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raul (1279)
+11
alexandru_apostu (1692)
−10
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Masterclass Arena
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[Event "Masterclass Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/IfyaFhmQ"] [Date "2022.03.25"] [Round "-"] [White "raul"] [Black "alexandru_apostu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2022.03.25"] [UTCTime "17:37:11"] [WhiteElo "1279"] [BlackElo "1692"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 d5?! { (0.12 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Best move was e6. } (1... e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O) 2. exd5 Qxd5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation } 3. Qh5?? { (0.89 → -13.73) Blunder. Best move was Nf3. } (3. Nf3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5) 3... g6?? { (-13.73 → 13.57) Blunder. Best move was Qxh5. } (3... Qxh5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O-O 10. O-O) 4. Qxd5 Nc6 5. Qc5 e6 6. d4?? { (13.46 → 4.24) Blunder. Best move was Qc3. } (6. Qc3 f6 7. Qb3 Nge7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Nf3 Kf7 10. h3 h5 11. d3 g5 12. Bd2 Nf5) 6... Bxc5 7. Bg5?? { (4.55 → -1.77) Blunder. Best move was dxc5. } (7. dxc5 e5 8. Bc4 Nd4 9. Na3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bc4 Bxc4) 7... Nxd4?! { (-1.77 → -1.26) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bxd4. } (7... Bxd4 8. Nc3) 8. Bf6?? { (-1.26 → -7.70) Blunder. Best move was Bd3. } (8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Nd2 Bc6 10. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 f6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 e5 14. e4 a5) 8... Nxf6 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Bc4? { (-7.12 → -11.73) Mistake. Best move was Nc3. } (10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nb4 12. Nxd4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bxd4 14. h4 Rd8 15. h5 a5 16. Rc1 Bd7) 10... Nxc2+ 11. Ke2 Nxa1 12. Nf3 Nc2 13. Rc1 Nd4+ 14. Kd3 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Nf4+ 16. Ke4 Ne2 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Ke5 Ke7 19. Rg1 Rd8 20. Ke4?! { (-22.17 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kf4. } (20. Kf4 Nf5 21. Re1 Rd4+ 22. Re4 e5+ 23. Kg4 Nd6+ 24. Kg5 Nxe4+ 25. fxe4 Rxc4 26. Nc3 Bxf2) 20... Nc2?! { (Mate in 9 → -20.49) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Nf5. } (20... Nf5 21. f4 Nh4 22. f5 exf5+ 23. Kf4 Bxf2 24. Rg4 fxg4 25. Be6 f6 26. Nc3 Rd4+ 27. Ne4) 21. Rc1?! { (-20.49 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was f4. } (21. f4 Rd4+) 21... Rd4+ 22. Ke5 Rxc4?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 1) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Bd6#. } (22... Bd6#) 23. b3 Rc3?! { (Mate in 1 → -13.98) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was f6#. } (23... f6#) 24. Ke4?! { (-13.98 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nxc3. } (24. Nxc3 Nb4 25. Rd1 f6+ 26. Ke4 g5 27. f4 g4 28. f5 exf5+ 29. Kf4 Bd6+ 30. Ke3 Be6) 24... Rc4+?! { (Mate in 7 → -14.25) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was f5+. } (24... f5+ 25. Kf4 Bd6+ 26. Kg5 Rxf3 27. Kh4 Be5 28. Rg1 Bf6+ 29. Rg5 Ne1 30. a3 Ng2#) 25. Kd3 Rd4+ 26. Kxc2 b6 27. b4 Bxb4 28. Kb3 c5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
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