6 15. Bd2 e5) 12. Nc5+ Kc8 13. Bf5+ e6 14. Nxe6 Ne7 15. Nxf8+? { (4.20 → 2.03) Mistake. Nc5+ was best. } (15. Nc5+ Nxf5 16. gxf5 a5 17. Bxf4 h6 18. h4 Ba7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 Rxg5) 15... Nxf5 16. gxf5 Rxf8 17. Rxg5 c5 18. d5 c6 19. d6 Bxd6 20. f3? { (1.73 → 0.47) Mistake. Bd2 was best. } (20. Bd2) 20... Rf7?? { (0.47 → 2.53) Blunder. Ba6 was best. } (20... Ba6 21. Nf2 Bxc4 22. Bd2 Be5 23. Kc2 h6 24. Rg6 Rxf5 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Kxc3) 21. Nf2 Kc7 22. Ne4 Raf8?! { (2.80 → 3.71) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (22... Be7 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Bxf4+ Kb6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Be3 Rd8+ 27. Ke2 Bc8 28. Bxc5+) 23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. Bxf4+ Kd7?! { (3.48 → 4.82) Inaccuracy. Ke7 was best. } (24... Ke7 25. O-O-O Rxf5 26. Bd6+ Ke6 27. Rg2 Re8 28. b3 a5 29. Re1+ Kf7 30. Rxe8) 25. O-O-O+ Kc8 26. Rdg1?! { (4.83 → 3.54) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (26. Bd6 Re8 27. f4 Ba6 28. b3 Kb7 29. f6 Rxf6 30. Bxc5 Rxf4 31. Rg7+ Kc8) 26... Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Rg7+ Kc8?! { (3.49 → 4.80) Inaccuracy. Ke8 was best. } (29... Ke8 30. Bb8 Bc8 31. Rg8+ Kd7 32. Rh8 Rxf3 33. Rxh7+ Ke6 34. b3 a6 35. Rh6+) 30. Rc7+ Kd8 31. Rxb7?? { (3.57 → 1.52) Blunder. Bg3 was best. } (31. Bg3 Bc8 32. Rxh7 Rxf3 33. Rxa7 Rf1+ 34. Kd2 Bh3 35. Ra5 Rf5 36. b3 Kc8) 31... Rxf4 32. Rxa7?! { (0.66 → 0.01) Inaccuracy. Rxh7 was best. } (32. Rxh7 Rxc4+ 33. Kd2 Rb4 34. Kc2 a5 35. Rh5 Rc4+ 36. Kb3 Rc1 37. Rh4 Rf1) 32... Rxc4+ 33. Kd2 Rh4 34. Kc3 Rxh2 35. Rf7 h5 36. a4 h4 37. a5 Kc8 38. a6 Kb8 39. b3 Rf2 40. Kc4 Rc2+ 41. Kd3 Rb2 42. Rb7+ Ka8 43. f4 h3 44. f5 h2 45. Rh7 Rxb3+ 46. Ke4 Rb2 47. f6 Rf2 48. Ke5 c4 49. f7 Rxf7 { Black offers draw } 50. Rxh2 Ka7 51. Kd4 { White offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2