[Event "1st Weekly Chess960 Blitz Team Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5hBmvExm"] [Date "2026.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "TheFinnisher"] [Black "grv48"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5hBmvExm"] [UTCDate "2026.01.04"] [UTCTime "16:25:42"] [WhiteElo "2309"] [BlackElo "1765"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteBerserk "true"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brnbkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRNQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b3 { [%eval 0.17] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.67] } 2. c4?! { (0.67 → -0.10) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%eval -0.1] } (2. f4 e6 3. e3 h5 4. Nd3 b6 5. Bf3 d5 6. Ne5 Be7) 2... b5 { [%eval 0.17] } 3. cxb5 { [%eval -0.31] } 3... Rxb5 { [%eval -0.35] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval -0.43] } 4... Nd6?! { (-0.43 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%eval 0.22] } (4... h5 5. h4 O-O 6. Qh3 e6 7. O-O Qh6 8. Nd3 Be4 9. Bc2 Nd6 10. Rbc1) 5. e3 { [%eval -0.24] } 5... O-O?! { (-0.24 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%eval 0.39] } (5... h5 6. Be2) 6. Be2 { [%eval 0.21] } 6... Rb8 { [%eval 0.43] } 7. Ne5 { [%eval 0.62] } 7... Be4? { (0.62 → 1.83) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval 1.83] } (7... Nb5 8. Bf3) 8. d3?! { (1.83 → 0.71) Inaccuracy. Ncd3 was best. } { [%eval 0.71] } (8. Ncd3 h5 9. f3 Bf5 10. e4 Be6 11. Nc5 Qh7 12. Qg1 c6 13. Qe3 Bb6) 8... Bf5? { (0.71 → 1.90) Mistake. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval 1.9] } (8... Bb7) 9. g4 { [%eval 1.87] } 9... Be6 { [%eval 1.77] } 10. f4 { [%eval 1.24] } 10... g6? { (1.24 → 2.65) Mistake. h5 was best. } { [%eval 2.65] } (10... h5 11. h3) 11. g5 { [%eval 2.44] } 11... Nd5?! { (2.44 → 3.29) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } { [%eval 3.29] } (11... c6 12. e4 Ba5+ 13. Kd1 Nb5 14. gxf6 exf6 15. Nc4 Bc3 16. f5 Bxa1 17. Rxa1) 12. Nxd7 { [%eval 3.13] } 12... Bxd7 { [%eval 3.4] } 13. Bxh8 { [%eval 3.39] } 13... Kxh8?! { (3.39 → 4.61) Inaccuracy. Nxe3 was best. } { [%eval 4.61] } (13... Nxe3 14. Bc3 c6 15. Rf3 Nb5 16. Be5 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nca3 18. Rb2 Rc8 19. d4) 14. Qxd5 { [%eval 4.71] } 14... Be6 { [%eval 5.28] } 15. Qe5+ { [%eval 4.92] } 15... Kg8 { [%eval 4.92] } 16. e4 { [%eval 4.71] } 16... c6 { [%eval 4.89] } 17. O-O { [%eval 4.74] } 17... Rb5 { [%eval 5.17] } 18. Qb2 { [%eval 5.17] } 18... Bb6+ { [%eval 4.91] } 19. Kh1 { [%eval 5.19] } 19... f5 { [%eval 5.3] } 20. e5 { [%eval 5.37] } 20... Nb7 { [%eval 5.37] } 21. Bf3 { [%eval 5.57] } 21... Bd5 { [%eval 5.81] } 22. Ne2 { [%eval 5.75] } 22... Na5 { [%eval 6.39] } 23. Nc3 { [%eval 5.86] } 23... Bd4 { [%eval 6.16] } 24. Qc2 { [%eval 4.95] } 24... Rc5 { [%eval 5.54] } 25. Bxd5+ { [%eval 5.45] } 25... cxd5 { [%eval 5.56] } 26. Rbc1 { [%eval 5.28] } 26... Rfc8 { [%eval 5.2] } 27. b4 { [%eval 5.61] } 27... Rxc3 { [%eval 5.74] } 28. Qd2 { [%eval 5.66] } 28... Nb7 { [%eval 5.6] } 29. Rxc3 { [%eval 5.49] } 29... Rxc3 { [%eval 5.69] } 30. Rc1 { [%eval 5.67] } 30... Ra3 { [%eval 5.62] } 31. Rc7 { [%eval 5.41] } 31... Nd8 { [%eval 5.55] } 32. Rxe7 { [%eval 5.94] } 32... Kf8 { [%eval 5.78] } 33. Rd7 { [%eval 5.57] } 33... Ke8 { [%eval 6.26] } 34. Rxd5 { [%eval 5.87] } 34... Bb6 { [%eval 7.42] } 35. Qc2 { [%eval 7.33] } 35... Ra6 { [%eval 8.28] } 36. e6 { [%eval 8.08] } 36... Nxe6? { (8.08 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (36... Kf8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Qc5+ Kg8 39. Qc4 Rxe6 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Qc8 Ke8 42. Kg2) 37. Qc6+ { [%eval #4] } 37... Kf8 { [%eval #4] } 38. Qxe6 { [%eval #3] } 38... Bc5 { [%eval #2] } 39. Qxa6 { [%eval #4] } { Black resigns. } 1-0