[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena December '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HTTUf6m7"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [White "drop_stone"] [Black "V_M"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.09"] [UTCTime "21:14:06"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2480"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Ng6 2. e4?! { (-0.19 → -0.91) Inaccuracy. b3 was best. } (2. b3) 2... b5 3. Ng3 e5?? { (-1.22 → 0.86) Blunder. e6 was best. } (3... e6) 4. dxe5 Nxe5? { (0.45 → 1.64) Mistake. f6 was best. } (4... f6) 5. f4 Nc4 6. Nd3 Bh4?! { (1.26 → 2.22) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } (6... c6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd4 Ne7 9. Qf2 f5 10. O-O fxe4 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Nxe4 O-O-O 13. Bf3) 7. Bf3 N8d6?! { (2.56 → 3.37) Inaccuracy. N4d6 was best. } (7... N4d6 8. e5) 8. O-O-O Bxg3 9. hxg3 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxa7 Rd8 12. b3 Ncd6 13. f5?! { (5.57 → 3.88) Inaccuracy. Rfe1 was best. } (13. Rfe1 Qh8 14. Nc5 O-O 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 h5 17. Qxc7 Qh6 18. Re2 d5 19. Qe5 Rfe8) 13... f6 14. Rfe1 Kf7 15. Qxc7 Rfe8 16. Nf4 Qf8?! { (4.07 → 5.18) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } (16... Re7 17. Nd5 Ree8 18. g4 Qf8 19. Bb2 b4 20. Nxb4 Kg8 21. Qb6 h5 22. gxh5 Nxf5 23. Nd5) 17. Ne6 Qe7 18. Rxd6?? { (5.13 → 2.37) Blunder. Nxd8+ was best. } (18. Nxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd4 Nxf5 21. Rdxe4 h5 22. Rb4 Nxg3 23. Rxb5 h4 24. Rb6 d5) 18... Qxd6 19. Nxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qxd8 Qd2+ 21. Kb2 Qc3+?! { (2.77 → 4.17) Inaccuracy. Qd4+ was best. } (21... Qd4+ 22. c3 Qxc3+ 23. Ka3 Qxe1 24. Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Qxb5 Qxa1 26. Qb4+ Kf7 27. Qb7+ Kf8 28. Qa8+) 22. Ka3 Qxe1 23. Qxd7+ Kf8 24. Qc8+ Kf7 25. Qb7+ Kf8 26. Qb8+ Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kf8 28. Bd4 Qe2 29. Bc5+?! { (5.95 → 4.60) Inaccuracy. Qc8+ was best. } (29. Qc8+ Ke7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Bc5+ Nxc5 32. Qxe2 Nd7 33. Qxb5 Ke7 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Kb4 g6) 29... Nxc5 30. Qxc5+ Kf7 31. Kb4 Qxg2 32. Qc7+ Kf8 33. Kxb5 h5 34. a4 Qd5+?! { (5.05 → 8.14) Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. } (34... Kg8 35. a5 Qd5+ 36. Ka4 Qa8 37. Qd6 Qg2 38. c4 g5 39. fxg6 Qa2+ 40. Kb4 Qd2+ 41. Qxd2) 35. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 36. Kxc5 g6 37. a5 gxf5 38. a6 f4 39. a7 Kg7 40. a8=Q Kg6?! { (17.75 → Mate in 18) Checkmate is now unavoidable. fxg3 was best. } (40... fxg3 41. Qf3 h4 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. Qxh4 g2 44. Qg4 Ke7 45. b4 f5 46. Qxg2 Ke6 47. b5) 41. gxf4 Kf5 42. Qf3 h4 43. Kd5 { Black resigns. } 1-0