[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5ifsp5tA"] [Date "2026.05.03"] [Round "-"] [White "themiddleway"] [Black "vitaliyS"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5ifsp5tA"] [UTCDate "2026.05.03"] [UTCTime "07:54:26"] [WhiteElo "2018"] [BlackElo "1884"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "60+5"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "bbnrknqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBNRKNQR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 { [%eval 0.08] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.32] } 2. h4 { [%eval -0.16] } 2... b6 { [%eval 0.08] } 3. h5 { [%eval -0.22] } 3... h6?! { (-0.22 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%eval 0.62] } (3... f6 4. Ne3 Qf7 5. Nd3 Ne6 6. f3 O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nxd5) 4. b3 { [%eval 0.46] } 4... d5 { [%eval 0.77] } 5. cxd5 { [%eval 0.81] } 5... Bxd5 { [%eval 0.78] } 6. Ne3 { [%eval 0.75] } 6... Bb7 { [%eval 0.78] } 7. Rh4 { [%eval 0.78] } 7... e6 { [%eval 0.98] } 8. d4 { [%eval 0.95] } 8... f6 { [%eval 1.28] } 9. dxc5 { [%eval 1.32] } 9... Rxd1+ { [%eval 1.21] } 10. Kxd1 { [%eval 1.3] } 10... bxc5 { [%eval 1.09] } 11. Qe1 { [%eval 0.97] } 11... Nd7 { [%eval 1.17] } 12. Qa5 { [%eval 0.97] } 12... Qf8 { [%eval 1.13] } 13. Bg6+ { [%eval 1.09] } 13... Ke7 { [%eval 1.01] } 14. Nd3 { [%eval 0.96] } 14... Qd8 { [%eval 0.9] } 15. Qc3 { [%eval 0.75] } 15... Qc7 { [%eval 1.05] } 16. Be4?! { (1.05 → 0.46) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval 0.46] } (16. Bb2 Nd6 17. Rg4 Rc8 18. Ke1 Nf7 19. Ba3 Nd6 20. Bh7 Kf7 21. Nf4 Nf8) 16... Rd8 { [%eval 0.52] } 17. Bxb7 { [%eval 0.6] } 17... Qxb7 { [%eval 0.54] } 18. Rg4 { [%eval 0.52] } 18... Kf8 { [%eval 0.73] } 19. Ke1 { [%eval 0.77] } 19... Ne5?! { (0.77 → 1.92) Inaccuracy. Qc6 was best. } { [%eval 1.92] } (19... Qc6 20. Qc4 Ne7 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Kf7 23. Ra4 Rc8 24. Ra5 Nd5 25. Nc4) 20. Nxe5 { [%eval 1.64] } 20... Bxe5 { [%eval 1.68] } 21. Qxc5+ { [%eval 1.61] } 21... Bd6 { [%eval 1.81] } 22. Qc4?! { (1.81 → 1.22) Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best. } { [%eval 1.22] } (22. Qc2 Qf7 23. Qh7 Ne7 24. Bc3 Bc5 25. g3 Rd7 26. Nc4 Ng8 27. Qg6 Qxg6) 22... Qd7?! { (1.22 → 1.81) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } { [%eval 1.81] } (22... Nb6 23. Qe4 Qc8 24. Qc2 Bc5 25. Bc3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 a5 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. exd4) 23. Rd4 { [%eval 1.47] } 23... e5?! { (1.47 → 2.39) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } { [%eval 