[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"]
[Site "http://chess-academy.net/ITV7OwdF"]
[Date "2026.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paliciucpavel"]
[Black "DavidP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.28"]
[UTCTime "16:09:35"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1028"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-1"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "chess-academy.net"]

1. e4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:03:30] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:07:00] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:03:29] } 2... Nf6?! { (0.22 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 0:06:53] } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5) 3. Nc3?! { (0.73 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxe5. } { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:03:28] } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6) 3... Nc6 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:06:45] } 4. d4?! { (0.36 → -0.47) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb5. } { [%eval -0.47] [%clk 0:03:27] } { C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation } (4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6) 4... d5? { (-0.47 → 1.26) Mistake. Best move was exd4. } { [%eval 1.26] [%clk 0:06:38] } (4... exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O) 5. Be3? { (1.26 → -0.66) Mistake. Best move was Nxe5. } { [%eval -0.66] [%clk 0:03:20] } (5. Nxe5 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ne4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qd2 Ne4) 5... Bb4 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 0:06:27] } 6. a3 { [%eval -0.7] [%clk 0:03:12] } 6... Ba5? { (-0.70 → 0.59) Mistake. Best move was Bxc3+. } { [%eval 0.59] [%clk 0:06:17] } (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3) 7. b4 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:03:03] } 7... Bxb4?? { (0.09 → 3.99) Blunder. Best move was Nxe4. } { [%eval 3.99] [%clk 0:06:12] } (7... Nxe4) 8. axb4 { [%eval 3.74] [%clk 0:03:01] } 8... Nxb4?! { (3.74 → 4.71) Inaccuracy. Best move was exd4. } { [%eval 4.71] [%clk 0:06:04] } (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxb4 10. Ndb5 dxe4 11. Bc5 Na6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Bd7 14. Bd4 Re8 15. Bc4) 9. Bb5+? { (4.71 → 2.85) Mistake. Best move was dxe5. } { [%eval 2.85] [%clk 0:02:55] } (9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe4 Be6 15. Bc5 Nc6) 9... Ke7?? { (2.85 → 10.09) Blunder. Best move was c6. } { [%eval 10.09] [%clk 0:05:54] } (9... c6) 10. Rb1?? { (10.09 → 6.05) Blunder. Best move was dxe5. } { [%eval 6.05] [%clk 0:02:51] } (10. dxe5) 10... Qd6?? { (6.05 → 17.98) Blunder. Best move was dxe4. } { [%eval 17.98] [%clk 0:05:34] } (10... dxe4 11. Nxe5) 11. O-O?! { (17.98 → 9.41) Inaccuracy. Best move was dxe5. } { [%eval 9.41] [%clk 0:02:43] } (11. dxe5) 11... Kf8?! { (9.41 → 13.50) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } { [%eval 13.5] [%clk 0:05:28] } (11... Nc6 12. dxe5) 12. Re1?! { (13.50 → 9.20) Inaccuracy. Best move was dxe5. } { [%eval 9.2] [%clk 0:02:37] } (12. dxe5) 12... Kg8?! { (9.20 → 12.40) Inaccuracy. Best move was Na2. } { [%eval 12.4] [%clk 0:05:20] } (12... Na2 13. Nxa2) 13. Bg5?? { (12.40 → 6.15) Blunder. Best move was dxe5. } { [%eval 6.15] [%clk 0:02:33] } (13. dxe5 Qd8 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. e5 Qe7 16. Rxb4 c6 17. Rd4 Be6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Rf4 a5) 13... Kf8?? { (6.15 → 15.39) Blunder. Best move was Nxe4. } { [%eval 15.39] [%clk 0:05:15] } (13... Nxe4 14. dxe5) 14. Bxf6?! { (15.39 → 9.50) Inaccuracy. Best move was dxe5. } { [%eval 9.5] [%clk 0:02:30] } (14. dxe5 Na2 15. Nxd5 Nc3 16. Nxc3 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Be6 18. exf6 c6 19. Bf1 b5 20. fxg7+ Kxg7) 14... gxf6 { [%eval 9.51] [%clk 0:05:07] } 15. dxe5 { [%eval 9.0] [%clk 0:02:27] } 15... fxe5 { [%eval 9.34] [%clk 0:05:00] } 16. exd5 { [%eval 8.07] [%clk 0:02:25] } 16... Qxd5? { (8.07 → 24.66) Mistake. Best move was Bf5. } { [%eval 24.66] [%clk 0:04:53] } (16... Bf5 17. Rxe5) 17. Nxd5 { [%eval 24.31] [%clk 0:02:23] } 17... Nxd5 { [%eval 25.75] [%clk 0:04:47] } 18. Qxd5 { [%eval 24.13] [%clk 0:02:21] } 18... b6?! { (24.13 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be6. } { [%eval #6] [%clk 0:04:36] } (18... Be6 19. Qxe5) 19. Qxa8?! { (Mate in 6 → 32.09) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxe5. } { [%eval 32.09] [%clk 0:02:17] } (19. Qxe5 Be6 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Qg7+ Kd6 23. Qd7+ Kc5 24. Qc6#) 19... Rg8?! { (32.09 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kg7. } { [%eval #7] [%clk 0:04:19] } (19... Kg7 20. Qxa7) 20. Qxc8+ { [%eval #6] [%clk 0:02:13] } 20... Kg7 { [%eval #6] [%clk 0:04:06] } 21. Qg4+ { [%eval #7] [%clk 0:02:04] } 21... Kf8 { [%eval #6] [%clk 0:03:56] } 22. Qh3 { [%eval #6] [%clk 0:01:53] } 22... c5 { [%eval #4] [%clk 0:03:37] } 23. Rxe5?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qh6+. } { [%eval #5] [%clk 0:01:43] } (23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Rxe5+ Kd8 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. Ba6#) 23... c4 { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:03:20] } 24. Qh6+ { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:01:40] } 24... Rg7 { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:03:12] } 25. Rd1?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Re8#. } { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:01:26] } (25. Re8#) 25... Kg8 { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:03:05] } 26. Rd8# { [%clk 0:01:22] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0


