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3+2 • Rated •
CHESS960
QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ (1090?)
+137
Shadows (1525?)
−81
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
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Chess960 Shield Arena
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[Event "Chess960 Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fTEQf3KD"] [Date "2025.03.16"] [Round "-"] [White "QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ"] [Black "Shadows"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.16"] [UTCTime "16:04:32"] [WhiteElo "1090"] [BlackElo "1525"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+137"] [BlackRatingDiff "-81"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rbnknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f3 Ncd6? { (-0.09 → 0.99) Mistake. Best move was f5. } (1... f5) 2. e4 f6 3. b3?! { (1.05 → 0.48) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 e5 4. c3 c6 5. Bf2 Nc7 6. Ned3 Ne6 7. Qe1 Nc4 8. b3 Na3 9. Qd2 Bc7) 3... a6?! { (0.48 → 1.01) Inaccuracy. Best move was c6. } (3... c6 4. a4 Nc7 5. d4 e5 6. Ned3 exd4 7. Bxd4 Ne6 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. c4 Bf7 10. Qf2) 4. d4 c6?! { (0.76 → 1.64) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (4... e5 5. Ned3) 5. c4?! { (1.64 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ned3. } (5. Ned3) 5... Nf7?! { (1.03 → 1.66) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc7. } (5... Nc7 6. Ned3) 6. Nc2?! { (1.66 → 0.92) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne2. } (6. Ne2) 6... e5 7. d5?! { (1.23 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nd3. } (7. Nd3 Bc7) 7... g6? { (0.52 → 2.29) Mistake. Best move was f5. } (7... f5) 8. Bb6+?! { (2.29 → 1.40) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qe2. } (8. Qe2) 8... Ke7?! { (1.40 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bc7. } (8... Bc7 9. Qf2) 9. Qf2 Ned6?! { (2.02 → 2.93) Inaccuracy. Best move was cxd5. } (9... cxd5 10. exd5) 10. Bc5? { (2.93 → 1.49) Mistake. Best move was Ne3. } (10. Ne3 Nc8 11. Bc5+ d6 12. Ba3 Ba7 13. c5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. O-O Nb6 16. f4 Nd7) 10... a5? { (1.49 → 2.72) Mistake. Best move was Qd8. } (10... Qd8) 11. O-O?! { (2.72 → 2.10) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne3. } (11. Ne3 Ke8) 11... h5? { (2.10 → 3.13) Mistake. Best move was Qd8. } (11... Qd8 12. Ne2) 12. Ba3? { (3.13 → 1.49) Mistake. Best move was Ne3. } (12. Ne3 Ke8) 12... h4? { (1.49 → 2.92) Mistake. Best move was Ba7. } (12... Ba7 13. c5 Ke8 14. Nd3 Nb5 15. Bb2 g5 16. Rc1 cxd5 17. Ne3 d4 18. Nd5 Nd8 19. a4) 13. c5?! { (2.92 → 2.14) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nd3. } (13. Nd3 Ba7 14. Ne3 Ke8 15. c5 Nb5 16. Bb2 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. f4 a4 19. Bd3 a3) 13... Nc8? { (2.14 → 3.74) Mistake. Best move was Nb5. } (13... Nb5 14. Bb2) 14. d6+?! { (3.74 → 2.83) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne3. } (14. Ne3 Ke8 15. h3 Qg7 16. Qd2 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nd8 18. Bb2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. f4 Nf5) 14... Nfxd6 15. cxd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6+ Nxd6 17. Qc5? { (3.26 → 1.91) Mistake. Best move was h3. } (17. h3) 17... h3?! { (1.91 → 2.84) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qb8. } (17... Qb8) 18. g3 Rc8?? { (2.16 → 5.26) Blunder. Best move was Kd8. } (18... Kd8) 19. Rd1 f5?? { (4.94 → 18.79) Blunder. Best move was Ke6. } (19... Ke6 20. Nd3) 20. Qxd6+ Kf7 21. Qxd7+ Kf6 22. Rd6+ Kg5 23. exf5 Qxf5?! { (15.13 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was gxf5. } (23... gxf5 24. f4+) 24. Qe7+ Kh6 25. Rf6?! { (Mate in 7 → 13.93) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ne3. } (25. Ne3 Qe6 26. Ng4+ Qxg4 27. fxg4 Be6 28. Rxe6 Rhg8 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Re7+ Kf8 31. Qf6#) 25... Qg5 26. Ne2? { (17.35 → 8.97) Mistake. Best move was f4. } (26. f4) 26... c5? { (8.97 → Mate in 18) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rh7. } (26... Rh7) 27. f4 exf4 28. Nxf4 c4?! { (10.58 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rh7. } (28... Rh7 29. Qd6 Rc6 30. Qf8+ Rg7 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Ne3 Kh7 33. Qc8 Bf7 34. Qxh3+ Qh6 35. Qxh6+) 29. Rxg6+ Qxg6 30. Nxg6 Kxg6 31. Nd4+ Kh6 32. Nf5+?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qf6+. } (32. Qf6+ Kh5 33. Qh4#) 32... Kg6 33. Qg7+ Kh5 34. g4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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