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7+0 • Rated •
Blitz
VictorPopescu (1688?)
+28
IULIAN-CUCU (1633?)
−101
Checkmate • White is victorious
M35 Arena
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[Event "M35 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Tgz8uTA6"] [Date "2024.11.21"] [Round "-"] [White "VictorPopescu"] [Black "IULIAN-CUCU"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.11.21"] [UTCTime "16:27:54"] [WhiteElo "1688"] [BlackElo "1633"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+28"] [BlackRatingDiff "-101"] [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 } e6 2. Qf3? { (0.34 → -0.82) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4) 2... Bc5? { (-0.82 → 0.80) Mistake. Best move was Nf6. } (2... Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. Qd1 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O) 3. Nh3? { (0.80 → -0.61) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (3. d4) 3... Nh6? { (-0.61 → 0.86) Mistake. Best move was Nf6. } (3... Nf6 4. d4) 4. Ng5?? { (0.86 → -4.46) Blunder. Best move was d4. } (4. d4 Bb6 5. c3 d5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf5 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O c5) 4... f6?? { (-4.46 → 1.68) Blunder. Best move was Qxg5. } (4... Qxg5 5. Nc3 Bb6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd2 d5 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Bd3 f5 10. Kb1 Qe7 11. Ne2) 5. Ne4? { (1.68 → -0.51) Mistake. Best move was Nxe6. } (5. Nxe6 dxe6 6. Qh5+ Nf7 7. Qxc5 b6 8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O-O) 5... d5?? { (-0.51 → 4.53) Blunder. Best move was Bb6. } (5... Bb6 6. d4) 6. Nxc5 b6 7. Nxe6?? { (4.59 → 1.34) Blunder. Best move was Nb3. } (7. Nb3 O-O) 7... Qd6?? { (1.34 → 9.06) Blunder. Best move was Bxe6. } (7... Bxe6) 8. Nxg7+? { (9.06 → 7.61) Mistake. Best move was Qxd5. } (8. Qxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. Nbc3 Nc7 12. Bc4 Nf5 13. O-O Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8) 8... Kf8? { (7.61 → 9.07) Mistake. Best move was Kf7. } (8... Kf7) 9. Nf5?? { (9.07 → 3.63) Blunder. Best move was Nh5. } (9. Nh5 Bg4 10. Qxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nxf6 c6 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. f3 Kg7 15. b3 h6) 9... Bxf5?! { (3.63 → 4.42) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxf5. } (9... Nxf5 10. Nc3 c6 11. a4 h5 12. b3 Nh4 13. Qg3 Nf5 14. Qxd6+ Nxd6 15. Ba3 Ke7 16. Ne2) 10. Qh5? { (4.42 → 2.91) Mistake. Best move was Nc3. } (10. Nc3 c6 11. d3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Nf7 14. f3 Be6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Ba3+ Kg7) 10... Bg4?? { (2.91 → 8.74) Blunder. Best move was Kg7. } (10... Kg7) 11. Qxh6+ Ke7? { (8.22 → 14.98) Mistake. Best move was Kf7. } (11... Kf7 12. f3 Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bb2 c6 15. Nc3 Ke7 16. Ne2 Kd8 17. Bxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qxf6+) 12. h3 b5 13. hxg4 Qc5 14. Qg7+ Ke6 15. Qxh8 Nc6 16. Qxa8 Nb4?! { (28.69 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ne7. } (16... Ne7 17. Nc3) 17. Rxh7 d4 18. exd4?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 8) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qe8+. } (18. Qe8+ Kd6 19. Qd7+ Ke5 20. exd4+ Ke4 21. d3+ Nxd3+ 22. cxd3#) 18... Qxd4 19. Rh5?! { (Mate in 5 → 37.97) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qe8+. } (19. Qe8+ Kd5 20. Qd7+ Kc5 21. Qxb5+ Kd6 22. Rd7+ Ke6 23. Qf5#) 19... Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Nxa1?! { (36.39 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qxg4+. } (20... Qxg4+ 21. Be2) 21. Qe8+ Kd6 22. Bxb5 c5 23. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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IULIAN-CUCU
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VictorPopescu
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