[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena March '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/V5A3x8KS"] [Date "2024.03.09"] [White "nihalsarin2004"] [Black "may6enexttime"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.09"] [UTCTime "21:02:14"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2546"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "qrknbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNBBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 b5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 c5? { (0.15 → 1.28) Mistake. e5 was best. } (3... e5) 4. d3?! { (1.28 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (4. Ne3 Bc6) 4... Nf6?! { (0.68 → 1.53) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (4... a5 5. a3 Bc6 6. b4 axb4 7. axb4 Qxa1 8. Rxa1 e6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Ba5) 5. Ne3 e6?! { (1.02 → 1.69) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (5... b4 6. a3 a5 7. axb4 axb4 8. c3 bxc3 9. Bxc3 e6 10. Qxa8 Rxa8 11. b4 cxb4 12. Bxb4) 6. Bd2?! { (1.69 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (6. b4 Be7 7. bxc5 dxc5 8. Bc3 Bc6 9. O-O Nb7 10. Be5 O-O 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Ne5 Bxg2) 6... Bc6?! { (0.91 → 1.73) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (6... a5) 7. O-O?! { (1.73 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (7. b4 cxb4 8. Rxb4 a5 9. Rb1 Be7 10. O-O Nb7 11. Nd4 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nc5 13. Rxb5 Rxb5) 7... Be7?! { (0.91 → 1.77) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (7... a5) 8. b4 Nb7 9. bxc5?! { (2.18 → 1.35) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (9. a4 a6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qb2 Qa7 12. Ra1 Qb6 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Ba5 Qa7 15. Qd4 Ra8) 9... Nxc5 10. c4? { (1.59 → 0.41) Mistake. Ba5 was best. } (10. Ba5 Nb7 11. a4 a6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qxa8 Rxa8 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 d5) 10... bxc4 11. Rxb8+ Qxb8 12. Ba5 cxd3 13. exd3 Qb5?? { (0.50 → 3.86) Blunder. Nxd3 was best. } (13... Nxd3) 14. Nd4 Qxa5 15. Nxc6 Qc7 16. Rc1 d5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d4 O-O 19. dxc5 Rc8 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. c6 Nb6 22. a4 Qa3 23. Ra1 Qd6 24. a5 Na8 25. Qxa7 Qxc6 26. Rb1 Qd6 27. Rb7 Rf8 28. Rd7 Qb4 29. h4 h5 30. Nxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 exd5 32. Bxd5 Kh7 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Qxa8 Qxf2+ 35. Qg2 Qf5 36. Rd5 Qg4 37. Qc2+ g6 38. Qf2 Qe6 39. Rd2 Qc4 40. Ra2 Qa6? { (8.03 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe6 was best. } (40... Qe6 41. a6 g5 42. a7 gxh4 43. a8=Q hxg3+ 44. Qxg3 Qg4 45. Qf8 Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 h4+ 47. Kh2) 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qf2? { (Mate in 7 → 9.55) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf8+ was best. } (42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Rf2 Qa7 44. Rf7+ Qxf7 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46. a6 g5 47. a7 gxh4 48. a8=Q#) 42... g5? { (9.55 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe6 was best. } (42... Qe6 43. Rd2) 43. Qb6+ Qxb6 44. axb6 { Black resigns. } 1-0