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[Event "Xu Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XMIyb8Sz"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Ioan2013"] [Black "megekid"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.05"] [UTCTime "16:32:45"] [WhiteElo "1757"] [BlackElo "1843"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-14"] [BlackRatingDiff "+104"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Nf3? { (0.41 → -0.68) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 exd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be6) 2... Nc6? { (-0.68 → 0.33) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (2... e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. c4 c5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d3) 3. Nc3?! { (0.33 → -0.54) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 e4 4. Nfd2 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bh6 8. h4 O-O 9. h5 gxh5) 3... Nf6?! { (-0.54 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (3... d5 4. Bb5) 4. Bc4? { (0.05 → -1.13) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (4. d4 e4) 4... d5?! { (-1.13 → -0.56) Inaccuracy. Best move was e4. } (4... e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Ncb5 Be7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Nb3 c5 11. d4) 5. Bb3?! { (-0.56 → -1.33) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb5. } (5. Bb5 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bxc6 exd4 8. exd4 bxc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bf5) 5... d4? { (-1.33 → 0.29) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (5... e4 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7. exd4 Bg4 8. f3 exf3 9. gxf3 Be6 10. d3 c6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qd2) 6. exd4? { (0.29 → -0.81) Mistake. Best move was Ng5. } (6. Ng5 Be6) 6... Nxd4? { (-0.81 → 1.13) Mistake. Best move was exd4. } (6... exd4 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 O-O 10. O-O d3 11. Bc4 dxc2 12. d4 Bf6 13. Be3) 7. Nxd4? { (1.13 → -0.56) Mistake. Best move was Nxe5. } (7. Nxe5 Nxb3) 7... exd4 8. Nb5? { (-0.12 → -1.76) Mistake. Best move was Ne2. } (8. Ne2 d3 9. cxd3 Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. d3 Re8 12. O-O c6 13. Be3 a5 14. Nc3 Bg4) 8... c6 9. Na3 b5? { (-1.68 → -0.64) Mistake. Best move was a5. } (9... a5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qe1+ Be7 12. h3 Bc8 13. c3 a4 14. Bd1 d3 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Qe3) 10. Qe2+? { (-0.64 → -2.15) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (10. O-O Bg4) 10... Be7 11. O-O?! { (-2.29 → -3.06) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qf3. } (11. Qf3 O-O) 11... b4?? { (-3.06 → 0.70) Blunder. Best move was a5. } (11... a5 12. c4) 12. Nc4 Be6?! { (0.13 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. Best move was O-O. } (12... O-O 13. d3 Be6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bf4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd6 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd6) 13. Ne5 Bxb3?! { (0.33 → 1.16) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bd5. } (13... Bd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. d3 O-O 19. Qg4 c5 20. a3) 14. axb3 Qd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Re1 Nd5 17. c3? { (1.28 → 0.24) Mistake. Best move was d3. } (17. d3 O-O 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 20. Nc4 Rfe8 21. g3 g5 22. Kg2 a6 23. f4 h6) 17... dxc3?! { (0.24 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Best move was O-O. } (17... O-O 18. cxd4 Bd6 19. h3 Nf4 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. d3 Ne6 23. Be3 f5 24. Qe5) 18. bxc3? { (1.03 → -0.03) Mistake. Best move was Ne3. } (18. Ne3) 18... bxc3?! { (-0.03 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Best move was O-O. } (18... O-O 19. cxb4) 19. d4? { (0.75 → -2.02) Mistake. Best move was Ne3. } (19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Qc4 O-O 21. dxc3 Rfe8 22. Nf5 Nd5 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Bf4 Qb7 25. b4 Nd5) 19... O-O-O? { (-2.02 → 0.64) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (19... O-O) 20. Ne5?! { (0.64 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne3. } (20. Ne3 Bd6) 20... Rhf8? { (0.00 → 2.33) Mistake. Best move was Rhe8. } (20... Rhe8 21. Nxf7 Bf6 22. Ne5 c5 23. Qa6+ Qb7 24. Qc4 Qb4 25. Qa6+) 21. Ba3? { (2.33 → 0.02) Mistake. Best move was Qa6+. } (21. Qa6+ Qb7) 21... f6? { (0.02 → 1.31) Mistake. Best move was Rfe8. } (21... Rfe8) 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxc6? { (1.90 → -0.44) Mistake. Best move was Qg4+. } (23. Qg4+) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Nf4?? { (-0.62 → 3.16) Blunder. Best move was Rde8. } (24... Rde8) 25. Nxa7+? { (3.16 → 0.35) Mistake. Best move was Re4. } (25. Re4) 25... Kb7 26. Re7+ Kb6 27. Rxg7?? { (0.61 → -8.38) Blunder. Best move was g3. } (27. g3) 27... Ne2+?? { (-8.38 → -1.63) Blunder. Best move was c2. } (27... c2 28. Re7 Rfe8 29. Rf7 c1=Q+ 30. Rxc1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxc1 32. g3 Rf8 33. Rxh7 Ra8 34. f3) 28. Kf1 Nxd4?! { (-1.88 → -1.22) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rfe8. } (28... Rfe8) 29. Rxh7?? { (-1.22 → -6.98) Blunder. Best move was Ra4. } (29. Ra4 c2) 29... Nxb3?? { (-6.98 → 0.00) Blunder. Best move was c2. } (29... c2 30. Rc1 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Ke1 Kxa7 33. Kd2 Nxb3+ 34. Kxc2 Nxc1 35. Kxc1 Rxh2 36. Kd2) 30. Ra2?? { (0.00 → -7.10) Blunder. Best move was Rb1. } (30. Rb1 c2 31. Rxb3+ Ka6 32. Rc7 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 c1=Q 34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35. Nb5 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Rd8) 30... Rd1+ 31. Ke2 Rd2+?? { (-5.04 → -0.14) Blunder. Best move was Rd6. } (31... Rd6) 32. Rxd2 cxd2 33. g4?? { (-0.22 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kd1. } (33. Kd1 Rg8) 33... Re8+ 34. Kd1 Re1+ 35. Kc2 d1=Q+ 36. Kc3 Qf3+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd2+. } (36... Qd2+ 37. Kxb3 Rb1+ 38. Ka3 Qa5#) 37. Kb2 Re2+ 38. Ka3 Nc5+ 39. Kb4 Qb3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1