2.39] } (23... Nb6 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bc3 Be5 27. Rd1 Kg8 28. Bd4 Rc8 29. Qd3) 24. Rd3 { [%eval 2.16] } 24... Qb7 { [%eval 2.64] } 25. Kf1 { [%eval 2.55] } 25... Nb6 { [%eval 2.92] } 26. Qe6 { [%eval 3.09] } 26... Qe7 { [%eval 3.3] } 27. Qxe7+ { [%eval 3.25] } 27... Bxe7 { [%eval 3.34] } 28. Rxd8+ { [%eval 3.32] } 28... Bxd8 { [%eval 3.29] } 29. Nf5 { [%eval 2.88] } 29... Kf7 { [%eval 3.42] } 30. e4 { [%eval 3.63] } 30... Nc8 { [%eval 3.93] } 31. Ke2 { [%eval 3.73] } 31... Ne7 { [%eval 4.43] } 32. Nxe7 { [%eval 4.22] } 32... Bxe7 { [%eval 4.49] } 33. Kd3 { [%eval 4.09] } 33... Ke6 { [%eval 4.69] } 34. Kc4 { [%eval 4.42] } 34... Kd6 { [%eval 4.94] } 35. Kb5 { [%eval 4.64] } 35... Kc7 { [%eval 5.03] } 36. Ka6 { [%eval 4.03] } 36... Bc5 { [%eval 3.7] } 37. f3?? { (3.70 → -1.59) Blunder. Bc3 was best. } { [%eval -1.59] } (37. Bc3 Bxf2 38. Kb5 Kd6 39. g4 Be3 40. b4 Bd4 41. Bd2 Bb6 42. Kc4 a6) 37... Kc6?? { (-1.59 → 5.63) Blunder. Bd4 was best. } { [%eval 5.63] } (37... Bd4 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Kxa7 Bd2 40. Ka6 Kc6 41. a3 Bc1 42. a4 Kc5 43. Kb7) 38. Bc3 { [%eval 5.52] } 38... Kc7 { [%eval 5.61] } 39. b4 { [%eval 5.56] } 39... Bb6 { [%eval 5.53] } 40. a4 { [%eval 5.36] } 40... Be3 { [%eval 5.89] } 41. Bb2 { [%eval 5.86] } 41... Kd7 { [%eval 5.84] } 42. Kb7 { [%eval 5.67] } 42... Bd4 { [%eval 5.99] } 43. Ba3 { [%eval 5.88] } 43... Ke6 { [%eval 6.2] } 44. Kc6 { [%eval 6.24] } 44... f5 { [%eval 5.96] } 45. b5 { [%eval 5.73] } 45... fxe4 { [%eval 7.44] } 46. fxe4 { [%eval 7.2] } 46... Kf6 { [%eval 7.23] } 47. a5 { [%eval 6.93] } 47... Kg5 { [%eval 7.06] } 48. b6 { [%eval 7.05] } 48... axb6 { [%eval 7.06] } 49. axb6 { [%eval 6.89] } 49... Bxb6 { [%eval 6.65] } 50. Kxb6 { [%eval 7.2] } 50... Kxh5 { [%eval 8.09] } 51. Bd6 { [%eval 7.7] } 51... Kg4 { [%eval 10.73] } 52. Bxe5 { [%eval 8.52] } 52... g5 { [%eval 79.54] } 53. Kc5 { [%eval 8.81] } 53... h5 { [%eval 9.43] } 54. Kd4 { [%eval 8.06] } 54... h4 { [%eval 7.94] } 55. Bh2 { [%eval 9.15] } 55... h3 { [%eval 13.17] } 56. gxh3+ { [%eval 8.73] } 56... Kxh3? { (8.73 → Mate in 15) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf3 was best. } { [%eval #15] } (56... Kf3 57. e5 Kf2 58. e6 Kf3 59. Kd5 Ke3 60. e7 Kf3 61. e8=Q Kf2 62. Be5) 57. Bg1 { [%eval #20] } 57... g4 { [%eval #10] } 58. e5 { [%eval #10] } 58... g3 { [%eval #9] } 59. e6 { [%eval #8] } 59... Kg2 { [%eval #8] } 60. Be3 { [%eval #7] } 60... Kf1 { [%eval #7] } 61. e7 { [%eval #6] } 61... g2 { [%eval #6] } 62. e8=Q { [%eval #5] } { Black resigns. } 1-0