[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4bpJJrJU"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "destroyernumber1"] [Black "mhennigan"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "4bpJJrJU"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "11:40:32"] [WhiteElo "2221"] [BlackElo "2235"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brnbkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKQNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b3 b5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Bf6 4. d4 c5 5. Be2?! { (-0.08 → -0.99) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (5. c3 cxd4) 5... b4 6. Nd3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nge7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd4? { (-0.86 → -2.26) Mistake. Nd2 was best. } (9. Nd2 Rg8) 9... Nd5?? { (-2.26 → -0.47) Blunder. e5 was best. } (9... e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nc5 exf3 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Na6 Rb7 15. O-O-O) 10. Bf3 a5?! { (-0.48 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (10... Nc3 11. Ra1) 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. f3 f5 13. Qf2 Qg7 14. O-O Nb6?! { (0.42 → 1.23) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } (14... Ne7 15. Rbe1) 15. Nf4?! { (1.23 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. Rbe1 was best. } (15. Rbe1) 15... Ba8 16. Nb5 Qe5 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Nd3 Qf6 19. Rbd1 Nd5 20. Nb5 O-O 21. e4?! { (0.58 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Nd6 was best. } (21. Nd6 Rc6) 21... fxe4 22. Qg3+?? { (-0.36 → -3.63) Blunder. fxe4 was best. } (22. fxe4 Qxf2+) 22... Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. fxe4 Ne3 25. Ne5 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 Rc5 27. Nxd7 Rd8 28. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 29. Ke2 Rh1 30. Nc7 Bc6 31. h3 Rg1 32. g4 Rh1 33. Kd3 Rxh3+ 34. Kd4 Rc3 35. Nd3 Rxc2 36. Na6 Rxa2 37. Nac5 Rg2 38. Ke3 Bb5 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nxe6+ Kg8 41. Nf3 Rxg4 42. Ned4 Bd7 43. Nd2 Rg3+ 44. Kf4 Rd3 45. N2f3 Kf7 46. e5 Be6 47. Ke4 Rxf3 48. Nxf3 Bxb3 49. Nd4 Bc4 50. Nc6 b3 51. Nxa5 b2 52. Nxc4 b1=Q+ 53. Kd5?! { (-7.10 → -83.08) Inaccuracy. Kd4 was best. } (53. Kd4 Qd1+ 54. Kc5 f5 55. Na5 Ke6 56. Nc6 Qc1+ 57. Kb6 f4 58. Nd4+ Kd5) 53... Qd3+ 54. Kc5 Qc3 55. Kd5 f5 56. e6+?! { (-7.14 → -12.44) Inaccuracy. Nd6+ was best. } (56. Nd6+ Kg6 57. e6 Kf6 58. e7 Qa5+ 59. Kc6 Kxe7 60. Nb7 Qa6+ 61. Kc7 f4) 56... Ke7 57. Ne5 Qb3+ 58. Kd4 Qxe6 59. Nd3 h5 60. Kc3 h4 61. Kd2?! { (-11.04 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nb4 was best. } (61. Nb4 h3 62. Kd4 h2 63. Nd5+ Qxd5+ 64. Kxd5 Kf6 65. Kd4 Kg5 66. Kc3 h1=Q) 61... h3 62. Nf4 Qd6+ 63. Ke3 h2 64. Kf2 Qxf4+ 65. Kg2 Qd2+ 66. Kh1 Qe1+ 67. Kg2 h1=Q# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1