[Event "Hourly Chess960 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LetLJXAH"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "-"] [White "ritvikv15"] [Black "Nurlan_Kos10"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "LetLJXAH"] [UTCDate "2026.03.17"] [UTCTime "04:00:24"] [WhiteElo "1732"] [BlackElo "1874"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+38"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [FEN "nbbrnkqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRNKQR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b3?! { (0.15 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } { [%eval -0.43] } (1. f3 f6 2. d4 d5 3. Qf2 Qf7 4. Nd3 Nd6 5. c3 c6) 1... f6 { [%eval -0.34] } 2. Bb2 { [%eval -0.88] } 2... e5?! { (-0.88 → -0.18) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -0.18] } (2... d5 3. f4 Qf7 4. Qf2 O-O 5. O-O Nd6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Ba3 c6 8. Qh4) 3. Nd3?! { (-0.18 → -1.27) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -1.27] } (3. d4 Qe6 4. c4 c6 5. f3 O-O 6. Qf2 Qe7 7. Qh4) 3... d5 { [%eval -1.18] } 4. Ba3+ { [%eval -1.54] } 4... Nd6 { [%eval -1.49] } 5. f4 { [%eval -1.55] } 5... e4 { [%eval -1.34] } 6. Nc5?! { (-1.34 → -2.14) Inaccuracy. Nb2 was best. } { [%eval -2.14] } (6. Nb2 Qf7 7. c4 O-O 8. Qf2 Rfe8 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Qxc4) 6... b6 { [%eval -2.11] } 7. Na4 { [%eval -2.18] } 7... c5 { [%eval -2.18] } 8. Nb2?! { (-2.18 → -3.14) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -3.14] } (8. d4 exd3 9. cxd3 Nb5 10. Bc1 Nac7 11. b4 cxb4 12. Qf2 d4 13. O-O Qf7) 8... Qe6 { [%eval -2.45] } 9. b4? { (-2.45 → -4.12) Mistake. c4 was best. } { [%eval -4.12] } (9. c4 dxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Qe3 Rfe8 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qc3 Qg4 14. Rf2 Bb7) 9... c4 { [%eval -3.37] } 10. d3?! { (-3.37 → -4.57) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval -4.57] } (10. b5 Kf7 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. c3 Bc5 13. e3 Ba3 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Nc2 Nc7) 10... cxd3? { (-4.57 → -2.86) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval -2.86] } (10... Nb5 11. dxc4 Nxa3 12. Qe3 Nxb1 13. cxd5 Rxd5 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1) 11. cxd3 { [%eval -2.97] } 11... O-O { [%eval -2.76] } 12. dxe4 { [%eval -2.73] } 12... Nxe4 { [%eval -2.18] } 13. Qd4?! { (-2.18 → -3.05) Inaccuracy. Qe3 was best. } { [%eval -3.05] } (13. Qe3 Nc7 14. Nc2 Nb5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 g5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8) 13... Bxf4 { [%eval -2.97] } 14. e3? { (-2.97 → -5.83) Mistake. Bxe4 was best. } { [%eval -5.83] } (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kf7 17. Nd1 Nc7 18. O-O Nd5 19. b5 Kg6) 14... Be5 { [%eval -5.96] } 15. Qd3?? { (-5.96 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (15. O-O Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. b5 Nd5 19. Nc4 Rfe8 20. Nb3 Bb7) 15... f5?? { (Mate in 2 → -3.89) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf5+ was best. } { [%eval -3.89] } (15... Qf5+ 16. Kg1 Qf2#) 16. O-O { [%eval -3.97] } 16... Nc3 { [%eval -3.48] } 17. Rc1 { [%eval -3.94] } 17... Nxb1 { [%eval -3.64] } 18. Rxb1 { [%eval -3.76] } 18... Nc7 { [%eval -3.03] } 19. Nd1?! { (-3.03 → -3.89) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval -3.89] } (19. b5 Qh6 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Nc2 Ne6 22. Rbe1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qa3 c4) 19... Ba6?! { (-3.89 → -2.75) Inaccuracy. Qh6 was best. } { [%eval -2.75] } (19... Qh6 20. g3 f4 21. exf4 Bf5 22. Qb3 Bxb1 23. Qxb1 Bf6 24. Nf2 Qg6 25. f5) 20. Qd2?? { (-2.75 → -6.56) Blunder. b5 was best. } { [%eval -6.56] } (20. b5 Nxb5 21. Bxf8 Nc7 22. Qxf5 Bxf1 23. Qxe6+ Nxe6 24. Be7 Re8 25. Kxf1 Rxe7) 20... Bxf1 { [%eval -6.49] } 21. Kxf1 { [%eval -6.68] } 21... Bxh2 { [%eval -6.29] } 22. Nc3 { [%eval -7.91] } 22... f4 { [%eval -7.7] } 23. Re1 { [%eval -12.16] } 23... fxe3+ { [%eval #-10] } 24. Ke2 { [%eval #-10] } 24... exd2+ { [%eval #-9] } 25. Kxd2 { [%eval #-9] } 25... Rf2+ { [%eval #-11] } 26. Ne2 { [%eval #-7] } 26... Nb5 { [%eval #-7] } 27. Bb2 { [%eval #-5] } 27... Rc8 { [%eval #-4] } 28. a4 { [%eval #-4] } 28... Rxe2+?! { (Mate in 4 → -11.28) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bf4+ was best. } { [%eval -11.28] } (28... Bf4+ 29. Kd1 Qg6 30. Nxf4 Qb1+ 31. Bc1 Rxc1#) 29. Rxe2 { [%eval -10.46] } 29... Rc2+?! { (-10.46 → -6.60) Inaccuracy. Qh6+ was best. } { [%eval -6.6] } (29... Qh6+ 30. Re3 Bf4 31. Nc2 Qg6 32. Ne1 Qb1 33. Be5 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Qxe1+ 35. Kf4) 30. Nxc2 { [%eval -6.61] } 30... Bf4+ { [%eval -6.4] } 31. Kd1 { [%eval -7.18] } 31... Qf5 { [%eval -7.08] } 32. Ke1 { [%eval -7.1] } 32... Nd6 { [%eval -7.01] } 33. Nd4 { [%eval -8.42] } 33... Qb1+ { [%eval -8.42] } 34. Kf2 { [%eval -8.56] } 34... Bh6 { [%eval -7.55] } 35. Re8+ { [%eval -8.83] } 35... Kf7 { [%eval -8.45] } 36. Re2 { [%eval -8.79] } 36... Ne4+ { [%eval -8.07] } 37. Kf3? { (-8.07 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxe4 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Bc3 Qd3 39. Nb5 e3+ 40. Ke1 e2 41. Nxa7 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qf1+) 37... g5? { (Mate in 4 → -7.53) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd3+ was best. } { [%eval -7.53] } (37... Qd3+ 38. Re3 Qxe3+ 39. Kg4 Qg3+ 40. Kf5 Qg5#) 38. Nf5? { (-7.53 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g4 was best. } { [%eval #-9] } { White wins on time. } (38. g4 Qd3+ 39. Kg2 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Qh3+ 41. Kg1 Qxg4+ 42. Kf1 Ng3+ 43. Kf2 Nxe2) 1-0