[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena February '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/6SJAKOqF"] [Date "2023.02.04"] [White "Night-King96"] [Black "Kuban23"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.02.04"] [UTCTime "19:36:43"] [WhiteElo "2394"] [BlackElo "2353"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "bbqrnnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNNKR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 b6?! { (0.23 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (1... c5 2. h4 h5 3. Ne3 b6 4. b3 Ne6 5. Nd5 Kf8 6. e3) 2. b3 c5 3. Ng3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nf5 Qd7? { (-0.29 → 0.95) Mistake. Ng6 was best. } (5... Ng6 6. cxd5) 6. d4?! { (0.95 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } (6. cxd5) 6... e6 7. Nxg7?! { (0.34 → -0.69) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (7. Ne3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 Qe7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qb2 f5 13. Rfe1 O-O) 7... Kxg7 8. Qg5+? { (-0.59 → -2.28) Mistake. dxc5 was best. } (8. dxc5 Qe7 9. cxd5 Rxd5 10. Rxd5 Bxd5 11. Qg5+ Ng6 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Bxe5 h6) 8... Ng6 9. dxc5 e5?? { (-2.17 → 0.00) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } (9... Qe7 10. cxb6) 10. Nh4 Ng8 11. Nf5+ Kf8 12. cxd5 f6 13. Qe3?! { (-0.45 → -1.07) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } (13. Qg4 N8e7) 13... bxc5?! { (-1.07 → -0.49) Inaccuracy. Bxd5 was best. } (13... Bxd5) 14. Qxc5+?! { (-0.49 → -1.05) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (14. O-O h5) 14... Bd6?? { (-1.05 → 1.13) Blunder. N8e7 was best. } (14... N8e7 15. e4) 15. Qa5? { (1.13 → -0.04) Mistake. Nxd6 was best. } (15. Nxd6 Qxd6) 15... N8e7?! { (-0.04 → 0.58) Inaccuracy. Bc7 was best. } (15... Bc7 16. Qd2) 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. e4 Nf4 18. g3 Ne2+?! { (0.35 → 0.99) Inaccuracy. Nh3+ was best. } (18... Nh3+ 19. Kf1) 19. Kf1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rxd4?? { (0.67 → -1.96) Blunder. Qxa7 was best. } (21. Qxa7 h5 22. Qxd4 h4 23. Rg1 Bb7 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. Rc1 Ba6 26. Kg2 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Ng6) 21... Nc6 22. dxc6? { (-2.01 → -3.60) Mistake. Qc3 was best. } (22. Qc3 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rg8 24. Kg2 Rg7 25. Bd3 Bb7 26. Bc4 Qe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. f3 h5) 22... Qxd4 23. c7 Rc8 24. Ke2 Qb2+? { (-4.96 → -2.45) Mistake. Bxe4 was best. } (24... Bxe4 25. Rd1 Bf3+ 26. Kxf3 Qxd1+ 27. Kg2 Qd6 28. Qxa7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 Qxc7 30. h4 Ke7 31. Bxh7) 25. Kf3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 fxe5 27. Rc1 Ke7 28. Rc5 Kd6 29. Ra5 Rxc7 30. Ke3 Rb8 31. Bd3 Bc6 32. f4 exf4+ 33. gxf4 Rb6?! { (-2.25 → -1.52) Inaccuracy. Ke7 was best. } (33... Ke7) 34. e5+ Ke7 35. f5 Be8 36. f6+ Kf8 37. Bc4?! { (-1.68 → -2.44) Inaccuracy. Rd5 was best. } (37. Rd5 Rbc6 38. Be4 Rc8 39. Bxh7 Bf7 40. Ra5 Rc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Kf4 Be6 43. h4 Rc1) 37... Bf7 38. Bd3 Rbc6 39. Be4? { (-1.88 → -3.36) Mistake. Bxh7 was best. } (39. Bxh7) 39... Rc5 40. Kf4?! { (-3.47 → -5.19) Inaccuracy. Rxc5 was best. } (40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Kf4 Bg6 42. Bf3 Rb5 43. a3 a5 44. h4 Bf7 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Be6) 40... Rxa5 41. b4 Rxa2 42. Bf5 Ra4?! { (-10.70 → -6.92) Inaccuracy. Rf2+ was best. } (42... Rf2+) 43. e6 Rxb4+ 44. Kg5? { (-7.38 → Mate in 18) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke3 was best. } (44. Ke3 Bxe6 45. Bxe6 Rc3+ 46. Kd2 Rc5 47. Kd3 Rb6 48. Bg4 h5 49. Bf3 Rd6+ 50. Ke4 a5) 44... Rc5 45. exf7 Rbb5?! { (Mate in 14 → -17.29) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxf5+ was best. } (45... Rxf5+ 46. Kxf5 Kxf7 47. Ke5 a5 48. Kd5 a4 49. Kc5 Rb1 50. Kc4 a3 51. h4 a2 52. h5) 46. h3?! { (-17.29 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf4 was best. } (46. Kf4 Rxf5+ 47. Ke3 Kxf7 48. Ke4 Kxf6 49. Kd3 a5 50. Kd2 a4 51. h3 a3 52. Kd3 a2) 46... Rxf5+ 47. Kg4 Rxf6 48. h4 Rxf7 49. Kg3 Rc7 50. Kg4 Rc4+ 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52. Ke2 Rc2+ { White resigns. } 0-1