[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/iTXFBz6X"] [Date "2025.09.19"] [Round "-"] [White "johnsam1"] [Black "Arkadiy_Khromaev"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "iTXFBz6X"] [UTCDate "2025.09.19"] [UTCTime "23:35:45"] [WhiteElo "2499"] [BlackElo "2760"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rkbnrqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNRQNB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 c5? { (0.07 → 1.48) Mistake. e5 was best. } (2... e5 3. g3 f5 4. d3 a5 5. a4 fxe4 6. dxe4 b6 7. Ra3) 3. d3?! { (1.48 → 0.71) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (3. a4 d6 4. f4 a5 5. Nb5 e5 6. Ra3 Ra6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Ne2 Nf6) 3... Nc6 4. f4 Nd4?! { (0.83 → 1.54) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } (4... Bxc3 5. bxc3) 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Be3 O-O-O? { (1.19 → 2.42) Mistake. e5 was best. } (7... e5 8. a4) 8. Qf2? { (2.42 → 0.82) Mistake. e5 was best. } (8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bc6 10. Bxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Bd5 12. Nexd4 e6 13. Nb5 a6) 8... Nxf3 9. Bxf3 Bc6 10. O-O-O?! { (1.32 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (10. a4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h5 12. a5 e6 13. O-O Nh6 14. h3 f5 15. e5 Bxf3) 10... Nf6?? { (0.45 → 2.45) Blunder. Bxc3 was best. } (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 e6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Bg2 f6 14. Bh1 b6 15. d4 f5 16. d5) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6?? { (3.16 → 8.28) Blunder. Nd7 was best. } (15... Nd7 16. Bxh8 Qxh8 17. Re4 Qf6 18. Rc4+ Kb8 19. Rc7 Kxc7 20. Nd5+ Kb8 21. Nxf6) 16. Na4 Qb4? { (8.12 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd6 was best. } (16... Qd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Kc7 19. Rdd1 Nd5 20. c3 Rd8 21. Qe2 b5 22. Nc5) 17. Qc3+ Qxc3 18. Nb6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0