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[Event "Spielmann Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TgTFFpd8"] [Date "2025.09.09"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.09"] [UTCTime "16:58:38"] [WhiteElo "1789"] [BlackElo "1679"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6?! { (0.22 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5) 3. Nc3?! { (0.73 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxe5. } { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6) 3... Nxe4?? { (0.09 → 3.25) Blunder. Best move was Nc6. } (3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8 8. Nf3) 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. d4 exd4?! { (2.96 → 3.51) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (5... d5 6. Ng3) 6. Nxd4?? { (3.51 → 0.00) Blunder. Best move was Bb5. } (6. Bb5 d5 7. Ng3 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 a6 9. Ba4 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Bd7 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bd6) 6... Nxd4?? { (0.00 → 4.56) Blunder. Best move was Qe7. } (6... Qe7 7. f3 d5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O dxe4 11. fxe4 c5 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Bf4) 7. Qxd4 d6?? { (4.22 → 8.76) Blunder. Best move was Qe7. } (7... Qe7 8. Bd3) 8. Bd2?? { (8.76 → 4.94) Blunder. Best move was Bg5. } (8. Bg5 f6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bxf6 Be7 11. Bxh8 c6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Rxe6 Qxh8) 8... Bf5? { (4.94 → 6.18) Mistake. Best move was Be6. } (8... Be6) 9. Bc4? { (6.18 → 4.36) Mistake. Best move was O-O-O. } (9. O-O-O Bxe4 10. Qxe4+ Be7 11. Re1 d5 12. Qe3 Kf8 13. g4 Qd6 14. g5 c5 15. Bh3 Re8) 9... Qg5?? { (4.36 → 21.77) Blunder. Best move was Bxe4. } (9... Bxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h4 c6 14. Bd3 d5 15. g4 Bc5 16. Rdf1) 10. Qd5? { (21.77 → 8.94) Mistake. Best move was Nxg5. } (10. Nxg5) 10... Qxg2? { (8.94 → 17.09) Mistake. Best move was Qg6. } (10... Qg6 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Nc5 Rb8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Ba4 Be7 15. Rhe1 Bc8 16. f4 Qf5 17. Re5) 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qxf5 Qxh1+ 13. Bf1 g6 14. Qg5+?? { (16.41 → 6.27) Blunder. Best move was Qe6. } (14. Qe6) 14... Kc8? { (6.27 → 9.04) Mistake. Best move was Be7. } (14... Be7 15. Qd5) 15. Ke2?? { (9.04 → -3.79) Blunder. Best move was O-O-O. } (15. O-O-O Qf3 16. Bc3 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Re8 18. Nf6 Re5 19. Qh6 b5 20. Nxh7 Qh5 21. Bh3+ Kb7) 15... Qxe4+ 16. Qe3 Qxc2?? { (-4.13 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qxe3+. } (16... Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 Bg7 18. Rd1 Be5 19. Bg2 Rf8 20. h4 c6 21. Be4 Kc7 22. h5 Rf6 23. hxg6) 17. Bh3+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 10) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qe8#. } (17. Qe8#) 17... Kd8 18. Qg5+?? { (Mate in 10 → -3.71) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qe6. } (18. Qe6 Qc4+ 19. Qxc4 h6 20. Bc3 c5 21. Qf7 Rh7 22. Qxh7 Be7 23. Rd1 a6 24. Ba5+ b6) 18... Ke8?? { (-3.71 → 10.16) Blunder. Best move was Be7. } (18... Be7 19. Qg4) 19. Qe3+?? { (10.16 → -0.71) Blunder. Best move was Re1. } (19. Re1) 19... Kd8?? { (-0.71 → 29.87) Blunder. Best move was Be7. } (19... Be7 20. Kf1 Qc4+ 21. Kg1 Qh4 22. Re1 Rf8 23. Re2 Rd8 24. Ba5 Rf4 25. Bxc7 Kf8 26. Qc3) 20. Qd3?? { (29.87 → -4.88) Blunder. Best move was Qe6. } (20. Qe6) 20... Qxb2?? { (-4.88 → -1.83) Blunder. Best move was Qxd3+. } (20... Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3) 21. Ke3?? { (-1.83 → -11.22) Blunder. Best move was Rb1. } (21. Rb1 Qxa2) 21... Qxa1 22. Kf3 Qf6+ 23. Bf4 g5 24. Qf5 Qc3+?? { (-16.65 → -4.34) Blunder. Best move was Qxf5. } (24... Qxf5) 25. Qd3?? { (-4.34 → -31.07) Blunder. Best move was Ke2. } (25. Ke2) 25... Qc6+ 26. Qe4 Qc3+ 27. Qe3 Qc6+ 28. Qe4 Qc3+ 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Qe4 Qxf4+ 31. Qxf4 gxf4 32. Kxf4 Bh6+ 33. Kf3 Rf8+ 34. Kg3 Bf4+ 35. Kh4 Rf5?! { (-64.41 → -9.47) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bxh2. } (35... Bxh2 36. f3 Be5 37. Bg4 Ke7 38. a4 Rf4 39. a5 Rg8 40. Kh3 Ra4 41. Kg2 Rgxg4+ 42. fxg4) 36. Kg4?! { (-9.47 → -19.83) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bxf5. } (36. Bxf5 c6 37. h3 Kc7 38. Kg4 Be5 39. Bxh7 Rf8 40. Bf5 Rg8+ 41. Kf3 Bd4 42. Be6 Rf8+) 36... Rg5+ 37. Kxf4 Rg1 38. Kf3 Re1 39. Kg2 { White wins on time. } 1-0