[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9U5QCbMR"] [Date "2026.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "NirmalK"] [Black "Knighty_Knight"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "9U5QCbMR"] [UTCDate "2026.06.12"] [UTCTime "04:46:18"] [WhiteElo "1518"] [BlackElo "1458"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+148"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brkqnnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNNRB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. g3 { [%eval 0.29] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.34] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.38] } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.27] } 3. b3 { [%eval 0.37] } 3... b6 { [%eval 0.52] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.12] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.3] } 5. Ne3 { [%eval 0.04] } 5... N8d7?! { (0.04 → 0.67) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval 0.67] } (5... Ne4 6. Qe1 Qe8 7. O-O-O O-O-O 8. Ne5 f6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. N5c4 e6 11. h4) 6. Qd2? { (0.67 → -0.87) Mistake. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval -0.87] } (6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Rf1 a5 9. f4 f6 10. e6 Qd6 11. Bxe4 dxe4) 6... Ne4 { [%eval -0.89] } 7. Qe1 { [%eval -0.78] } 7... e6?! { (-0.78 → -0.13) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval -0.13] } (7... c5 8. O-O-O Qc7 9. Nd2 Nef6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 a5 12. Ne5 a4 13. Kb1) 8. O-O-O { [%eval -0.23] } 8... Qe7 { [%eval -0.15] } 9. Bc3?? { (-0.15 → -2.18) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval -2.18] } (9. Ne5 O-O-O 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. f4 f5 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. h4 Kb8 14. N3g4 a5) 9... Nxc3 { [%eval -2.12] } 10. Qxc3 { [%eval -2.18] } 10... Nc5?! { (-2.18 → -1.35) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval -1.35] } (10... c5 11. Ng4 Bg7 12. Nge5 O-O 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. h4 f6 16. Nd3) 11. Qb4?? { (-1.35 → -5.53) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } { [%eval -5.53] } (11. Ne5 Na6 12. Qd2 c5 13. c3 Nc7 14. h4 Nb5 15. Kb2 O-O 16. h5 f6) 11... a5?? { (-5.53 → -2.11) Blunder. Nd3+ was best. } { [%eval -2.11] } (11... Nd3+ 12. Rxd3 Qxb4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. Ng5 Bxh1 16. Rxh1 Qe7 17. Nxh7) 12. Qe1 { [%eval -2.2] } 12... Ne4 { [%eval -2.1] } 13. Ne5 { [%eval -1.91] } 13... O-O-O?! { (-1.91 → -0.83) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%eval -0.83] } (13... f6 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nfg2 c5 18. c3 b5 19. h4) 14. Bxe4 { [%eval -0.77] } 14... dxe4 { [%eval -0.82] } 15. f4? { (-0.82 → -2.22) Mistake. Qc3 was best. } { [%eval -2.22] } (15. Qc3 Kb8 16. a4 Rgf8 17. Qb2 f6 18. N5c4 f5 19. Ne5 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5) 15... exf3 { [%eval -2.07] } 16. Nxf3? { (-2.07 → -4.10) Mistake. N3c4 was best. } { [%eval -4.1] } (16. N3c4 Kb8 17. a4 g5 18. Qf2 fxe2 19. Qxe2 Rge8 20. c3 f6 21. Nf3 g4) 16... Qa3+? { (-4.10 → -2.49) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } { [%eval -2.49] } (16... Bxf3 17. exf3 Bxd4 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Rd3 Bg7 20. Rd1 a4 21. b4 Qe5 22. c3) 17. Kb1 { [%eval -2.19] } 17... Bxf3 { [%eval -2.24] } 18. exf3 { [%eval -2.48] } 18... Bxd4 { [%eval -2.69] } 19. Rxd4? { (-2.69 → -4.32) Mistake. Nc4 was best. } { [%eval -4.32] } (19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Rf1 b5 21. Nxa5 Bc3 22. Qe4 Rd5 23. b4 Bxb4 24. c4 bxc4) 19... Rxd4 { [%eval -4.36] } 20. Qc3 { [%eval -4.53] } 20... Rgd8 { [%eval -4.52] } 21. f4 { [%eval -4.68] } 21... h5 { [%eval -4.27] } 22. Re1 { [%eval -4.97] } 22... Kb7 { [%eval -4.98] } 23. Qb2 { [%eval -5.04] } 23... Qd6 { [%eval -4.68] } 24. Qc3 { [%eval -4.84] } 24... Qa3 { [%eval -4.86] } 25. Qb2 { [%eval -4.99] } 25... Qc5 { [%eval -5.02] } 26. a4 { [%eval -5.11] } 26... Re4 { [%eval -5.2] } { White resigns. } 0-1