[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena June '26"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9hxXiCHG"] [Date "2026.06.06"] [Round "-"] [White "chessknocker7"] [Black "Chessmatus"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "9hxXiCHG"] [UTCDate "2026.06.06"] [UTCTime "20:29:50"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [BlackElo "2173"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-45"] [BlackRatingDiff "+25"] [WhiteTitle "NM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nbbrkqrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKQRN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 { [%eval 0.26] } 1... Ng6 { [%eval 0.06] } 2. g3 { [%eval 0.03] } 2... e5 { [%eval -0.03] } 3. h4?! { (-0.03 → -0.62) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%eval -0.62] } (3. f4 exf4 4. gxf4 f5 5. d4 d5 6. c5 Qf6 7. Rd3 O-O 8. Nb3 c6) 3... h5?! { (-0.62 → 0.31) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } { [%eval 0.31] } (3... c6 4. h5 Ne7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nb3 d5 7. c5 Nc7 8. Nxd4 g6 9. f4) 4. Bxg6?! { (0.31 → -0.55) Inaccuracy. Qg2 was best. } { [%eval -0.55] } (4. Qg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Rxd5 7. Nb3 Qe7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8) 4... fxg6 { [%eval -0.62] } 5. d4 { [%eval -1.04] } 5... d5 { [%eval -1.02] } 6. dxe5?! { (-1.02 → -1.91) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval -1.91] } (6. c5 c6 7. Nb3 a5 8. Nxa5 exd4 9. Nb3 Nc7 10. Bg5 Rd7 11. Qh3 Qf7) 6... Qb4+ { [%eval -1.87] } 7. Bd2 { [%eval -1.84] } 7... Qxb2 { [%eval -1.86] } 8. Qg2 { [%eval -2.04] } 8... dxc4 { [%eval -1.66] } 9. Qe4 { [%eval -1.46] } 9... O-O { [%eval -1.36] } 10. Qxc4+ { [%eval -1.49] } 10... Kh7 { [%eval -1.79] } 11. f4 { [%eval -1.99] } 11... Rxd2 { [%eval -1.92] } 12. Rxd2 { [%eval -1.86] } 12... Qxa1+ { [%eval -1.74] } 13. Kf2? { (-1.74 → -3.62) Mistake. Rd1 was best. } { [%eval -3.62] } (13. Rd1 Qb2 14. Nf2 Nb6 15. Qc5 Kg8 16. g4 c6 17. gxh5 Nd5 18. Nd3 Qc3+) 13... Qxe5 { [%eval -3.57] } 14. Rd8 { [%eval -3.51] } 14... Qe7 { [%eval -3.75] } 15. Rxf8 { [%eval -3.65] } 15... Qxf8 { [%eval -3.72] } 16. Kg2 { [%eval -3.6] } 16... Nb6 { [%eval -3.58] } 17. Qc2 { [%eval -4.16] } 17... Nd5 { [%eval -4.01] } 18. Qd2 { [%eval -4.43] } 18... Qc5 { [%eval -4.17] } 19. Nf2 { [%eval -4.43] } 19... Ne3+ { [%eval -4.52] } 20. Kh1 { [%eval -4.31] } 20... Be6 { [%eval -4.31] } 21. Rc1 { [%eval -4.2] } 21... Bd5+ { [%eval -4.62] } 22. Kg1 { [%eval -3.79] } 22... Nc4 { [%eval -3.76] } 23. Qc2 { [%eval -3.83] } 23... Qe3 { [%eval -3.65] } 24. Rd1?? { (-3.65 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc3 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd6 26. Kh2 a6 27. Nh3 Kg8 28. Ng5 Kf8 29. Rc2 c6) 24... Qxg3+ { [%eval #-2] } 25. Kf1 { [%eval #-2] } 25... Qg2+ { [%eval #-1] } 26. Ke1 { [%eval #-1] } 26... Qg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1