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10+0 • Rated •
CHESS960
Matei2018 (1673?)
+25
Greg17 (1662?)
−137
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
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Academie22 Arena
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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eSqDl1zJ"] [Date "2025.12.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Greg17"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.15"] [UTCTime "16:47:12"] [WhiteElo "1673"] [BlackElo "1662"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+25"] [BlackRatingDiff "-137"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nrnkrqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKRQBB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nab3 g6?! { (-0.11 → 0.84) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (1... e5) 2. f3? { (0.84 → -0.58) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (2. e4 e5) 2... Qh6? { (-0.58 → 0.70) Mistake. Best move was e5. } (2... e5 3. g3 f5 4. e4 Nab6 5. Nd3 d5 6. Bg2 Nd6 7. O-O-O O-O-O 8. Ndc5 Kb8 9. Kb1) 3. Be3? { (0.70 → -0.82) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (3. e4 Nab6 4. Nd3 f6 5. O-O-O e5 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nd6 8. Bh3 Qh5 9. g4 Qh4) 3... g5? { (-0.82 → 0.34) Mistake. Best move was Qxh2. } (3... Qxh2 4. Nd3 Nab6 5. g4 f5 6. gxf5 gxf5 7. O-O-O e5 8. Bg2 Qh5 9. Qh1 Qxh1 10. Bg5+) 4. Nd4? { (0.34 → -0.77) Mistake. Best move was f4. } (4. f4) 4... Bxd4?! { (-0.77 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nab6. } (4... Nab6 5. g4) 5. Bxd4 e5 6. Be3?! { (0.09 → -0.63) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bf2. } (6. Bf2 Nab6 7. g3 f5 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qh3 Ne7 10. Qxh4 Qxh4 11. gxh4 d6 12. Rg1 f4) 6... Nab6 7. d4? { (-0.17 → -2.04) Mistake. Best move was g3. } (7. g3 f6 8. Bg2 Qxh2 9. Bf2 Ne7 10. Nd3 O-O-O 11. Qh1 Qxh1 12. Rxh1 d6 13. O-O-O Nd7) 7... Nd5? { (-2.04 → -0.56) Mistake. Best move was exd4. } (7... exd4) 8. Qf2 Nxe3+ 9. Qxe3 f5?! { (-1.01 → -0.39) Inaccuracy. Best move was f6. } (9... f6 10. Nd3) 10. dxe5 f4 11. Qe4? { (-0.50 → -2.41) Mistake. Best move was Qd4. } (11. Qd4 Ne7) 11... Rxe5?? { (-2.41 → 6.71) Blunder. Best move was Nd6. } (11... Nd6 12. Qb4) 12. Qxe5 d6?! { (6.20 → 7.11) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nb6. } (12... Nb6 13. h4 gxh4 14. e3 O-O-O 15. Qxf4 Qxf4 16. exf4 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. O-O-O) 13. Qe4 Ne7? { (6.64 → 7.95) Mistake. Best move was Nb6. } (13... Nb6 14. e3) 14. e3 d5 15. Qb4?! { (7.98 → 7.36) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qa4. } (15. Qa4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. exf4 gxf4 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. O-O-O a5 20. g3 c6 21. Nd4 Kc7) 15... c5? { (7.36 → 8.66) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (15... Nc6 16. Qd2 Qxh2 17. exf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 gxf4 19. Nd3 h5 20. Nxf4 h4 21. O-O-O O-O-O 22. Ne6) 16. Qxc5 Rc8?! { (8.24 → 8.89) Inaccuracy. Best move was b6. } (16... b6 17. Qa3) 17. Qa5+?! { (8.89 → 7.93) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qxa7. } (17. Qxa7) 17... b6 18. Qxa7?? { (8.08 → 1.35) Blunder. Best move was Qa6. } (18. Qa6) 18... Nc6?? { (1.35 → 11.23) Blunder. Best move was Qc6. } (18... Qc6) 19. Qxb6+ Ke8 20. exf4+ Ne7 21. Qxh6 Rxc2?! { (32.95 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rc7. } (21... Rc7 22. Qg7) 22. Kxc2 Be6 23. Qxe6 d4 24. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Matei2018
16½
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Greg17
7½
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