[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena March '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ydGgj67t"] [Date "2024.03.09"] [White "nihalsarin2004"] [Black "penguingim1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.09"] [UTCTime "21:32:44"] [WhiteElo "2459"] [BlackElo "2451"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "bnrkqbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRKQBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b3 e5 2. c4?! { (0.24 → -0.38) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (2. f4 f6 3. O-O-O O-O-O 4. fxe5 fxe5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e4 Bc5) 2... b6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf5?! { (-0.21 → -0.81) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (6. Be2 O-O-O 7. f3 Kb8 8. Qh4 d5 9. Nxc6+ Bxc6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Qg3 Bc6 12. O-O h5) 6... Qe6 7. Ng3 Ne5 8. Nc3 Ba3 9. Rb1 a6 10. Nce2 Nd3 11. Nd4 Qg4+ 12. Be2 Nxe1 13. Bxg4 Nd3 14. Be2? { (-1.12 → -2.63) Mistake. f3 was best. } (14. f3) 14... Nxf2+ 15. Kc2 Nxh1 16. Rxh1 O-O 17. Ndf5 Rfe8?? { (-2.02 → 1.54) Blunder. Ne8 was best. } (17... Ne8) 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. Nxf6 Re6 21. h4 Be7 22. Ng4+?! { (1.18 → 0.56) Inaccuracy. Nh5 was best. } (22. Nh5 f6) 22... Kg6 23. Ne5+ Kg7?! { (0.72 → 1.38) Inaccuracy. Rxe5 was best. } (23... Rxe5 24. Bxe5) 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 25. Bg4 Rg6 26. Ne5 Rd8? { (2.11 → 3.91) Mistake. Rxg4 was best. } (26... Rxg4 27. Nxg4 h5 28. Nh6+ Kh7 29. Nxf7 b5 30. Ng5+ Bxg5 31. hxg5 Kg6 32. Be5 bxc4 33. bxc4) 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. h5 f5?? { (3.73 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } (28... Kh7 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bh5+ Kg5 31. Bxf7 Bb4 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Kxc3 Rd3+ 34. Kc2 Rd8 35. Rf1) 29. hxg6 { Black resigns. } 1-0