[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena March '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/swxYDmxi"] [Date "2024.03.09"] [White "nihalsarin2004"] [Black "hitter1999"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.03.09"] [UTCTime "20:54:30"] [WhiteElo "2529"] [BlackElo "2315"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [FEN "rnbqkrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKRNB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 Rb8 8. b3 a6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 h5 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rac1 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Kg2 a5 21. Bf4 Nd7 22. Qe4 Nc5 23. Qf3 Qa6 24. Be3 Ne6 25. Ne4 a4 26. Rd3 axb3 27. axb3 Qa2 28. Nd2 c5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qa8 31. Ne4 Qa2?! { (-1.04 → -0.21) Inaccuracy. Rb6 was best. } (31... Rb6) 32. Rh1?! { (-0.21 → -1.10) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Qa8 34. e4 Rb7 35. Re1 Ra7 36. Bf4 Ra1 37. Re2 Qb8 38. e5 dxe5) 32... Rxb3 33. Qh3 f6 34. Qh7+? { (-1.45 → -3.16) Mistake. Bd2 was best. } (34. Bd2 Rb1) 34... Kf7 35. Nxd6+?! { (-3.04 → -4.47) Inaccuracy. Rxb3 was best. } (35. Rxb3 Qxb3) 35... exd6 36. Rxd6 Rxe3 37. Rd7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Qxg6?? { (-4.98 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. fxe3 was best. } (39. fxe3 Qxe2+ 40. Kg1 Qxe3+ 41. Kf1 Qf4+ 42. Ke1 Qxg4 43. Rh3 Qe4+ 44. Kd2 Kf7 45. Rd3 Qg2+) 39... Qxe2?? { (Mate in 4 → -5.58) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf4+ was best. } (39... Nf4+ 40. Kg1 Qa1+ 41. Qb1 Qxb1+ 42. Kh2 Rh3#) 40. Qf5 Re5 41. Qf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd4+ 43. Kg3 f5 44. gxf5 Rxf5 45. Re1+ Kf7 46. Rb1 Rf3+ 47. Kg2 Rb3 48. Re1 Rb2 49. Re4 Bf6 50. Rf4 Ne6 51. Re4 Ke7 52. Rg4 Bd4 53. Rg8 Rxf2+ 54. Kg3 Rf1 55. Rc8 Nf4 56. Rc7+ Kd6 57. Ra7 Ne2+ 58. Kg2 Rf2+ 59. Kh3 Be5 60. Kg4 Rf4+ 61. Kh3 Ke6 62. Ra6+?! { (-5.39 → -7.93) Inaccuracy. Ra2 was best. } (62. Ra2 Rxc4 63. Rxe2 Rb4 64. Re1 Kd5 65. Rc1 c4 66. Kg4 Bd4 67. Kf3 Rb2 68. Kf4 Re2) 62... Kf5 63. Kg2 Ke4 64. Ra3? { (-8.72 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg6 was best. } (64. Rg6 Nd4) 64... Nd4 65. Rf3 Rxf3 66. Kh1 Re3 67. Kg2 Rc3 68. Kf1 Rxc4 69. Kf2 Rc3 70. Kg2 { Draw by time and insufficient material. } 1/2-1/2