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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/67bfB1Fx"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "David_2014"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:41:14"] [WhiteElo "1601"] [BlackElo "1274"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { C23 Bishop's Opening } Be7? { (-0.16 → 1.53) Mistake. Best move was Nf6. } (2... Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4) 3. Qg4?? { (1.53 → -4.08) Blunder. Best move was Qh5. } (3. Qh5 g6 4. Qxe5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qf4 Nd4 7. Bb3 d5 8. d3 Ne6 9. Qd2 dxe4) 3... d6?? { (-4.08 → 8.09) Blunder. Best move was d5. } (3... d5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Qxg7 Bf6 6. Qg3 cxb5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. exd5 Bxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. d3) 4. Qf3?? { (8.09 → -1.10) Blunder. Best move was Qxg7. } (4. Qxg7 Nf6 5. Qxh8+ Kd7 6. Qg7 Qf8 7. Qxf8 Bxf8 8. d3 Ke8 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6) 4... Be6? { (-1.10 → 0.44) Mistake. Best move was Nf6. } (4... Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Nbc3 c6 7. h3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. d4) 5. Nh3?? { (0.44 → -5.71) Blunder. Best move was Bxe6. } (5. Bxe6) 5... Bxc4 6. d3 Ba6? { (-5.80 → -4.78) Mistake. Best move was Be6. } (6... Be6) 7. Ng5?? { (-4.78 → -9.70) Blunder. Best move was Nc3. } (7. Nc3 Nc6) 7... Bxg5 8. Bxg5 Qxg5 9. O-O Qe7?! { (-9.74 → -9.19) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (9... Nc6 10. Qe3 Qg4 11. a4 Nd4 12. f3 Qd7 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. b4 b6 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Ne2) 10. Re1?! { (-9.19 → -9.69) Inaccuracy. Best move was a4. } (10. a4 c5 11. Qg4 f6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. g3 Ne7) 10... Qd7 11. c3?! { (-9.22 → -9.72) Inaccuracy. Best move was b4. } (11. b4 Nc6 12. c3 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. a5 Nf6 15. a6 Bc8 16. b5 Nd8 17. c4 Ne6) 11... Qa4?! { (-9.72 → -8.98) Inaccuracy. Best move was c5. } (11... c5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. a4 O-O 14. g3 Nc6 15. Nb3 Qe6 16. Ra3 Qe7 17. a5 h5 18. Nd2) 12. d4? { (-8.98 → -10.42) Mistake. Best move was Qg4. } (12. Qg4 Ne7) 12... exd4?! { (-10.42 → -9.28) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qc2. } (12... Qc2 13. a4 Qxb2 14. Na3 Nd7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. axb5 Ne7 17. Qd3 Qb3 18. Reb1 Qe6 19. f3) 13. cxd4?! { (-9.28 → -10.34) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qg4. } (13. Qg4 Ne7 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Nbc6 17. Rd1 Be2 18. Rd2 Bf3 19. g3 Bxe4) 13... Qc2? { (-10.34 → -8.58) Mistake. Best move was Qxd4. } (13... Qxd4 14. Nc3) 14. Na3? { (-8.58 → -10.28) Mistake. Best move was Nc3. } (14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Rac1 Qd3 16. Qg4 Qxd4 17. Nd5 Nh6 18. Qg5 O-O 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nxa6 bxa6) 14... Qxb2 15. Rad1 Qxa3?? { (-10.48 → 1.11) Blunder. Best move was Nc6. } (15... Nc6 16. d5) 16. e5?? { (1.11 → -16.66) Blunder. Best move was Qxa3. } (16. Qxa3 Ne7 17. Qc3 c6 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Qxd6 Nc8 20. Qa3 Nb6 21. d5 Bc4 22. d6 N8d7) 16... Qxa2?? { (-16.66 → -5.92) Blunder. Best move was Qxf3. } (16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 d5 18. f4 Ne7 19. Kg2 Nbc6 20. Rd2 Nf5 21. Red1 O-O 22. Rc2 g6 23. Rc5) 17. g3?? { (-5.92 → -14.70) Blunder. Best move was exd6+. } (17. exd6+ Kf8 18. dxc7 Ne7 19. Ra1 Qc4 20. Rac1 Nbc6 21. Rxc4 Bxc4 22. Qa3 h5 23. Rc1 b5) 17... Qc4?? { (-14.70 → -5.83) Blunder. Best move was Kf8. } (17... Kf8 18. exd6) 18. exd6+ Kf8 19. Qe3? { (-8.43 → -10.84) Mistake. Best move was Rc1. } (19. Rc1 Qb4 20. dxc7 Nc6 21. d5 Nce7 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Red1 Qb6 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qa3 g5) 19... Qc2?? { (-10.84 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nc6. } (19... Nc6 20. d5 cxd6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. Rxd6 Ne7 24. Red1 Bb5 25. Qe5 Bc6 26. Kf1) 20. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0