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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ju84s4HM"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Darius9"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:54:16"] [WhiteElo "1310"] [BlackElo "1365"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+54"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Bc5? { (0.13 → 1.21) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O) 3. Qh5? { (1.21 → -0.54) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 Bb4) 3... Qf6?? { (-0.54 → 5.74) Blunder. Best move was d6. } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qh4 e5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nd5 h6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bxf6) 4. Qxc5 d6? { (5.24 → 8.00) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (4... Nc6) 5. Qxc7 Na6? { (7.77 → 11.31) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (5... Nc6 6. Nb5) 6. Bxa6 bxa6 7. Qc6+ Bd7 8. Qxa8+ Bc8 9. Qxc8+ Qd8 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. d4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nh6 14. Bg5+ f6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nxf6 Rf8 17. Nxh7 Re8 18. c4 Re6 19. c5 Rc6 20. Rc1 Rg6 21. c6 Rxg2?! { (20.25 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kc7. } (21... Kc7 22. Nf3) 22. c7+ Kc8 23. f3?! { (Mate in 11 → 19.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Nf6. } (23. Nf6 Rg6 24. Nd5 Re6 25. Ne2 Re8 26. Rg1 Kb7 27. Ne7 a5 28. c8=Q+ Rxc8 29. Nxc8 Ka6) 23... Rg8 24. b4 Kb7 25. Nh3 Rc8 26. Rc5 Rxc7 27. Rxc7+ Kxc7 28. O-O a5?! { (18.89 → Mate in 15) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kb6. } (28... Kb6 29. Nf2) 29. bxa5 a6?! { (71.69 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kb7. } (29... Kb7 30. Rc1) 30. Rb1 Kd6 31. Rb6+ Kc5 32. Rxa6 Kb5 33. Ra8 Ka4 34. a6 Ka3 35. a7?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rb8. } (35. Rb8 Ka4 36. a7 h5 37. a8=Q#) 35... Kxa2 36. Rb8 Ka1 37. a8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0