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[Event "Topalov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YTEitPdA"] [Date "2025.03.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "StopChiting"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.08"] [UTCTime "17:18:04"] [WhiteElo "1676"] [BlackElo "1615"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+145"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5?! { (0.22 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } { C40 Elephant Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5) 3. d3? { (0.98 → -0.18) Mistake. Best move was exd5. } (3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qe5+) 3... dxe4 4. dxe4?! { (0.18 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxe5. } (4. Nxe5 Nf6) 4... Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4?! { (-0.44 → 0.33) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (5... Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Ke2 Be6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Nc4) 6. Nc3?! { (0.33 → -0.22) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb5+. } (6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Bxf3+ 8. gxf3 Nd7 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. c3 Be7 12. Kc2 Nf4) 6... Nc6 7. Be2?! { (0.00 → -0.97) Inaccuracy. Best move was Be3. } (7. Be3 f5 8. exf5 Nge7 9. Bd3 Nxf5 10. Be4 O-O-O+ 11. Kc1 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bc5 13. Re1 Bxf3) 7... O-O-O+ 8. Ke1 Bxf3?! { (-0.87 → -0.24) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb4. } (8... Bb4 9. a3) 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Bd1 Bb4 11. Be3? { (-0.34 → -1.49) Mistake. Best move was a3. } (11. a3 Bxc3+) 11... Nf6 12. Kf1 Rhe8? { (-1.49 → -0.24) Mistake. Best move was Bxc3. } (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nb5 14. Be2 Nxc3 15. f3 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Rd6 17. Rhc1 Nd7 18. a4 Rc6 19. a5) 13. a3? { (-0.24 → -1.72) Mistake. Best move was Nd5. } (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Be7 15. c3 Nf5 16. Bg4 g6 17. Rd1 h5 18. Bxf5+ gxf5 19. Ke2 f4) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nb5 15. h3? { (-1.26 → -2.77) Mistake. Best move was Be2. } (15. Be2 Nxc3 16. f3 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Re6 18. a4 Rc6 19. Rhc1 Nd7 20. a5 Nc5 21. g3 Ne6) 15... Nxc3 16. Bg4+ Kb8 17. Bg5?! { (-2.34 → -3.01) Inaccuracy. Best move was Re1. } (17. Re1 Ncxe4 18. g3 Nd2+ 19. Kg2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Nxg4 21. hxg4 h6 22. Rh4 Nd6 23. g5 hxg5) 17... Ncxe4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bf5? { (-2.85 → -4.06) Mistake. Best move was Be2. } (19. Be2 Nd5 20. h4 f5 21. Bc4 c6 22. h5 Kc7 23. Rh3 Nf4 24. Rh4 Rd2 25. Re1 Nd5) 19... g6?! { (-4.06 → -3.53) Inaccuracy. Best move was e4. } (19... e4 20. g4) 20. Bg4 Ne4 21. c4?! { (-3.67 → -4.36) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ke1. } (21. Ke1 Nc3 22. h4 Rd4 23. Rh3 Rxg4 24. Rxc3 Rxg2 25. Rd1 Kc8 26. h5 e4 27. hxg6 hxg6) 21... Nc3?! { (-4.36 → -3.53) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nd2+. } (21... Nd2+ 22. Ke1 Nxc4 23. Be2 Nd6 24. h4 Nf5 25. h5 Nd4 26. Rb1 g5 27. g4 e4 28. Rb2) 22. Kg1?? { (-3.53 → -6.61) Blunder. Best move was h4. } (22. h4 Rd4) 22... f5 23. Bf3 e4 24. Bd1?? { (-6.13 → -9.40) Blunder. Best move was Rc1. } (24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Re1 Red8 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Bf1 f4 28. h4 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. g4 e3) 24... Rxd1+? { (-9.40 → -8.07) Mistake. Best move was Nxd1. } (24... Nxd1 25. g3 e3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Ra2 Rxg3+ 28. Kh2 Re3 29. a4 Nc3 30. Rc2 Rdd3 31. Ra1) 25. Rxd1 Nxd1 26. Kh2? { (-8.03 → -10.82) Mistake. Best move was h4. } (26. h4 Nb2) 26... Nxf2 27. Rf1 e3 28. Kg3 e2 29. Re1 Nd3 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Kf3 Re1 32. g4?! { (-60.06 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was a4. } (32. a4 Ne5+) 32... f4 33. g5 Re3+ 34. Kg2 f3+ 35. Kg3 f2+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Kf3 f1=Q+ 38. Kg4 Re4+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 1) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qf4#. } (38... Qf4#) 39. Kg3 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1