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• Rated •
Corresp.
rgaidau (1372?)
+46
novacalexei (1541?)
−65
Checkmate • White is victorious
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[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KuYsDpC3"] [Date "2018.01.25"] [Round "-"] [White "rgaidau"] [Black "novacalexei"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2018.01.25"] [UTCTime "15:58:11"] [WhiteElo "1372"] [BlackElo "1541"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+46"] [BlackRatingDiff "-65"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { C23 Bishop's Opening } d6 3. Qf3?! { (0.33 → -0.20) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf3. } (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 Be6) 3... Nh6? { (-0.20 → 0.92) Mistake. Best move was Nf6. } (3... Nf6 4. Ne2) 4. d4 Bg4 5. Qg3 exd4? { (1.24 → 2.91) Mistake. Best move was Be6. } (5... Be6 6. Bg5 Qc8 7. d5 Bd7 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. Be2 h6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. f4 exf4 12. Qxf4) 6. Bxh6 gxh6?! { (2.83 → 3.70) Inaccuracy. Best move was Be6. } (6... Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 d5 10. e5 Qd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. c3 Bc5 13. cxd4) 7. Qxg4 c6? { (3.68 → 5.05) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (7... Nc6 8. Nd2) 8. Qf3? { (5.05 → 3.77) Mistake. Best move was Qf5. } (8. Qf5 d5 9. Qe5+ Kd7 10. Qxd4 Rg8 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Qd3 b5 13. Bb3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qe8) 8... d5?! { (3.77 → 4.37) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qe7. } (8... Qe7 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O 14. Kb1 a5 15. Nb3) 9. exd5 cxd5? { (4.17 → 5.70) Mistake. Best move was Bg7. } (9... Bg7 10. Nd2) 10. Bxd5 Qc7?? { (5.40 → 9.18) Blunder. Best move was Qe7+. } (10... Qe7+ 11. Kf1) 11. Qe4+ Be7?! { (8.90 → 9.75) Inaccuracy. Best move was Kd7. } (11... Kd7) 12. Qxd4?? { (9.75 → 5.25) Blunder. Best move was Bxb7. } (12. Bxb7) 12... Qa5+? { (5.25 → 7.91) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (12... O-O 13. Nc3) 13. Nc3 Rf8? { (7.75 → 11.35) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (13... O-O 14. Bxb7) 14. Qa4+?? { (11.35 → 5.79) Blunder. Best move was Bxb7. } (14. Bxb7 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Ne2 Ke7 17. Bxa8 Nd7 18. Bd5 Rg8 19. O-O-O Nf6 20. g3 Bc5) 14... Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7?! { (5.56 → 6.21) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (15... Nc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. O-O-O Rg8 18. g3 Rd8 19. Nf3 Rg6 20. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rf6 22. Ne5) 16. O-O-O? { (6.21 → 4.77) Mistake. Best move was Bxb7. } (16. Bxb7) 16... Rc8? { (4.77 → 6.10) Mistake. Best move was O-O-O. } (16... O-O-O 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. c4 Bd6 19. g3 Bc7 20. Rhe1 b5 21. Nc3 bxc4 22. Ne5 Rfe8 23. Nc6) 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Rhe1 Rg8 19. Ng5?? { (6.23 → 1.55) Blunder. Best move was Nd4. } (19. Nd4 Rc7 20. Nf5 Kf8 21. Nxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Kxe7 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Bxb7 Re8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8) 19... hxg5 20. Re3?! { (1.64 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bxb7. } (20. Bxb7 Rc7 21. Be4 Kf8 22. Rd4 g4 23. f4 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd7 25. Rc4 Rg5 26. Kb1 Bd6) 20... b5 21. Nc3 b4? { (1.31 → 3.33) Mistake. Best move was Kf8. } (21... Kf8 22. Nxb5 Rc5 23. Nc3 g4 24. f4 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Ng4 26. Re2 Nxh2 27. Be4 Re5 28. Rd7) 22. Nb5? { (3.33 → 1.34) Mistake. Best move was Rde1. } (22. Rde1 bxc3 23. Rxe7+ Kd8 24. Bxf7 Rf8 25. Rxa7 Rc7 26. Rd1+ Nd7 27. Ra8+ Ke7 28. Rxf8 Nxf8) 22... Rc7?? { (1.34 → 7.59) Blunder. Best move was Rd8. } (22... Rd8 23. Bc4 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Kf8 25. Rf3 a5 26. Nd4 Rg6 27. Nc6 a4 28. Rf5 Rh6 29. Ra5) 23. Nxc7+ Kd8? { (7.46 → 15.76) Mistake. Best move was Kf8. } (23... Kf8 24. Bb3 Rg6 25. Re5 Rh6 26. h3 g4 27. Nb5 gxh3 28. gxh3 a5 29. Na7 Rh5 30. Rxh5) 24. Na8? { (15.76 → 7.29) Mistake. Best move was Bxf7+. } (24. Bxf7+) 24... Kd7? { (7.29 → 18.71) Mistake. Best move was Ke8. } (24... Ke8 25. Bb3 Kf8 26. Re5 Rg6 27. Ra5 a6 28. Nc7 g4 29. Rxa6 Bc5 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf3) 25. Bxf7+ Bd6 26. Bxg8 Nxg8 27. Red3 Kc6?! { (16.31 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ke7. } (27... Ke7 28. Rxd6) 28. Rxd6+ Kc5 29. R6d5+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 7) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was R1d5+. } (29. R1d5+ Kc4 30. b3+ Kc3 31. Rd3#) 29... Kc4 30. R5d4+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was R1d4#. } (30. R1d4#) 30... Kb5 31. Rd5+ Ka4 32. Rxg5?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was b3+. } (32. b3+ Ka3 33. Ra5#) 32... Nf6 33. Rd6?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was b3+. } (33. b3+ Ka3 34. Ra5#) 33... Ne4 34. Rgd5?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Ra6#. } (34. Ra6#) 34... Nxd6 35. Rxd6?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 12) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was b3+. } (35. b3+ Ka3 36. Ra5#) 35... a5 36. Rd5 h6 37. Nb6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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novacalexei
9½
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rgaidau
10½
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