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7+0 • Rated •
Blitz
Mate2017 (1436)
−11
CristeaIon (1453)
+25
Checkmate • Black is victorious
Taimanov Arena
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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SOiY71MP"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:44:06"] [WhiteElo "1436"] [BlackElo "1453"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+25"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } g6?! { (-0.02 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3) 2. Bc4? { (0.70 → -0.34) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O Bf5 8. cxd5 cxd5) 2... Bg7?! { (-0.34 → 0.24) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. Bb3 c5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. a4 b4 9. O-O) 3. Qf3? { (0.24 → -1.18) Mistake. Best move was Bb3. } (3. Bb3 c5) 3... f6? { (-1.18 → 0.48) Mistake. Best move was Nf6. } (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bb3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 d4 10. Nb1) 4. Nh3? { (0.48 → -0.58) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (4. d4 e6 5. e4 Ne7 6. Ne2 f5 7. e5 c5 8. c3 Nbc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 d6) 4... Nh6? { (-0.58 → 0.44) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (4... Nc6) 5. Nf4? { (0.44 → -0.79) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O Nf7 9. Re1 b6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Qg3 Nd6) 5... e6?! { (-0.79 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (5... e5 6. Ne2 f5 7. O-O e4 8. Qg3 d5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Nf4 Bf7 12. Nh5) 6. Nxe6?? { (0.00 → -3.59) Blunder. Best move was d4. } (6. d4 O-O 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. a3 f5 9. O-O Nf7 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Ba4 Qd8) 6... dxe6 7. Bb5+?! { (-3.05 → -4.01) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (7. d4) 7... c6?! { (-4.01 → -3.32) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nd7. } (7... Nd7 8. O-O Nf7 9. d4 f5 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Nd6 13. Nd2 a5 14. Bd3) 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Nc3? { (-3.21 → -4.26) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (9. d4) 9... Nf7?! { (-4.26 → -3.70) Inaccuracy. Best move was c5. } (9... c5 10. b3) 10. Na4?? { (-3.70 → -8.02) Blunder. Best move was d4. } (10. d4 c5 11. dxc5 Ne5 12. Qe2 f5 13. O-O Qe7 14. f4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 b6 16. cxb6 axb6) 10... b5 11. Bb3 bxa4 12. Bxa4 Na6?! { (-8.10 → -7.39) Inaccuracy. Best move was f5. } (12... f5 13. O-O Bb7 14. d4 Nd7 15. c3 Qe7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Bc2 Nd6 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. f3) 13. g4? { (-7.39 → -9.72) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (13. O-O Ne5 14. Qd1 Nc5 15. Bb3 a5 16. f4 a4 17. Bxa4 Nxa4 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. d3 e4) 13... Ne5 14. Qe4?! { (-9.37 → -12.19) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qg2. } (14. Qg2 Nc5 15. d4 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Ned3+ 17. cxd3 Nxd3+ 18. Kf1 Qxd2 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. Bxc6 Ba6) 14... Bb7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qf4 g5 17. d4 gxf4 18. exf4?! { (-30.44 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was dxe5. } (18. dxe5 Bxh1 19. Bd2 fxe5 20. O-O-O Bf3 21. Rf1 Qd5 22. b3 Bxg4 23. Rg1 Qf3 24. Kb2 Qxf2) 18... Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Qxd4 20. Kf1 Qd1+ 21. Kg2 Ne1+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Ne5+. } (21... Ne5+ 22. f3 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Qg2#) 22. Kf1 Nd3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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Mate2017
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CristeaIon
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