[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/3DMHkThb"] [Date "2026.03.13"] [Round "-"] [White "destroyernumber1"] [Black "mhennigan"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "3DMHkThb"] [UTCDate "2026.03.13"] [UTCTime "12:08:27"] [WhiteElo "2290"] [BlackElo "2271"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nrkqbnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKQBNRB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. g4 e5 2. Ng3 g6 3. Bg2?! { (-0.25 → -1.01) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (3. c4 Ne6 4. d3 d6 5. e3 Bd7 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nc2 Nb6 8. O-O-O O-O-O) 3... Ne6 4. e3 d5 5. Nb3 Nb6 6. d3 c5 7. Ba5 Bc6 8. Qd2?! { (-0.54 → -1.19) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (8. c4 Qd7 9. Qc2 d4 10. exd4 Bxg2 11. Nxc5 Qc6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. d5 exd5) 8... Qe7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxb6?! { (-1.08 → -1.80) Inaccuracy. Bxc6 was best. } (10. Bxc6 cxb3 11. Bg2 bxa2 12. Ra1 O-O 13. O-O Nc8 14. Bc3 Rd8 15. b3 b6) 10... cxb3 11. Bxa7? { (-1.22 → -2.46) Mistake. Bxc6 was best. } (11. Bxc6 bxa2 12. Ra1 axb6 13. Bd5 Rd8 14. Bxa2 Ng5 15. Qe2 e4 16. Bc4 exd3) 11... Ra8 12. Bb6?! { (-2.58 → -3.90) Inaccuracy. Bxc6 was best. } (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bb6 Qb7 14. Ba5 Qb5 15. Bc3 bxa2 16. Ra1 O-O 17. Qc2 Rfd8) 12... Bxg2 13. Rxg2 bxa2 14. Ra1 Qd7 15. Ne4 Qc6 16. Ba5 b5? { (-3.31 → -1.84) Mistake. b6 was best. } (16... b6 17. Bc3 c4 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qc2 cxd3 20. Qb3 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Nd2) 17. b4?? { (-1.84 → -4.71) Blunder. Rxa2 was best. } (17. Rxa2 b4 18. Qc2 Kd7 19. Qc4 Rgb8 20. Rg3 Ke7 21. Rf3 h6 22. h4 Bg7) 17... Rxa5?? { (-4.71 → -0.36) Blunder. cxb4+ was best. } (17... cxb4+ 18. Kd1 Rxa5 19. Qxb4 Ra4 20. Qe7 Rd8 21. f3 Rxd3+ 22. Ke2 Qd7 23. Qxd7+) 18. bxa5 Rd8?! { (-0.36 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (18... c4 19. Rxa2 O-O 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxg2 22. Ne4 Rc8) 19. Rxa2?! { (0.42 → -0.37) Inaccuracy. Qxa2 was best. } (19. Qxa2 c4 20. f3 f5 21. a6 Nc7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. a7 Kb7 24. Qc2 fxe4) 19... f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Nc3?? { (-0.29 → -3.49) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (21. Ng5 Qxg2 22. Nxe6 Qh1+ 23. Qd1 Qd5 24. Nxd8 Qxa2 25. Qf3 Qxa5 26. Qxf5+ Kxd8) 21... Qxg2 22. a6 b4 23. a7 Kb7 24. Nb5?! { (-2.94 → -4.29) Inaccuracy. a8=Q+ was best. } (24. a8=Q+ Rxa8 25. Rxa8 bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qf1+ 27. Kd2 Kxa8 28. Qa3+ Kb7 29. Qb3+ Kc7) 24... Qh1+ 25. Kc2 Qc6 26. Qe2 Qxb5 27. Qf3+?! { (-6.21 → -9.81) Inaccuracy. Kb1 was best. } (27. Kb1 Ka8 28. e4 Nf4 29. Qf3 Qxd3+ 30. Qxd3 Nxd3 31. Ra6 fxe4 32. Rc6 Kxa7) 27... e4 28. a8=Q+? { (-9.79 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc1 was best. } (28. Kc1 exf3 29. Rb2 Bxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Kxa7 31. e4 Qxd3 32. exf5 Qe2+ 33. Kb3 Nd4+) 28... Rxa8 29. Rxa8 Qxd3+ 30. Kc1 Qc3+ 31. Kd1 Qd3+ 32. Kc1 exf3 33. Rxh8 Qc3+ 34. Kd1 Qxh8 35. h4 Qc3 36. h5 b3 37. h6 Qd3+ 38. Kc1 Qc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1