[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QmjFz6Ez"] [Date "2026.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "chess-art-us"] [Black "Meraki170"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "QmjFz6Ez"] [UTCDate "2026.05.17"] [UTCTime "10:04:40"] [WhiteElo "2818"] [BlackElo "2313"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+16"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [FEN "brkrqnnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKRQNNB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b3 { [%eval 0.16] } 1... b6 { [%eval 0.21] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.22] } 2... c5 { [%eval 0.68] } 3. c4 { [%eval 0.28] } 3... Bxf3 { [%eval 0.77] } 4. gxf3 { [%eval 0.86] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 1.1] } 5. Ng3 { [%eval 1.0] } 5... e5 { [%eval 0.94] } 6. d3 { [%eval 0.69] } 6... d5 { [%eval 0.85] } 7. Nf1?? { (0.85 → -0.85) Blunder. b4 was best. } { [%eval -0.85] } (7. b4 dxc4 8. bxc5 Qa4 9. Qc3 Ne6 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 Nxc5 12. Qxc4 Qxc4+) 7... d4 { [%eval -0.83] } 8. Nd2?! { (-0.83 → -1.42) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -1.42] } (8. b4 Ne6 9. bxc5 Nxc5 10. Ng3 g6 11. Qd2 h5 12. O-O h4 13. Ne4 Nfxe4) 8... b5?? { (-1.42 → 0.53) Blunder. Ne6 was best. } { [%eval 0.53] } (8... Ne6 9. e3 Qd7 10. f4 exf4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rb2 g6 14. Kb1) 9. f4 { [%eval 0.57] } 9... bxc4?! { (0.57 → 1.66) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval 1.66] } (9... b4 10. e3 exf4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Ne5 Rb6 14. Rb2 g5 15. Rc2) 10. fxe5 { [%eval 1.15] } 10... c3 { [%eval 1.28] } 11. Nc4?? { (1.28 → -0.70) Blunder. exf6 was best. } { [%eval -0.7] } (11. exf6 cxd2+ 12. Qxd2 g6 13. b4 Ne6 14. O-O Qd7 15. bxc5 O-O 16. c6 Qd6) 11... Nd5 { [%eval -0.7] } 12. e3 { [%eval -0.6] } 12... Nb4?! { (-0.60 → 0.01) Inaccuracy. Qe6 was best. } { [%eval 0.01] } (12... Qe6 13. f4 g5 14. Qg1 gxf4 15. exd4 f3 16. Bxf3 Qh6+ 17. Kc2 cxd4 18. Bxd5) 13. a3 { [%eval -0.11] } 13... Na2+ { [%eval -0.19] } 14. Kc2 { [%eval -0.11] } 14... Nb4+?? { (-0.11 → 4.31) Blunder. g6 was best. } { [%eval 4.31] } (14... g6 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Re1 Qd7) 15. axb4 { [%eval 4.08] } 15... cxb4 { [%eval 4.19] } 16. exd4 { [%eval 4.34] } 16... Ne6 { [%eval 4.05] } 17. Qe4?? { (4.05 → -0.45) Blunder. Bxc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.45] } (17. Bxc3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Kd7 19. d5 Ke7 20. dxe6 Kf8 21. exf7 Qe6 22. Qa5 Rdc8) 17... Nxd4+ { [%eval -0.18] } 18. Kc1 { [%eval -0.44] } 18... Qe7? { (-0.44 → 0.75) Mistake. f5 was best. } { [%eval 0.75] } (18... f5 19. exf6 Qxe4 20. dxe4 gxf6 21. Ne3 Rb5 22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. exf5) 19. Nd6+?! { (0.75 → 0.13) Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best. } { [%eval 0.13] } (19. Rb2 g6 20. Kb1 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Nb5 22. Qc6+ Qc7 23. Qa6+ Kd7 24. Qa4 Ke8) 19... Rxd6 { [%eval 0.05] } 20. exd6 { [%eval 0.0] } 20... Qxe4 { [%eval 0.1] } 21. dxe4 { [%eval 0.2] } 21... c2?? { (0.20 → 6.37) Blunder. g5 was best. } { [%eval 6.37] } (21... g5 22. Rd3 Kd7 23. Bf3 Be5 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Rxc3 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 Bxc3 27. Kc2) 22. Rxd4 { [%eval 6.35] } 22... cxb1=Q+ { [%eval 6.36] } 23. Kxb1 { [%eval 6.14] } 23... O-O-O { [%eval 6.91] } 24. Rc4+ { [%eval 7.08] } 24... Kd7 { [%eval 7.19] } 25. e5 { [%eval 7.04] } 25... Ke6 { [%eval 6.77] } 26. Bc6 { [%eval 6.02] } 26... g6 { [%eval 6.09] } 27. d7 { [%eval 5.93] } 27... Bxe5 { [%eval 5.9] } 28. Bxe5 { [%eval 6.13] } 28... Kxe5 { [%eval 5.94] } 29. Rxb4 { [%eval 6.23] } 29... Kd6 { [%eval 6.09] } 30. Rc4 { [%eval 6.11] } 30... Kc7 { [%eval 5.89] } 31. Ba4+ { [%eval 6.19] } 31... Kd6 { [%eval 6.25] } 32. Rc8 { [%eval 6.24] } 32... Ke7 { [%eval 5.95] } 33. Rxd8 { [%eval 5.22] } 33... Kxd8 { [%eval 5.17] } 34. Bb5 { [%eval 5.33] } 34... f5 { [%eval 6.56] } 35. Ba4 { [%eval 5.57] } 35... g5?! { (5.57 → 7.29) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval 7.29] } (35... a5 36. Kb2 Ke7 37. Kc3 h5 38. Kd3 h4 39. Kd4 Kd8 40. Ke5 Ke7 41. Kf4) 36. b4 { [%eval 6.02] } 36... f4 { [%eval 7.35] } 37. Kc2 { [%eval 6.47] } 37... g4 { [%eval 6.32] } 38. b5 { [%eval 5.64] } 38... Kc7 { [%eval 5.76] } { Black wins on time. } 0-1