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7+0 • Rated •
Blitz
AlexandrG (1589)
−4
Yakub19 (1896)
+4
Checkmate • Black is victorious
Canal Arena
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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SSL2jMzH"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Yakub19"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:26:49"] [WhiteElo "1589"] [BlackElo "1896"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-4"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C46"] [Opening "Four Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 { C46 Four Knights Game } 4. d3?! { (0.36 → -0.40) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb5. } (4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6) 4... Bb4 5. Bd2 d6?! { (-0.48 → 0.29) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (5... d5 6. Be2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. Rxd8+) 6. Nd5? { (0.29 → -0.82) Mistake. Best move was a3. } (6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 h6 9. O-O Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. b4 Ba4) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. O-O-O? { (-0.56 → -1.65) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (9. c4) 9... Nxd5 10. Kb1 Be6? { (-1.91 → -0.79) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (10... O-O) 11. c4? { (-0.79 → -1.90) Mistake. Best move was Ng5. } (11. Ng5 O-O 12. g3 Bg4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Ne4 f6 15. d4 Nb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8) 11... Nb6 12. b3?! { (-1.63 → -2.21) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (12. d4 e4 13. Ng5 Bxc4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qc2 d5 17. h4 Re8 18. Ng5 g6) 12... O-O 13. a4?! { (-1.66 → -2.51) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (13. d4) 13... Qd7?! { (-2.51 → -1.70) Inaccuracy. Best move was c5. } (13... c5 14. Ng5) 14. a5? { (-1.70 → -2.83) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (14. d4 e4) 14... Nc8 15. g3? { (-1.82 → -4.04) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (15. d4) 15... b6 16. Bg2 bxa5? { (-4.02 → -2.42) Mistake. Best move was Rb8. } (16... Rb8) 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa8 Nb6?? { (-3.29 → 0.72) Blunder. Best move was c6. } (18... c6) 19. Be4 a4 20. Kc2?? { (0.27 → -4.40) Blunder. Best move was b4. } (20. b4 Rb8) 20... axb3+ 21. Kxb3?? { (-3.95 → -19.33) Blunder. Best move was Kb1. } (21. Kb1 Qa4) 21... Qa4+ 22. Kb2?! { (-17.34 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kc3. } (22. Kc3 Nxc4 23. Ra1 Na3 24. Kb2 Qd4+ 25. Kxa3 Rb8 26. Rhb1 Qc5+ 27. Rb4 Qa5+ 28. Kb2 Rxb4+) 22... Rb8? { (Mate in 7 → -9.14) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Nxc4+. } (22... Nxc4+ 23. dxc4 Rb8+ 24. Bb7 Rxb7+ 25. Qb4 Qxb4+ 26. Kc2 Qxc4+ 27. Kd2 Rb2+ 28. Ke1 Qe2#) 23. Ra1? { (-9.14 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kc1. } (23. Kc1 Nxc4 24. Qc3 Rb2 25. Qxb2 Nxb2 26. Kxb2 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 f5 28. Bxf5 Qc3+ 29. Kb1 Bxf5) 23... Nxc4+ 24. Kc3 Qb3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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