[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/hLthgSe3"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "-"] [White "johnsam1"] [Black "BreatEastonEllis"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "hLthgSe3"] [UTCDate "2026.03.24"] [UTCTime "20:47:36"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2410"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "bbqrknnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRKNNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Nf3 Ng6?! { (0.13 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (2... c5 3. c4 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bxd4 Ne6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Ne3) 3. Ng3 O-O?! { (0.27 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (3... c5 4. c4 O-O 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. O-O b6 8. Rxd4 d5 9. cxd5) 4. c4?! { (1.04 → 0.35) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (4. h4 d5 5. h5 Nf4 6. c4 c5 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e3 Ne6) 4... e6?? { (0.35 → 3.56) Blunder. c5 was best. } (4... c5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. O-O b6 8. Nxd4 Ne7 9. Ndf5 Nxf5 10. Nxf5) 5. d4?? { (3.56 → 1.38) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } (5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nh5 f5 7. d4 f4 8. d5 c5 9. Qc3 e5 10. g4 f6) 5... d5 6. O-O b6 7. Ne5?! { (0.94 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (7. c5 c6 8. h4 Ne7 9. Ne5 Nf5 10. Qg5 Nxg3 11. fxg3 h6 12. Qe3 Ne4) 7... Rfe8?! { (0.21 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 Nf4 13. e3) 8. f3? { (1.12 → -0.06) Mistake. c5 was best. } (8. c5 c6 9. f4 Bb7 10. b4 bxc5 11. dxc5 a5 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Bxf6 gxf6) 8... c5 9. Nxg6?! { (-0.10 → -0.77) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. dxc5 f6 12. Ng4 Qxc5+ 13. Qxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Nb6) 9... hxg6 10. dxc5 bxc5?! { (-1.02 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qxc5+ was best. } (10... Qxc5+ 11. Bd4 Qe7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 Bf4 14. e3 Bd6 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qc3) 11. e4?! { (0.00 → -0.94) Inaccuracy. Bxf6 was best. } (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh6 f5 13. f4 dxc4 14. Nh5 gxh5 15. Qg5+ Kf8 16. Qh6+ Ke7) 11... d4 12. f4?! { (-0.92 → -1.79) Inaccuracy. Rde1 was best. } (12. Rde1 e5 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. Qd1 Qb7 15. Re2 Bd6 16. Bc1 Rb8 17. Rb2 a5) 12... Ng4 13. Rde1 f5 14. Bd3?! { (-1.83 → -2.84) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (14. h3 Ne3 15. Rxe3 dxe3 16. Qxe3 Qd7 17. Qxc5 Qd2 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qe3+) 14... Ne3 15. Rf2 Kf7? { (-3.10 → -1.64) Mistake. e5 was best. } (15... e5 16. fxe5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe5 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qg4 21. Ree2) 16. Qb2 Ng4 17. Rfe2? { (-1.82 → -3.80) Mistake. Rff1 was best. } (17. Rff1 Rg8 18. h3 Ne3 19. Rf2 Bc7 20. Qd2 g5 21. exf5 gxf4 22. fxe6+ Qxe6) 17... Bxf4 18. Qa3?! { (-3.75 → -5.17) Inaccuracy. Nf1 was best. } (18. Nf1 Nf6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. b4 e5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. cxb5 e4) 18... Qc7 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. Qa6?! { (-6.16 → -8.98) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (22. Kf1 Bxg3 23. b4 Nxh2+ 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. bxc5 Ng4 26. Kd1 Qe7 27. Kc2) 22... Be3+ 23. Kf1?? { (-6.80 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh1 was best. } (23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Kf7 27. Nf1 Ng4+ 28. Kh1 Bb7) 23... Qf4+ 24. Ke2 Qf2+ 25. Kd1 Qd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1