[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena December '23"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xdSn7aq1"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [White "V_M"] [Black "chess-art-us"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.09"] [UTCTime "19:41:05"] [WhiteElo "2456"] [BlackElo "2150"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "bnrbkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBKQNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b3 b6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O-O O-O-O 7. Kb1 d5 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nb5 Kb8 11. Nxd7+ Rxd7 12. Nd4 c5 13. Bb5?? { (0.35 → -2.08) Blunder. Nb5 was best. } (13. Nb5) 13... Rc7? { (-2.08 → -0.65) Mistake. cxd4 was best. } (13... cxd4 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxd4 h5 16. h3 e5 17. Bb2 exf4 18. exf4 Nf6 19. g4 Bc5 20. Be5+) 14. Nf3 Qc8 15. Be5?! { (-0.45 → -1.05) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (15. Be2 Rg8 16. Rg1 c4 17. g4 Ne4 18. g5 b5 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. Bf3 b4 21. Qg2 Qb7) 15... Rd8 16. Be2 a6 17. c3 Ka7 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Qe1 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. c4 f6 23. Nd3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Bd3 e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qf2 Be4?! { (-0.12 → 0.51) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (27... h5) 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rhe1 Qg4?! { (0.43 → 1.36) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } (29... Qe8 30. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kb2 Re6 32. Qg3 Re7 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Kc2 Re2 36. Rg1) 30. Rxe4?! { (1.36 → 0.28) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Ree6 32. Kc2 Kb7 33. Kd3 Kc6 34. b4 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. h4 g5) 30... Qxe4+ 31. d3 Qg6 32. Qe2 Rd7 33. Re1 h5 34. Qe4 Qf7 35. Qe6 Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Kb7 37. Kc2 Kc7 38. Kd2 Rd6 39. Re7+ Rd7 40. Re4 Kd6?? { (0.93 → 4.07) Blunder. g5 was best. } (40... g5 41. b4 a5 42. a3 h4 43. Ke2 b5 44. c5 Rd5 45. Re7+ Kc8 46. Kf3 f5 47. Re6) 41. Ke2?? { (4.07 → 1.46) Blunder. Rxd4+ was best. } (41. Rxd4+ Kc6 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Ke3 b5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. a4 Kc6 46. d4 h4 47. Ke4 h3) 41... Kc5 42. a3 a5 43. Kf3 b5 44. h4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Rb7 46. Re8 Rb3 47. Ke4? { (1.65 → 0.00) Mistake. Rc8+ was best. } (47. Rc8+) 47... Rxa3? { (0.00 → 1.18) Mistake. f5+ was best. } (47... f5+ 48. Kxf5 Rxd3 49. Rc8+ Kb6 50. Ke4 Rxa3 51. Kxd4 Rg3 52. Rb8+ Kc6 53. Rb5 Rxg2 54. Rxh5) 48. Rc8+ Kd6 49. Kxd4 a4?! { (1.77 → 2.42) Inaccuracy. Ra2 was best. } (49... Ra2 50. c5+) 50. Rd8+?! { (2.42 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. Rg8 was best. } (50. Rg8 Kc6 51. Rxg7 Rb3 52. Ra7 a3 53. Ra6+ Kb7 54. Ra4 Kb6 55. Ke4 Kb7 56. d4 Kc6) 50... Kc7 51. Rg8 Rb3 52. Rxg7+ Kd6?? { (1.56 → 4.11) Blunder. Kb6 was best. } (52... Kb6) 53. Ra7 a3 54. c5+ Kc6 55. Kc4 Rb2 56. Rxa3 Rc2+ 57. Kd4 Rxg2 58. Ra6+ Kc7 59. Rxf6 Rg4+ 60. Kd5 Rxh4 61. Rf7+ Kd8 62. d4 Rg4 63. Rh7 Ke8 64. c6 Rg5+ 65. Kd6 Rg6+ 66. Kc5 h4? { (9.57 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg2 was best. } (66... Rg2 67. c7) 67. d5?! { (Mate in 5 → 35.45) Lost forced checkmate sequence. c7 was best. } (67. c7 Rg5+ 68. d5 Rg7 69. Rxg7 Kf8 70. Rd7 h3 71. c8=Q#) 67... Rg5?! { (35.45 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg3 was best. } (67... Rg3 68. d6 Rd3 69. d7+ Kd8 70. Rh8+ Ke7 71. Rxh4 Rd2 72. Kb6 Kf6 73. Kc7 Kg5 74. d8=Q+) 68. Kd6?! { (Mate in 4 → 35.09) Lost forced checkmate sequence. c7 was best. } (68. c7 Rg7 69. Rxg7 Kf8 70. Rd7 h3 71. c8=Q#) 68... Kd8?! { (35.09 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg6+ was best. } (68... Rg6+ 69. Kc5 Rg3 70. d6 Kf8 71. d7 Rd3 72. Rxh4 Kg7 73. Kb6 Kf6 74. Kc7 Kg5 75. d8=Q+) 69. Rh8+ Rg8 70. Rxg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0