[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pgelqtiA"] [Date "2026.02.28"] [Round "-"] [White "krochtois"] [Black "thehenryg1"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "pgelqtiA"] [UTCDate "2026.02.28"] [UTCTime "22:42:18"] [WhiteElo "1709"] [BlackElo "1785"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [FEN "qnrbkrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBKRBN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Ng3 { [%eval 0.12] } 1... e5?! { (0.12 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%eval 0.68] } (1... f6 2. e4 c5 3. f4 Bf7 4. Be3 O-O 5. O-O Ng6 6. c4) 2. b4 { [%eval 0.37] } 2... f6 { [%eval 0.39] } 3. f3 { [%eval 0.26] } 3... Ng6?! { (0.26 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } { [%eval 0.96] } (3... Be6 4. c4) 4. d3?? { (0.96 → -0.84) Blunder. Nf5 was best. } { [%eval -0.84] } (4. Nf5) 4... a5? { (-0.84 → 0.26) Mistake. Nh4 was best. } { [%eval 0.26] } (4... Nh4) 5. b5?! { (0.26 → -0.51) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } { [%eval -0.51] } (5. Nf5) 5... c6?? { (-0.51 → 1.64) Blunder. Be6 was best. } { [%eval 1.64] } (5... Be6) 6. Nc3 { [%eval 1.22] } 6... a4 { [%eval 1.59] } 7. Bc5?? { (1.59 → -1.41) Blunder. Nce4 was best. } { [%eval -1.41] } (7. Nce4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Be7 9. Nf5 cxb5 10. Nfd6+ Bxd6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Rxc8) 7... Be7?? { (-1.41 → 0.41) Blunder. cxb5 was best. } { [%eval 0.41] } (7... cxb5 8. Nce4 Ba5+ 9. c3 Rxc5 10. Nxc5 Qa7 11. Nce4 Nf4 12. Rf2 Kd8 13. Qb2) 8. Bxe7 { [%eval 0.34] } 8... Nxe7 { [%eval 0.13] } 9. O-O { [%eval -0.39] } 9... d5 { [%eval -0.38] } 10. e4?! { (-0.38 → -1.33) Inaccuracy. bxc6 was best. } { [%eval -1.33] } (10. bxc6) 10... d4 { [%eval -1.29] } 11. Nce2 { [%eval -1.17] } 11... Be6? { (-1.17 → 0.02) Mistake. cxb5 was best. } { [%eval 0.02] } (11... cxb5) 12. bxc6?! { (0.02 → -0.61) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval -0.61] } (12. c3) 12... Nbxc6 { [%eval -0.54] } 13. c4 { [%eval -1.01] } 13... O-O?! { (-1.01 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } { [%eval -0.25] } (13... Qa5) 14. f4?! { (-0.25 → -1.00) Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. } { [%eval -1.0] } (14. Rb1 Nb8) 14... a3?! { (-1.00 → -0.21) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } { [%eval -0.21] } (14... Qa5) 15. Bb3 { [%eval -0.64] } 15... Rb8?! { (-0.64 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (15... Qa5 16. h3 Qc5 17. Qb1 Nb4 18. Rf2 Nec6 19. Rcf1 Kh8 20. Kh2 Rb8 21. Qd1) 16. Rc2? { (0.00 → -1.41) Mistake. Qb1 was best. } { [%eval -1.41] } (16. Qb1 Na5 17. Ba4 Nac6 18. Bb3) 16... b5 { [%eval -1.5] } 17. c5? { (-1.50 → -3.07) Mistake. fxe5 was best. } { [%eval -3.07] } (17. fxe5 fxe5) 17... Bxb3 { [%eval -2.96] } 18. axb3 { [%eval -3.12] } 18... b4 { [%eval -2.45] } 19. fxe5 { [%eval -2.55] } 19... fxe5 { [%eval -2.66] } 20. Nf5 { [%eval -2.91] } 20... Qa6 { [%eval -2.94] } 21. Nc1 { [%eval -3.65] } 21... Ng6?! { (-3.65 → -2.33) Inaccuracy. Nxf5 was best. } { [%eval -2.33] } (21... Nxf5 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Ne7 24. f6 Qxf6 25. Na2 Nc6 26. Qe1 Qh6 27. Qe4) 22. g3 { [%eval -2.86] } 22... Rb7?! { (-2.86 → -1.95) Inaccuracy. Nge7 was best. } { [%eval -1.95] } (22... Nge7 23. Nd6 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nd8 25. Qa2 Ne6 26. Kg2 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxd6 28. Qc2) 23. Na2?! { (-1.95 → -3.08) Inaccuracy. Rcf2 was best. } { [%eval -3.08] } (23. Rcf2 Qa7 24. Na2 Qxc5 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Rc4 Rbf7 27. Qc1 Rf6 28. h4 Kh8) 23... Rbf7? { (-3.08 → -1.39) Mistake. Qxd3 was best. } { [%eval -1.39] } (23... Qxd3 24. Rcf2 Qxb3 25. Rf3 Qc2 26. Nxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxa3 Qxc5 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. h4) 24. Rc4 { [%eval -1.76] } 24... Nge7 { [%eval -1.67] } 25. g4?! { (-1.67 → -2.50) Inaccuracy. Nxb4 was best. } { [%eval -2.5] } (25. Nxb4 Nxb4) 25... Ng6 { [%eval -2.48] } 26. Nxb4?! { (-2.48 → -3.63) Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best. } { [%eval -3.63] } (26. Qd1 Qa5 27. g5 Nf4 28. Kh1 Ra7 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qg3 Raa8 31. h4 Qa7) 26... Nxb4 { [%eval -3.44] } 27. Rxb4 { [%eval -4.07] } 27... Qxd3 { [%eval -3.58] } 28. Qxa3?! { (-3.58 → -5.16) Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best. } { [%eval -5.16] } (28. Qd1 Qxe4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 h5 31. h3 Nh4 32. Nxh4 Rxf3 33. Nxf3 Rxf3) 28... Qxe4 { [%eval -5.16] } 29. h3 { [%eval -4.96] } 29... Qd3? { (-4.96 → -3.10) Mistake. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval -3.1] } (29... Nf4 30. Rxf4 Qxf4 31. c6 Rxf5 32. gxf5 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kh1) 30. Qc1? { (-3.10 → -5.06) Mistake. Qa2 was best. } { [%eval -5.06] } (30. Qa2 Nf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Rxd4 Qxh3 33. Qg2 Qc3 34. Rc4 Qxb3 35. Rxf4 Kh8) 30... Qxh3 { [%eval -4.47] } 31. Qg5 { [%eval -4.67] } 31... h6?? { (-4.67 → 0.00) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (31... Nf4 32. Nh6+ Qxh6 33. Qxh6 gxh6 34. Ra1 e4 35. c6 e3 36. Rc4 Rc7 37. b4) 32. Qxg6 { [%eval 0.0] } 32... Qe3+?? { (0.00 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxf5 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (32... Rxf5 33. gxf5 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qd2+ 35. Qg2 Qxb4 36. f6 Rf7 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+) 33. Nxe3 { [%eval #6] } 33... Rxf1+ { [%eval #6] } 34. Nxf1 { [%eval #5] } 34... Rf6 { [%eval #4] } 35. Rb8+ { [%eval #3] } 35... Rf8 { [%eval #3] } 36. Qe6+ { [%eval #3] } { White wins on time. } 1-0