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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3QeUOPfj"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "MaximBasac"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "17:24:18"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1439"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } exd5 4. Qe2+? { (0.40 → -0.71) Mistake. Best move was Nf3. } (4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 c4 7. Bc2 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6) 4... Qe7? { (-0.71 → 0.56) Mistake. Best move was Be7. } (4... Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd1 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bf4) 5. Qxe7+?! { (0.56 → -0.20) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc3. } (5. Nc3 Qxe2+ 6. Bxe2 c6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6) 5... Bxe7?! { (-0.20 → 0.55) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxe7. } (5... Nxe7 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Nbc6 8. O-O-O O-O-O 9. Nf3 f6 10. h4 h5 11. a3 Kb8 12. Be2) 6. Nf3?! { (0.55 → -0.26) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bd3. } (6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Ne2 Nge7 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. g4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Nfe7) 6... Nd7?! { (-0.26 → 0.50) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bf5. } (6... Bf5 7. Bf4) 7. Nc3 b5? { (0.12 → 2.93) Mistake. Best move was c6. } (7... c6 8. Bd3) 8. Nxd5 Bb7?? { (2.70 → 6.82) Blunder. Best move was Bd6. } (8... Bd6 9. Bxb5) 9. Nxc7+ Kf8?! { (6.48 → 7.39) Inaccuracy. Best move was Kd8. } (9... Kd8 10. Nxa8 b4 11. Bc4 Bxa8 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5+ Ne7 14. O-O f6 15. Bd2 Bd5 16. Bb3) 10. Nxa8 Ngf6? { (7.13 → 9.13) Mistake. Best move was Bxa8. } (10... Bxa8 11. Bxb5) 11. Nc7 Bb4+? { (8.81 → 10.31) Mistake. Best move was b4. } (11... b4 12. Na6) 12. c3 Be7 13. Bxb5 Nb6 14. O-O g5 15. Nxg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 Rg8 18. Rxe4 Bd6?! { (17.65 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rg6. } (18... Rg6 19. c4 a6 20. Nxa6 Nc8 21. c5 Na7 22. Bd3 Bg5 23. f4 Bf6 24. f5 Rg8 25. Nc7) 19. Bh6+ Rg7 20. Bxg7+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 12) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Re8#. } (20. Re8#) 20... Kxg7 21. Rg4+ Kf8 22. Re1 Nc4?! { (23.65 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be7. } (22... Be7 23. Re5) 23. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0