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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bS9HcI3R"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "TihonConstantin"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:40:39"] [WhiteElo "1504"] [BlackElo "1350"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-23"] [BlackRatingDiff "+17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6? { (0.00 → 1.35) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 Qe7+ 7. Be2) 3. Nc3? { (1.35 → -0.02) Mistake. Best move was e5. } (3. e5 Nd5) 3... Nc6? { (-0.02 → 1.02) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (3... d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5) 4. Bc4? { (1.02 → -0.60) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (4. d4 d5) 4... Bc5? { (-0.60 → 1.40) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (4... d5 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Be7 8. Re1 d4 9. Ne2 e5 10. Ng3 a6 11. Bb2) 5. O-O? { (1.40 → 0.00) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (5. d4) 5... d5 6. Bb5? { (0.50 → -0.67) Mistake. Best move was exd5. } (6. exd5) 6... dxe4?! { (-0.67 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxe4. } (6... Nxe4 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. c5 f6 13. Be3) 7. Bxc6+?! { (0.09 → -0.52) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ng5. } (7. Ng5 Bb6 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 f5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qd6 13. Na4 e5) 7... bxc6 8. Ng5 O-O?! { (-0.52 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was Be7. } (8... Be7 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Re1 f4 13. Ne4 f3 14. d3 Bd6 15. Re3) 9. d3? { (0.00 → -1.53) Mistake. Best move was Ngxe4. } (9. Ngxe4 Bd4 10. d3 Rb8 11. Re1 e5 12. Bg5 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxf2 14. Qf3 Bg4 15. Qxc6 Nxd3+) 9... exd3 10. cxd3?! { (-1.57 → -2.20) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qxd3. } (10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rac1 f6 15. Nf3 e5 16. Bc5 Bf5) 10... e5? { (-2.20 → -0.57) Mistake. Best move was Ba6. } (10... Ba6 11. Qa4 Qxd3 12. Rd1 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Bxc4 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb6 16. Be3 f5 17. Nc5) 11. Qf3? { (-0.57 → -2.12) Mistake. Best move was Nf3. } (11. Nf3) 11... h6? { (-2.12 → 0.69) Mistake. Best move was Bd4. } (11... Bd4 12. Qxc6) 12. Qf5?? { (0.69 → -16.51) Blunder. Best move was Qxc6. } (12. Qxc6 Bf5) 12... Bxf5 13. Nf3 Bxd3 14. Nxe5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Re8 16. Nxc6?! { (-23.70 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be3. } (16. Be3 Bxe3) 16... Qd6?! { (Mate in 2 → -27.25) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd3+. } (16... Qd3+ 17. Ne2 Qd1#) 17. Na5?! { (-27.25 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be3. } (17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qxc6 19. e4 Ng4 20. h3 Qf6+ 21. Kg1 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Re1 Qxc3) 17... Bb4?! { (Mate in 2 → -26.07) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd3+. } (17... Qd3+ 18. Ne2 Qd1#) 18. a3?! { (-26.07 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be3. } (18. Be3 Bxa5) 18... Bxa5?! { (Mate in 2 → -31.37) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd3+. } (18... Qd3+ 19. Kg1 Re1#) 19. b4?! { (-31.37 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Bxh6. } (19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. g3 Qd2 21. Rd1 Qxb2 22. Rd3 Bxc3 23. Kg2 Re2 24. Rf3 Bd4 25. Kh3 Bxf2) 19... Bxb4?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 9) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd3+. } (19... Qd3+ 20. Ne2 Qd1#) 20. axb4 Qxb4?! { (Mate in 2 → -26.98) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd3+. } (20... Qd3+ 21. Kg1 Re1#) 21. Bb2?! { (-26.98 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ne2. } (21. Ne2 Rxe2) 21... Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxc3 23. Re1 Qxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1