[Event "casual variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ti8lWzBf"] [Date "2026.03.16"] [Round "-"] [White "d4Nc3Bf4"] [Black "Niraj_Giridhar_Desai"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "ti8lWzBf"] [UTCDate "2026.03.16"] [UTCTime "10:30:58"] [WhiteElo "1741"] [BlackElo "1258"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "qnnrkbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNNRKBBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.27] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.61] } 2. exd5 { [%eval 0.75] } 2... Rxd5 { [%eval 0.74] } 3. f3 { [%eval 0.75] } 3... Nc6 { [%eval 0.69] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.75] } 4... Rd8 { [%eval 0.66] } 5. Nd3?! { (0.66 → -0.16) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval -0.16] } (5. d4 e6 6. Bf2 Be7 7. a3 Nb6 8. b4 f6 9. Nb3 Bf7 10. b5 Nb8) 5... e6 { [%eval 0.05] } 6. Be2 { [%eval -0.23] } 6... h6?! { (-0.23 → 0.35) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 0.35] } (6... Be7 7. b4 f6 8. Nc5 e5 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. Qc3 Bd5 11. Bf2 O-O 12. O-O) 7. Be3?! { (0.35 → -0.53) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%eval -0.53] } (7. b4 Bh7 8. Ne4 Nd6 9. Nxd6+ Rxd6 10. a3 Bxd3 11. Bxd3 Qd8 12. Bf2 Nd4) 7... Bh7 { [%eval -0.52] } 8. O-O { [%eval -0.7] } 8... Bd6 { [%eval -0.21] } 9. Ne4 { [%eval -0.24] } 9... O-O { [%eval -0.16] } 10. b4 { [%eval -0.08] } 10... Bxe4?! { (-0.08 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } { [%eval 0.59] } (10... b6 11. Nxd6 Nxd6 12. Qb2 a5 13. a3 Nb5 14. Nf4 Nbd4 15. b5 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2) 11. fxe4 { [%eval 0.76] } 11... a5? { (0.76 → 2.21) Mistake. Nxb4 was best. } { [%eval 2.21] } (11... Nxb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. Bd4 f6 14. e5 b6 15. Bf3 Qb8 16. Bf2 Be7 17. Qc3) 12. Bxh6?? { (2.21 → -1.72) Blunder. b5 was best. } { [%eval -1.72] } (12. b5 N6e7 13. c4 Ng6 14. c5 Be7 15. Ne5 b6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qe5 Bxc5) 12... gxh6 { [%eval -1.56] } 13. Qf6?! { (-1.56 → -2.48) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval -2.48] } (13. b5 Nd4 14. Bh5 Qa7 15. Kh1 Qb6 16. a4 Be7 17. c3 Nc2 18. Qa2 Rxd3) 13... Qa7+ { [%eval -2.74] } 14. Kh1 { [%eval -2.66] } 14... Qd4 { [%eval -2.56] } 15. Qxh6 { [%eval -2.42] } 15... Qg7 { [%eval -2.37] } 16. Qh5 { [%eval -2.91] } 16... N8e7?! { (-2.91 → -2.01) Inaccuracy. axb4 was best. } { [%eval -2.01] } (16... axb4 17. Qh3 N8e7 18. Bh5 Ne5 19. Nf4 c5 20. d3 N7c6 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Nxe6) 17. Rf3?! { (-2.01 → -3.29) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval -3.29] } (17. b5 Ne5 18. Nf2 Qg6 19. d4 Qxh5 20. Bxh5 N5g6 21. g3 c5 22. bxc6 bxc6) 17... Qh7 { [%eval -2.85] } 18. Qg4+ { [%eval -2.95] } 18... Ng6 { [%eval -2.75] } 19. Rh3 { [%eval -2.59] } 19... Qg7 { [%eval -2.61] } 20. b5 { [%eval -2.59] } 20... Nce5 { [%eval -2.4] } 21. Nxe5 { [%eval -2.39] } 21... Nxe5 { [%eval -2.46] } 22. Qh5 { [%eval -2.7] } 22... Ng6 { [%eval -2.6] } 23. d4?! { (-2.60 → -3.61) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } { [%eval -3.61] } { White resigns. } (23. g3 c5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. d4 c5 26. c3 Be7 27. e5 Rb8 28. a3 Rfd8) 0-1