[Event "rated variant:chess960 game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zWp8IWgY"] [Date "2026.06.06"] [Round "-"] [White "darvindpatel"] [Black "smitpate"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "zWp8IWgY"] [UTCDate "2026.06.06"] [UTCTime "02:21:31"] [WhiteElo "1434"] [BlackElo "1186"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "300+5"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rbqnbkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNBKRN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 Ng6 2. Ng3 c5 3. e4?! { (0.17 → -0.84) Inaccuracy. e3 was best. } (3. e3 e6 4. f4 f5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. a3 a6) 3... d6? { (-0.84 → 0.27) Mistake. Ne6 was best. } (3... Ne6 4. Nc3 h5 5. Nf5 h4 6. g3 Rh8 7. f4 Nd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2) 4. Ne3 Bc6 5. O-O e6?! { (0.38 → 1.29) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (5... e5 6. Nd5 Ne6 7. Qd1 Bc7 8. Nf5 Qd7 9. a4 O-O 10. g3 Nd4 11. Nxd4) 6. Qc3? { (1.29 → 0.17) Mistake. f4 was best. } (6. f4 f6 7. f5 Ne5 8. b4 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Qb2 Be8 11. b5 axb5) 6... e5 7. Nd5 Ne6 8. b4?! { (0.19 → -0.57) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (8. Nf5 Bc7 9. g3 Nd4 10. Qd3 b5 11. b3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Rb8 13. f4 Bxd5) 8... O-O 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Ne2?! { (-0.64 → -1.36) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (10. Nf5 Qd7 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. a4 Ngf4 13. Qh4 f6 14. a5 Bc7 15. Nfe3 Nd4) 10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. h4?! { (-0.91 → -1.71) Inaccuracy. Qb3 was best. } (13. Qb3 Qg4 14. f3 Qg5 15. g3 h5 16. Kh1 b6 17. h4 Qh6 18. Bd3 Bd7) 13... Bd7 14. h5 Ne7?? { (-1.57 → 0.80) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } (14... Nf4 15. Qh4 h6 16. d3 Nxd5 17. exd5 b5 18. a3 bxc4 19. dxc4 Qxc4 20. Bb4) 15. h6?! { (0.80 → -0.16) Inaccuracy. Qxe5 was best. } (15. Qxe5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. f3 b5 19. Bd3 b4 20. h6 g6) 15... g6?? { (-0.16 → 4.91) Blunder. Ng6 was best. } (15... Ng6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qg5 f4 18. f3 Qc5 19. hxg7 Rf7 20. Kf2 Be7 21. Qh6) 16. Qg5?? { (4.91 → -1.60) Blunder. Nxe7+ was best. } (16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Qxe5 f6 18. Qxe7 Rf7 19. Qd6 f5 20. Bd3 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc6) 16... Nxd5 17. cxd5 f6 18. Qg3 Ba3?? { (-1.38 → 4.62) Blunder. Qc1 was best. } (18... Qc1 19. f4 Qb2 20. f5 g5 21. Bf2 Qxa1 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23. Bc2 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1) 19. Bd3?? { (4.62 → -0.42) Blunder. Qxa3 was best. } (19. Qxa3 Qe8 20. Qg3 g5 21. f4 Qg6 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Qh2 Raf8) 19... a6?! { (-0.42 → 0.26) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (19... Bd6 20. Rb1 Rf7 21. Bb5 Qc2 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. d3) 20. f4?! { (0.26 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (20. Be2 Bd6 21. d3 Rf7 22. Bh5 Qf8 23. Bd2 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bg4 e4) 20... Bb5?? { (-0.48 → 3.08) Blunder. Bd6 was best. } (20... Bd6 21. f5 g5 22. Bf2 Qc5 23. a4 b5 24. Rfc1 Qb6 25. Rcb1 Qc7 26. Rc1) 21. Bxb5?! { (3.08 → 1.97) Inaccuracy. fxe5 was best. } (21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Bg3 Rfe8 25. Qg5 Ra6 26. d3 Be7) 21... axb5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qxe5?! { (2.03 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } (24. Qg4 d3 25. Bf2 Qc8 26. Qg3 Bd6 27. Qxd3 b4 28. Be3 Qd7 29. Qf1 Rf8) 24... Bb2?? { (0.87 → 3.76) Blunder. Re8 was best. } (24... Re8 25. Qg3 d3 26. Bf2 Rxe4 27. Qxd3 Bc5 28. Be3 Qe7 29. Qc3 b6 30. Rd1) 25. Rb1 Rxa2? { (3.59 → 6.04) Mistake. Re8 was best. } (25... Re8 26. Qg5 Ba3 27. Bg3 Be7 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rf8 30. g3 b4 31. d6) 26. Bh4 Qxh6?? { (6.00 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d3 was best. } (26... d3 27. Rxb2 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Qxh6 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rxb5 Ra6 32. Qd8+) 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Be7+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Bf6+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Be7+?? { (Mate in 5 → 0.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rf1 was best. } (36. Rf1 Ra1 37. Be7+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Bf6+ Qg7 40. Qxg7#) 36... Kg7 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2