[Event "Monthly Chess960 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wST8kTeE"] [Date "2026.02.23"] [Round "-"] [White "cubester1232"] [Black "Vitavitaff24"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "wST8kTeE"] [UTCDate "2026.02.23"] [UTCTime "21:03:07"] [WhiteElo "1838"] [BlackElo "1782"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+56"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "qrbknnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRBKNNRB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. g3 { [%eval 0.2] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.46] } 2. b4 { [%eval 0.63] } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.56] } 3. Bb2 { [%eval 0.57] } 3... Bxb2 { [%eval 0.68] } 4. Qxb2 { [%eval 0.69] } 4... Ne6 { [%eval 0.77] } 5. Nd3 { [%eval 0.69] } 5... d5?! { (0.69 → 1.55) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%eval 1.55] } (5... b5 6. Ne3 a5 7. O-O Nd6 8. Nc5 axb4 9. Nxe6+ fxe6 10. Qxb4 Rb7 11. Qh4) 6. Ne5? { (1.55 → 0.31) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval 0.31] } (6. b5 cxb5 7. Ne3 N8c7 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 O-O 10. h4 Nc7 11. Bf3 Bd7) 6... Rf8?! { (0.31 → 1.07) Inaccuracy. Nd6 was best. } { [%eval 1.07] } (6... Nd6 7. c4 b5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Ne3 f6 11. Nd3 Nc4 12. Nc5) 7. b5 { [%eval 0.97] } 7... f6 { [%eval 1.21] } 8. Nd3 { [%eval 1.15] } 8... Bd7?! { (1.15 → 2.11) Inaccuracy. cxb5 was best. } { [%eval 2.11] } (8... cxb5 9. Ne3 d4 10. Nd5 Nd6 11. a4 bxa4 12. N5f4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Ke8 14. Qxd4) 9. bxc6 { [%eval 2.16] } 9... Bxc6 { [%eval 1.83] } 10. Nb4 { [%eval 1.83] } 10... b6 { [%eval 2.22] } 11. c4 { [%eval 2.32] } 11... N8c7?! { (2.32 → 3.08) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval 3.08] } (11... a5 12. cxd5 axb4 13. dxc6 Qa4+ 14. Ke1 N8c7 15. Ne3 Ra8 16. f4 Ke8 17. f5) 12. Ne3 { [%eval 3.05] } 12... O-O-O?! { (3.05 → 4.18) Inaccuracy. Ba4+ was best. } { [%eval 4.18] } (12... Ba4+ 13. Ke1 a5 14. Nbxd5 Bc6 15. d4 Na6 16. Qa3 Qa7 17. Qd3 Bxd5 18. cxd5) 13. cxd5 { [%eval 4.28] } 13... Nxd5 { [%eval 4.2] } 14. Nxc6 { [%eval 4.12] } 14... Qxc6 { [%eval 4.13] } 15. Rc1 { [%eval 4.16] } 15... Nc5 { [%eval 4.21] } 16. Nxd5 { [%eval 4.21] } 16... Rxd5 { [%eval 4.27] } 17. Bxd5?! { (4.27 → 3.11) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval 3.11] } (17. O-O e5 18. e3 e4 19. Bxe4 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxe4 21. Qd4 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rd8) 17... Qxd5 { [%eval 3.17] } 18. O-O { [%eval 3.26] } 18... Kb7 { [%eval 3.33] } 19. d4 { [%eval 3.16] } 19... Ne4 { [%eval 3.76] } 20. f3 { [%eval 3.6] } 20... Nd6 { [%eval 3.6] } 21. e4 { [%eval 3.52] } 21... Qg5 { [%eval 3.57] } 22. f4 { [%eval 3.52] } 22... Qg4 { [%eval 4.23] } 23. e5 { [%eval 4.44] } 23... Ne4 { [%eval 4.85] } 24. Qc2 { [%eval 4.8] } 24... Nxg3 { [%eval 4.82] } 25. Qc6+ { [%eval 3.99] } 25... Ka6 { [%eval 4.63] } 26. hxg3 { [%eval 4.48] } 26... Qxg3+ { [%eval 4.54] } 27. Qg2 { [%eval 4.51] } { Black resigns. } 1-0