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[Event "Grachev Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KiYlsxR6"] [Date "2025.09.04"] [Round "-"] [White "cezar_cojocaru"] [Black "Razvan8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.04"] [UTCTime "16:38:36"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "1620"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+49"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation } e5? { (0.27 → 1.40) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (2... Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. h3) 3. Nf3?! { (1.40 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bc4. } (3. Bc4 d6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. f5 Nd4 9. Bg5 O-O) 3... Nc6 4. d4? { (0.60 → -1.20) Mistake. Best move was Bc4. } (4. Bc4 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. a4 Be6 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Nd2 h6) 4... cxd4 5. Bg5?? { (-0.64 → -5.33) Blunder. Best move was Nd5. } (5. Nd5) 5... Be7?? { (-5.33 → -2.01) Blunder. Best move was Qa5. } (5... Qa5 6. a3 dxc3 7. b4 Qc7 8. Qd3 Be7 9. Qxc3 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 h6 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Bd3) 6. h4?? { (-2.01 → -6.14) Blunder. Best move was Nd5. } (6. Nd5) 6... dxc3 7. Bxe7? { (-5.57 → -6.64) Mistake. Best move was bxc3. } (7. bxc3 h6 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Nf5 Bxd3) 7... Ngxe7?! { (-6.64 → -6.01) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qxe7. } (7... Qxe7) 8. bxc3 O-O?! { (-6.40 → -5.44) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qa5. } (8... Qa5) 9. Rh3? { (-5.44 → -7.51) Mistake. Best move was Bc4. } (9. Bc4 d6) 9... d6? { (-7.51 → -6.23) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (9... d5 10. Rg3 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bc4+ Nd5 14. Bxd5+ Rxd5 15. Re3 Be6 16. g4) 10. Nxe5?? { (-6.23 → -10.06) Blunder. Best move was Rg3. } (10. Rg3 h6 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Rd3 Nf4 13. Re3 Qxh4 14. g3 Qh1 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Ne6) 10... Bxh3? { (-10.06 → -8.70) Mistake. Best move was Nxe5. } (10... Nxe5) 11. gxh3? { (-8.70 → -12.22) Mistake. Best move was Nxc6. } (11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. gxh3 Rc8 13. Bg2 Ne5 14. Rb1 Rxc3 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 Rc8) 11... Nxe5 12. f4 N5g6 13. f5 Nxh4 14. f6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Nhg6 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qh5 Rxc3 18. Be2 Qb6 19. Kf1?! { (-13.96 → Mate in 17) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Bd3. } (19. Bd3 Ra3 20. h4 Qg1+ 21. Kd2 Qf2+ 22. Qe2 Qf4+ 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Nxh4 25. Rb1 b6) 19... Nf4?! { (Mate in 17 → -16.52) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Rg3. } (19... Rg3 20. Ke1 Qg1+ 21. Bf1 Nf4 22. Rd3 Nxh5 23. Rb3 Nf4 24. Kd2 Qd4+ 25. Ke1 Re3+ 26. Rxe3) 20. Qh4 Nxe2 21. Qh6?! { (-22.41 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qg4+. } (21. Qg4+ Ng6) 21... Qg1+?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rf3+. } (21... Rf3+ 22. Ke1 Qf2+ 23. Kd2 Nd4+ 24. Kc1 Qxc2#) 22. Kxe2 Qg2+ 23. Ke1 Qxe4+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rf3. } (23... Rf3 24. Qg7+ Kxg7 25. Rxd6 Rf1#) 24. Kd2 Qf3?! { (Mate in 1 → -67.52) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Rxc2#. } (24... Rxc2#) 25. Re1?! { (-67.52 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rg1+. } (25. Rg1+ Ng6) 25... Nf5 26. Rg1+ Kh8?? { (Mate in 11 → Mate in 1) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ng3. } (26... Ng3 27. Kc1 Qf2 28. Qd2 Qxg1+ 29. Kb2 Ne4 30. Qd5 Qb6+ 31. Kc1 Qe3+ 32. Kb1 Rxc2 33. Kxc2) 27. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0