[Event "Chess960 Titled Arena December '25"] [Site "https://lichess.org/tRLi4ECC"] [Date "2025.12.06"] [Round "-"] [White "caching"] [Black "ARM-777777"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "tRLi4ECC"] [UTCDate "2025.12.06"] [UTCTime "22:56:59"] [WhiteElo "2364"] [BlackElo "2406"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteBerserk "true"] [BlackBerserk "true"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nbrkbqrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBQRN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 Nb6?? { (0.19 → 2.10) Blunder. f5 was best. } (1... f5 2. Ng3 f4 3. Ne4 c6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Na6) 2. Nb3?! { (2.10 → 1.05) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (2. c5 Nd5 3. Bxh7 O-O-O 4. Ng3 d6 5. Bxg8 Qxg8 6. e4 Nf4 7. cxd6 Nhg6) 2... c5 3. d3?? { (1.01 → -1.51) Blunder. f4 was best. } (3. f4) 3... d6?? { (-1.51 → 0.36) Blunder. Bxh2 was best. } (3... Bxh2) 4. Bc2?! { (0.36 → -0.21) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (4. f4) 4... Ng6 5. O-O-O e5 6. e3 Bc7 7. Kb1 O-O-O 8. g4 Bc6 9. Ng3 Nh4 10. Nd2 f5?! { (-0.35 → 0.57) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (10... Nf3 11. Nxf3) 11. gxf5 g6?! { (0.63 → 1.22) Inaccuracy. Nxf5 was best. } (11... Nxf5) 12. Qh3 g5? { (0.68 → 2.30) Mistake. Nxf5 was best. } (12... Nxf5) 13. e4 Kb8 14. Ngf1 h6 15. Ne3 Nd7 16. f3 Qe7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. Qf1 Bb6 20. Rg3 Nf6 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Bd2 Rc8 23. Rc1 a5?! { (1.02 → 1.78) Inaccuracy. Nh5 was best. } (23... Nh5 24. Bd1 Nf4 25. Rc2 a6 26. d4 c4 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. a3 Ka8 29. Nc1) 24. Bd1?! { (1.78 → 0.85) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (24. a4 Qa7 25. Be1 c4 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. Nd2 c3 28. bxc3 Be3 29. Qb5+ Ka8) 24... a4 25. Na1 Qa7?! { (0.64 → 1.78) Inaccuracy. Ba5 was best. } (25... Ba5) 26. Nc2?! { (1.78 → 1.08) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (26. d4 c4 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Nc2 Kb7 29. a3 Nh5 30. Nb4 Rgd8 31. Rg4 Nf4) 26... b4? { (1.08 → 2.47) Mistake. Ba5 was best. } (26... Ba5) 27. Ne3 a3 28. b3?! { (2.92 → 1.64) Inaccuracy. bxa3 was best. } (28. bxa3 c4 29. Nxc4 bxa3 30. Rc3 Rxc4 31. dxc4 Kc7 32. Qd3 Rb8 33. Rb3 Bf2) 28... c4?! { (1.64 → 2.74) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (28... Qe7 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. fxg4 Ka7 31. Be2 Rb8 32. Qf2 Rb7 33. Rh3 Qg7 34. Rg1) 29. Nxc4 Bc5 30. Be2 Nh5 31. Rc2 Rc7 32. Bd1 