[Event "Rated Chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/vFVVkKJk"] [Date "2024.03.03"] [White "MadMerkel"] [Black "mMGracz"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.03"] [UTCTime "13:41:57"] [WhiteElo "1968"] [BlackElo "2058"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nnbbrkqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKQR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nb3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Rxe4 b6?? { (-0.23 → 4.93) Blunder. Qf7 was best. } (3... Qf7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nc3 b5 6. Rf4 Qe6 7. Nc5 Qb6 8. Rxf8+ Rxf8 9. f4 d6 10. Nd3) 4. Rf4+ Qf7 5. Rxf7+ Kxf7 6. Bf3 c6 7. g3 Rhf8 8. Qg2 Kg8 9. O-O d5 10. d4 Nc7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Ne6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Bc7 15. Nd1 Bd6 16. c4 Ba6 17. b3?! { (4.65 → 3.45) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } (17. cxd5 Nc7 18. dxc6 e5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Nde4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe3) 17... h6 18. Re1 Ng5 19. Be2 e5 20. h4 Nge4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. cxd5 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 cxd5 24. f3 Nf6 25. Rc2 exd4 26. Bf2 Bc5 27. Rd2 a5 28. Bxd4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Bd6?! { (3.15 → 4.64) Inaccuracy. Bxd4 was best. } (29... Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rfe8 31. Rd2 d4 32. Nf2 b5 33. Nd3 R1e3 34. Qf1 Nd5 35. a4 Rf8 36. Rf2) 30. Bf2 Re6 31. Ne3 Nh5?! { (3.88 → 4.96) Inaccuracy. Rc8 was best. } (31... Rc8 32. Nf5 Bb4 33. Nd4 Ree8 34. Rd1 Bc5 35. Bg1 Nh5 36. Rd2 Bxd4 37. Bxd4) 32. Nxd5 Rg6 33. f4 Nxf4 34. Nxf4 Bxf4 35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. gxf4 Rxf4 37. Qd3 h5 38. Be1 Rg4 39. Re2 Kg8?? { (6.79 → Mate in 16) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf4 was best. } (39... Rf4 40. Rg2 Rf6 41. Rxg6 Rxg6 42. Bg3 b5 43. Bf4 a4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Qf5 a3 46. Qxh5+) 40. Bg3?? { (Mate in 16 → 5.91) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd5+ was best. } (40. Qd5+ Kh7 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qf5 Rg2+ 43. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 b5 45. Kf3 b4 46. Qe6+ Kh8) 40... b5?? { (5.91 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxg3 was best. } (40... Rxg3 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Qxg3 Rxg3 43. Kxg3 b5 44. Re5 b4 45. Rxa5 Kg6 46. Rb5 Kh6 47. Kf4) 41. Rg2? { (Mate in 8 → 7.16) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re8+ was best. } (41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Qd5 Ra6 43. Qxh5+ Rh6 44. Qxg4 Rf6 45. Qh5+ Rh6 46. Qf5+ Rg6 47. h5 a4) 41... b4 42. Qd5+ Kh7 43. Bf2?! { (8.98 → 5.85) Inaccuracy. Qxh5+ was best. } (43. Qxh5+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Qxa5 Kh8 46. Qf5 Kg8 47. Qh5 Rxg3 48. Qd5+ Kf8 49. Rxg3 Ra6) 43... Rxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Kg6 46. Bb6 Kf5 47. Kg3 g5?! { (5.64 → 9.13) Inaccuracy. Ke5 was best. } (47... Ke5 48. Bxa5 Kd4 49. Bxb4 Ke5 50. a4 Kd5 51. Kf4 Kc6 52. Kg5 g6 53. Kxg6 Kd7 54. Kxh5) 48. hxg5 Kxg5 49. Bxa5 h4+? { (8.41 → Mate in 22) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf5 was best. } (49... Kf5 50. Bxb4 Ke4 51. Bc5 Kd3 52. Kh3 Ke4 53. a4 Kd5 54. b4 Kc4 55. a5 Kb3 56. Kg3) 50. Kh3 Kf4 51. Bxb4 Ke4 52. Kxh4 Kd4 53. a4 Kd5 54. Kg4 Kc6 55. Kf4 Kb6 56. Ke4 Ka6 57. Kd5 Kb6 58. Kd6 Ka6 59. Kc6 Ka7 60. Bd6 Ka6 61. b4 Ka7 62. b5 Ka8 63. a5 Ka7 64. Bc5+ Kb8 65. Kb6 Ka8 66. Ka6 Kb8 67. b6 Ka8 68. b7+ Kb8 69. Bd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0