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10+0 • Rated •
CHESS960
Matei2018 (1744)
+6
Damian2016 (1381?)
−16
Time out • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
353
ANS Arena
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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Rb0h6jll"] [Date "2026.01.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Damian2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.28"] [UTCTime "16:49:53"] [WhiteElo "1744"] [BlackElo "1381"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [FEN "bnrbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBKRQN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 f6?! { (-0.25 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. Best move was f5. } (1... f5) 2. f4? { (0.68 → -0.47) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (2. c4) 2... b6?! { (-0.47 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qxa2. } (2... Qxa2 3. Nc3 Qg8 4. Ng3 Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. d4 b6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Be2 exd5 9. O-O-O) 3. Bh5+?! { (0.44 → -0.36) Inaccuracy. Best move was c4. } (3. c4 e6 4. Be2 Be7 5. g4 O-O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Ng3 Kb8 8. O-O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5) 3... g6 4. Bd1? { (0.02 → -1.21) Mistake. Best move was Be2. } (4. Be2 Qxa2 5. Nc3 Qg8 6. b4 Nf7 7. Qf2 Bb7 8. b5 a5 9. bxa6 Nxa6 10. Bf3 Bxf3) 4... Qd5?? { (-1.21 → 2.48) Blunder. Best move was Qxa2. } (4... Qxa2 5. Nc3 Qg8 6. Ng3 e6 7. b3 Nf7 8. Qf2 Nd6 9. O-O f5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ra1) 5. Bf3 Qb5? { (1.87 → 3.80) Mistake. Best move was Qxa2. } (5... Qxa2) 6. Bxa8 c6 7. Bb7? { (3.97 → 1.72) Mistake. Best move was Nc3. } (7. Nc3 Qa5) 7... Rc7 8. Ba8? { (2.85 → 1.37) Mistake. Best move was Nc3. } (8. Nc3 Qa5) 8... e6? { (1.37 → 2.96) Mistake. Best move was a5. } (8... a5) 9. Nc3 Qc4? { (2.16 → 3.41) Mistake. Best move was Qa5. } (9... Qa5 10. f5) 10. b3 Qa6 11. Ng3?! { (3.45 → 2.93) Inaccuracy. Best move was f5. } (11. f5 gxf5) 11... f5? { (2.93 → 4.77) Mistake. Best move was Nf7. } (11... Nf7 12. Nce4 d5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Nd7 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 Rc8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. e4) 12. e4 fxe4? { (3.87 → 6.02) Mistake. Best move was Qc8. } (12... Qc8 13. exf5) 13. Ngxe4? { (6.02 → 4.17) Mistake. Best move was Ncxe4. } (13. Ncxe4) 13... Bh4+?! { (4.17 → 5.15) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (13... d5 14. Qe3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bh4+ 16. g3 Be7 17. Be5 Rc8 18. Bxb8 O-O 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6) 14. g3 Be7 15. f5?? { (5.06 → 2.00) Blunder. Best move was Ne2. } (15. Ne2 Qc8 16. Bg7 Na6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. f5 Kg8 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Qxa8) 15... gxf5 16. Nf2 Qa5? { (1.86 → 3.37) Mistake. Best move was Qc8. } (16... Qc8 17. g4 Na6 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qg7 d5 20. Bxc6+ Rxc6 21. O-O-O Qd7 22. Kb1 Nf7 23. Nd3) 17. g4?! { (3.37 → 2.41) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nd3. } (17. Nd3 Na6 18. g4 Ng6 19. gxf5 Bh4+ 20. Kd1 Rxf5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Ng3 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Qg5) 17... f4 18. g5?! { (2.88 → 2.25) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne2. } (18. Ne2 Ng6) 18... Qe5+? { (2.25 → 4.61) Mistake. Best move was Ng6. } (18... Ng6 19. h4) 19. Kd1? { (4.61 → 2.41) Mistake. Best move was Nce4. } (19. Nce4) 19... Nf7?! { (2.41 → 3.17) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ng6. } (19... Ng6 20. Nce4 Qf5 21. c4 Na6 22. Qg4 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. h4 Kf7 26. h5) 20. g6? { (3.17 → 1.80) Mistake. Best move was h4. } (20. h4 Qf5) 20... hxg6?! { (1.80 → 2.79) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qh5+. } (20... Qh5+) 21. Qxg6 Rh8?? { (2.08 → 6.66) Blunder. Best move was Qg5. } (21... Qg5 22. Qxg5) 22. Qg5?? { (6.66 → -14.31) Blunder. Best move was Nd5. } (22. Nd5) 22... Qxg5 23. Rh1 Qg2 24. Ke2?! { (-14.06 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ke1. } (24. Ke1 Bh4) 24... Ng5?! { (Mate in 8 → -12.46) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was f3+. } (24... f3+ 25. Ke3 Bg5+ 26. Kd3 Ne5+ 27. Ke4 Rh4+ 28. Kxe5 d6+ 29. Kxe6 Re7+ 30. Kf5 Rf7+ 31. Kg6) 25. Rhg1 Qxh2 26. Na4 Nh3 27. Rgf1 c5 28. Bxh8 d5 29. c4 b5 30. cxb5 Bh4 31. Nxc5 Bxf2 32. Nxe6?! { (-15.46 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kd1. } (32. Kd1 Bxc5) 32... Rxc1?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 10) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Be1+. } (32... Be1+ 33. Kf3 Qg3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Rf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kd1 Qxd2#) 33. Nc7+ Rxc7 34. Bxd5 Bg3+?! { (Mate in 8 → -25.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Be1+. } (34... Be1+ 35. Rf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kd3 Qxd2+ 37. Ke4 Rc5 38. Kf5 Qxd5+ 39. Be5 Qxe5+ 40. Kg6 Kf8 41. Kh6) 35. Kd1 Nd7 36. Bd4?! { (-22.31 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Bc4. } (36. Bc4) 36... f3?! { (Mate in 10 → -19.88) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Nf2+. } (36... Nf2+ 37. Rxf2 Bxf2 38. Ke2 Be3+ 39. Kf3 Qg3+ 40. Ke4 Qg6+ 41. Kf3 Bxd4 42. Bf7+ Kxf7 43. a3) 37. Be3?! { (-19.88 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Bxf3. } { White wins on time. } (37. Bxf3 Nf2+) 1-0
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½
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Damian2016
3½
1
½
1
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Matei2018
45½
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