[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xel3XIQm"] [Date "2026.03.27"] [Round "-"] [White "nikhilgupta69"] [Black "Killua_the_assassin"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "xel3XIQm"] [UTCDate "2026.03.27"] [UTCTime "05:24:41"] [WhiteElo "1530"] [BlackElo "1526"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+105"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [FEN "rnkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKBQNBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. f4 { [%eval 0.05] } 1... f6 { [%eval 0.48] } 2. e3?! { (0.48 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.15] } (2. e4 e5 3. f5 d5 4. Qg3 g6 5. exd5 Bxd5 6. Nc3 Bc6) 2... Ne6? { (-0.15 → 0.96) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.96] } (2... e5 3. fxe5 fxe5 4. e4 a5 5. a4 h5 6. h4 b6 7. b3 Kb7 8. Nc3) 3. Be2 { [%eval 0.73] } 3... c6 { [%eval 0.76] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.74] } 4... Ba5 { [%eval 0.77] } 5. O-O-O { [%eval 0.62] } 5... Nc5 { [%eval 1.13] } 6. Kb1 { [%eval 0.85] } 6... Qf7 { [%eval 1.03] } 7. b3 { [%eval 1.01] } 7... Bxc3 { [%eval 1.21] } 8. dxc3 { [%eval 1.22] } 8... Na4? { (1.22 → 3.01) Mistake. h5 was best. } { [%eval 3.01] } (8... h5 9. Nd2 d6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Be3 Na4 13. Nc4 Nab6 14. e5) 9. g4 { [%eval 2.44] } 9... Na6 { [%eval 2.5] } 10. Bxa6 { [%eval 2.51] } 10... bxa6 { [%eval 2.4] } 11. h4 { [%eval 2.1] } 11... Rb8 { [%eval 2.13] } 12. Qd2?? { (2.13 → 0.00) Blunder. Ka1 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (12. Ka1 Nb6 13. e4 h5 14. c4 Nxc4 15. g5 Na3 16. Ne3 fxg5 17. Qa5 gxf4) 12... d6?? { (0.00 → 1.86) Blunder. Qd5 was best. } { [%eval 1.86] } (12... Qd5 13. Kc1 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nc5 15. c4 Ne4+ 16. Kc1 Nc3 17. Re1 Bxc4 18. bxc4) 13. Ng3?? { (1.86 → -0.11) Blunder. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.11] } (13. e4 Qe6 14. Kc1 Nb6 15. Ng3 c5 16. e5 Qxg4 17. exd6 Qxg3 18. dxe7 Bd5) 13... Nc5?? { (-0.11 → 2.60) Blunder. Qc4 was best. } { [%eval 2.6] } (13... Qc4 14. Ka1 Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Rd2 c5 18. e4 Nxf4 19. Nf5) 14. e4 { [%eval 2.47] } 14... Nxb3?! { (2.47 → 3.66) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } { [%eval 3.66] } (14... Nd7 15. Bxa7 Rb7 16. Bf2 a5 17. c4 a4 18. c5 axb3 19. axb3 dxc5 20. Qa5) 15. axb3 { [%eval 3.56] } 15... Rxb3+?! { (3.56 → 4.47) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%eval 4.47] } (15... a5 16. Qd3 Rb5 17. Kc1 a4 18. c4 Rb7 19. Kd2 axb3 20. cxb3 Qe6 21. g5) 16. cxb3 { [%eval 4.35] } 16... Qxb3+ { [%eval 4.49] } 17. Kc1 { [%eval 4.34] } 17... Qa3+ { [%eval 5.12] } 18. Qb2 { [%eval 5.29] } 18... Qa4 { [%eval 5.33] } 19. Bxa7 { [%eval 4.91] } 19... Bc4 { [%eval 4.93] } 20. Qb8+ { [%eval 4.93] } 20... Kd7 { [%eval 4.47] } 21. Qxh8 { [%eval 4.59] } 21... Qa3+ { [%eval 5.41] } 22. Kd2 { [%eval 5.74] } 22... Qb2+ { [%eval 5.72] } 23. Ke1?! { (5.72 → 4.18) Inaccuracy. Ke3 was best. } { [%eval 4.18] } (23. Ke3 g6 24. Kf3 c5 25. Qb8 Qxc3+ 26. Kg2 h5 27. gxh5 Qc2+ 28. Kh3) 23... Qxc3+?! { (4.18 → 5.86) Inaccuracy. Qg2 was best. } { [%eval 5.86] } (23... Qg2 24. Bf2 Qf3 25. Rc1 c5 26. Qb8 f5 27. e5 g5 28. hxg5 Qd3 29. Qb2) 24. Kf2 { [%eval 6.28] } 24... Qc2+ { [%eval 6.23] } 25. Ke3 { [%eval 5.7] } 25... Qc3+ { [%eval 6.03] } 26. Kf2 { [%eval 5.5] } 26... d5 { [%eval 6.6] } 27. exd5 { [%eval 7.08] } 27... cxd5 { [%eval 7.07] } 28. Qb8 { [%eval 7.26] } 28... d4?! { (7.26 → 11.80) Inaccuracy. Qc2+ was best. } { [%eval 11.8] } (28... Qc2+ 29. Kf3 Qc3+ 30. Be3 h5 31. Qb7+ Ke8 32. gxh5 e6 33. Qxg7 Bb3 34. Qg6+) 29. Rxd4+ { [%eval 9.51] } 29... Ke6? { (9.51 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxd4+ was best. } { [%eval #1] } (29... Qxd4+ 30. Bxd4 g5 31. Re1 e5 32. Qb7+ Ke8 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34. Qxc4+ Kg7) 30. f5+? { (Mate in 1 → 7.31) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg8# was best. } { [%eval 7.31] } (30. Qg8#) 30... Kf7 { [%eval 7.21] } 31. Qc7 { [%eval 7.16] } 31... Qc2+ { [%eval 7.45] } 32. Kf3?? { (7.45 → 3.05) Blunder. Ke3 was best. } { [%eval 3.05] } (32. Ke3 Qb3+ 33. Kf4 Bd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Ne4 h6 36. Qc2 Kg8 37. Bc5 Qe5+) 32... Qc3+?? { (3.05 → 8.89) Blunder. Be2+ was best. } { [%eval 8.89] } (32... Be2+ 33. Nxe2 Qxc7 34. Re4 Qxa7 35. Rd1 a5 36. Rdd4 g6 37. Ng3 Qc5 38. Kg2) 33. Kf4 { [%eval 8.88] } 33... Qxd4+? { (8.88 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g5+ was best. } { [%eval #7] } { Black wins on time. } (33... g5+ 34. fxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxc4+ Qxc4 36. Rxc4 a5 37. Rc7 Kg8 38. Re1 e5+ 39. Rxe5) 0-1