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6+0 • Rated •
CHESS960
Automat (1624?)
+78
Matei2018 (1787)
−31
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
856
ANS Arena
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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ekn8ch8V"] [Date "2026.05.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Automat"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.12"] [UTCTime "15:33:40"] [WhiteElo "1624"] [BlackElo "1787"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+78"] [BlackRatingDiff "-31"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "360+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rbknbrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNBRNQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4 e6?! { (-0.11 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (1... d5) 2. Nc3? { (0.75 → -0.25) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (2. c4 c5) 2... f6? { (-0.25 → 0.82) Mistake. Best move was f5. } (2... f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf2 d6 5. a3 c5 6. Ba2 Bc6 7. Ng5 Bd7 8. O-O-O Bc7 9. d3) 3. e4 Bg6?! { (0.33 → 1.26) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne7. } (3... Ne7 4. Nge2 a5 5. a3 Ba7 6. d4 Ndc6 7. Bf2 d5 8. Ba2 O-O-O 9. f5 e5 10. Nxd5) 4. g3?! { (1.26 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bf2. } (4. Bf2 Ne7 5. a3 a6 6. Ba2 Ba7 7. O-O-O Bxf2 8. Rxf2 Nf7 9. g4 Nd6 10. Nge2 O-O-O) 4... Nc6 5. Bf2 b6? { (0.53 → 2.17) Mistake. Best move was a6. } (5... a6) 6. f5? { (2.17 → 0.70) Mistake. Best move was a3. } (6. a3) 6... exf5 7. exf5 Bxf5?! { (0.95 → 1.49) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bf7. } (7... Bf7 8. Nge2 a5 9. Nd4 Nge7 10. a4 Ra6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Ba2 Nb4 13. Bxf7 Rxf7 14. Nd5) 8. Nf3?! { (1.49 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. Best move was a4. } (8. a4) 8... Ne5?? { (0.88 → 6.61) Blunder. Best move was Re8. } (8... Re8 9. a4) 9. Nxe5 c6?? { (5.86 → 12.76) Blunder. Best move was fxe5. } (9... fxe5) 10. g4?? { (12.76 → 3.57) Blunder. Best move was Nxc6. } (10. Nxc6 Bc7 11. Nb5 Nh6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Ne7+ Kd8 15. Qxa8+ Kxe7 16. Qxe8+ Kxe8) 10... fxe5 11. gxf5 Rxf5 12. Ne4 d5? { (3.29 → 6.05) Mistake. Best move was Ne7. } (12... Ne7 13. c4) 13. Ng3? { (6.05 → 3.65) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (13. c4 Ne7) 13... Rf7?! { (3.65 → 4.24) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rf4. } (13... Rf4 14. a4) 14. c3? { (4.24 → 2.87) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (14. c4 Nf6 15. Bf5+ Kb7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Be6 Qe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5+ Qc6+ 20. Qxc6+ Kxc6) 14... e4? { (2.87 → 5.30) Mistake. Best move was Bc7. } (14... Bc7 15. a4) 15. d3? { (5.30 → 2.45) Mistake. Best move was Nxe4. } (15. Nxe4 Kb7 16. Ng5 Re7 17. Nxh7 Be5 18. Qg2 a5 19. Bd3 a4 20. h4 Nh6 21. Ng5 Qc8) 15... Bxg3?? { (2.45 → 5.83) Blunder. Best move was Bf4+. } (15... Bf4+ 16. Kc2) 16. Bxg3 exd3?? { (5.59 → 18.65) Blunder. Best move was Nf6. } (16... Nf6 17. dxe4) 17. Rxf7 Nh6 18. Re7 Nf5 19. Re5 Nd6 20. Bxd3 O-O-O 21. b3 Qf8 22. c4 dxc4?! { (11.18 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nf7. } (22... Nf7 23. Rf5) 23. bxc4?! { (Mate in 8 → 12.01) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxc6+. } (23. Qxc6+ Kb8 24. Rf5 Qe7 25. Be4 Rd7 26. O-O-O cxb3 27. Kb2 Qf6+ 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qxd7 b5) 23... b5?! { (12.01 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kb7. } (23... Kb7 24. Re6) 24. cxb5?! { (Mate in 2 → 17.96) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxc6+. } (24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Rxb5#) 24... cxb5?! { (17.96 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rd7. } (24... Rd7 25. bxc6) 25. Rc5+?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qc6+. } (25. Qc6+ Kb8 26. Rxb5#) 25... Kd7 26. Qc6+ Ke7 27. Bh4+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 8) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Re5+. } (27. Re5+ Kf7 28. Qd5+ Kf6 29. Qe6#) 27... Kf7 28. Qd5+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Qe7 30. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Automat
8½
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Matei2018
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