Rgc8?! { (2.22 → 2.93) Inaccuracy. Qb7 was best. } (32... Qb7 33. d4 Bxd4 34. Na5 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Qb6 36. Nc6+ Kc7 37. Bxb4 Ra8 38. f4) 33. Be1 Nf4 34. Rg4 Rb7?! { (2.33 → 3.40) Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } (34... Qa6 35. d4 Bxd4 36. Bxb4 Bc5 37. Be1 Ka8 38. Bd2 Bd4 39. Be2 Qa7 40. Bb4) 35. Bxh4 gxh4 36. Rxh4?? { (3.30 → 0.82) Blunder. d4 was best. } (36. d4 h5 37. Rxf4 Bxd4 38. Rxh4 Rg7 39. Rxh5 Qc5 40. Nxa3 Rg1 41. Rxc5 Rxf1) 36... Bd4 37. Rg4 h5 38. Rg5 Qc5 39. h4?! { (1.81 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. Nxa3 was best. } (39. Nxa3) 39... Bc3?! { (1.20 → 2.10) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (39... Qc7 40. Qe1) 40. Qg1 Nxd3? { (2.22 → 3.85) Mistake. Bd4 was best. } (40... Bd4 41. Qg3 Nxd3 42. Rg8 Rxg8 43. Qxg8+ Ka7 44. Nxe5 Bxe5 45. Rxc5 dxc5 46. f6) 41. Qxc5 Rxc5 42. f6 Rf7 43. Rg8+ Ka7 44. Rg7 Rcc7 45. Rcg2 Ka6 46. Rxf7?! { (5.60 → 4.32) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (46. Be2 Rxc4 47. Rxf7 Kb6 48. bxc4 Nc5 49. Rfg7 Bd4 50. Bd1 Nd3 51. f7 Ne1) 46... Rxf7 47. Rg6 Nf4 48. Rh6 Bd4?! { (3.23 → 4.15) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } (48... Rf8 49. Nxd6 Be1 50. Nc4 Bxh4 51. f7+ Kb7 52. Nxe5 Bg3 53. d6 h4 54. Rh7) 49. Nxd6 Rf8 50. f7 Bc5 51. Nc4+ Kb7 52. Nxe5 Bd4 53. Nc6 Bc3 54. Na5+?! { (4.58 → 3.37) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (54. e5 Be1 55. Rd6 Bxh4 56. e6 Bg5 57. Na5+ Ka7) 54... Kc7 55. d6+ Kd7 56. Nc4 Rxf7 57. e5 Ne6? { (3.29 → 6.16) Mistake. Rf8 was best. } (57... Rf8 58. Rh7+ Kc6 59. Rc7+ Kd5 60. d7 Rd8 61. Rc8 Rxd7 62. Nb6+ Ke6 63. Nxd7) 58. Kc2? { (6.16 → 3.76) Mistake. Nb6+ was best. } (58. Nb6+ Kd8 59. Rxe6 Rf8 60. Kc2 Bd4 61. Nd5 Kd7 62. Kd3 Kxe6 63. Kxd4 Rg8) 58... Rxf3?? { (3.76 → 8.66) Blunder. Rg7 was best. } (58... Rg7 59. Nb6+ Kc6 60. Rxe6 Rg2+ 61. Kd3 Rd2+ 62. Ke3 Kxb6 63. Be2 Kc6 64. Re8) 59. Bxf3 Nd4+ 60. Kd3 Nxf3 61. e6+ Kc6?! { (10.98 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } (61... Kd8 62. Rg6) 62. e7 Kd7 63. Rh8? { (Mate in 12 → 7.34) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nb6+ was best. } (63. Nb6+ Ke8 64. Nd5 Kf7 65. Rh7+ Kg6 66. e8=Q+ Kxh7 67. Qf7+ Kh6 68. Qxf3 Be1) 63... Bxh8 64. Nb6+ Ke8 65. Nd5 Ne5+ 66. Ke4 Nf7? { (7.30 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } (66... Kd7 67. Nc7 Kxd6 68. e8=Q Kxc7 69. Qxh8 Nd7 70. Kd4 Nb8 71. Kd5 Na6 72. Qxh5) 67. Nc7+ Kd7 68. e8=Q+ Kxd6 69. Qxf7 Bb2 70. Ne8+ Kc5 71. Qd5+ Kb6 72. Nd6 Kc7 73. Nc4 Bd4 74. Qe6 Bc5 75. Kd5 Bf8 76. Qc6+ Kd8 77. Ke6 Be7 78. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0