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[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ITV7OwdF"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "DavidP"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "16:09:35"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1028"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6?! { (0.22 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5) 3. Nc3?! { (0.73 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxe5. } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6) 3... Nc6 4. d4?! { (0.36 → -0.47) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb5. } { C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation } (4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6) 4... d5? { (-0.47 → 1.26) Mistake. Best move was exd4. } (4... exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O) 5. Be3? { (1.26 → -0.66) Mistake. Best move was Nxe5. } (5. Nxe5 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ne4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qd2 Ne4) 5... Bb4 6. a3 Ba5? { (-0.70 → 0.59) Mistake. Best move was Bxc3+. } (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3) 7. b4 Bxb4?? { (0.09 → 3.99) Blunder. Best move was Nxe4. } (7... Nxe4) 8. axb4 Nxb4?! { (3.74 → 4.71) Inaccuracy. Best move was exd4. } (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxb4 10. Ndb5 dxe4 11. Bc5 Na6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Bd7 14. Bd4 Re8 15. Bc4) 9. Bb5+? { (4.71 → 2.85) Mistake. Best move was dxe5. } (9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe4 Be6 15. Bc5 Nc6) 9... Ke7?? { (2.85 → 10.09) Blunder. Best move was c6. } (9... c6) 10. Rb1?? { (10.09 → 6.05) Blunder. Best move was dxe5. } (10. dxe5) 10... Qd6?? { (6.05 → 17.98) Blunder. Best move was dxe4. } (10... dxe4 11. Nxe5) 11. O-O?! { (17.98 → 9.41) Inaccuracy. Best move was dxe5. } (11. dxe5) 11... Kf8?! { (9.41 → 13.50) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (11... Nc6 12. dxe5) 12. Re1?! { (13.50 → 9.20) Inaccuracy. Best move was dxe5. } (12. dxe5) 12... Kg8?! { (9.20 → 12.40) Inaccuracy. Best move was Na2. } (12... Na2 13. Nxa2) 13. Bg5?? { (12.40 → 6.15) Blunder. Best move was dxe5. } (13. dxe5 Qd8 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. e5 Qe7 16. Rxb4 c6 17. Rd4 Be6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Rf4 a5) 13... Kf8?? { (6.15 → 15.39) Blunder. Best move was Nxe4. } (13... Nxe4 14. dxe5) 14. Bxf6?! { (15.39 → 9.50) Inaccuracy. Best move was dxe5. } (14. dxe5 Na2 15. Nxd5 Nc3 16. Nxc3 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Be6 18. exf6 c6 19. Bf1 b5 20. fxg7+ Kxg7) 14... gxf6 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. exd5 Qxd5? { (8.07 → 24.66) Mistake. Best move was Bf5. } (16... Bf5 17. Rxe5) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 b6?! { (24.13 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be6. } (18... Be6 19. Qxe5) 19. Qxa8?! { (Mate in 6 → 32.09) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxe5. } (19. Qxe5 Be6 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Qg7+ Kd6 23. Qd7+ Kc5 24. Qc6#) 19... Rg8?! { (32.09 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kg7. } (19... Kg7 20. Qxa7) 20. Qxc8+ Kg7 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Qh3 c5 23. Rxe5?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qh6+. } (23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Rxe5+ Kd8 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. Ba6#) 23... c4 24. Qh6+ Rg7 25. Rd1?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Re8#. } (25. Re8#) 25... Kg8 26. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0