[Event "Karjakin Arena"]
[Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ju84s4HM"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Darius9"]
[Black "Matvei2016"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.08"]
[UTCTime "17:54:16"]
[WhiteElo "1310"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+54"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-12"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "chess-academy.net"]

1. e4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:07:00] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:07:00] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:06:55] } { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } 2... Bc5? { (0.13 → 1.21) Mistake. Best move was d5. } { [%eval 1.21] [%clk 0:06:49] } (2... d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O) 3. Qh5? { (1.21 → -0.54) Mistake. Best move was d4. } { [%eval -0.54] [%clk 0:06:35] } (3. d4 Bb4) 3... Qf6?? { (-0.54 → 5.74) Blunder. Best move was d6. } { [%eval 5.74] [%clk 0:06:44] } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qh4 e5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nd5 h6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bxf6) 4. Qxc5 { [%eval 5.24] [%clk 0:06:29] } 4... d6? { (5.24 → 8.00) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } { [%eval 8.0] [%clk 0:06:40] } (4... Nc6) 5. Qxc7 { [%eval 7.77] [%clk 0:06:24] } 5... Na6? { (7.77 → 11.31) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } { [%eval 11.31] [%clk 0:06:36] } (5... Nc6 6. Nb5) 6. Bxa6 { [%eval 10.98] [%clk 0:06:13] } 6... bxa6 { [%eval 13.61] [%clk 0:06:33] } 7. Qc6+ { [%eval 13.24] [%clk 0:06:00] } 7... Bd7 { [%eval 13.88] [%clk 0:06:19] } 8. Qxa8+ { [%eval 13.35] [%clk 0:05:56] } 8... Bc8 { [%eval 18.95] [%clk 0:06:16] } 9. Qxc8+ { [%eval 18.57] [%clk 0:05:50] } 9... Qd8 { [%eval 18.93] [%clk 0:06:07] } 10. Qxd8+ { [%eval 17.63] [%clk 0:05:42] } 10... Kxd8 { [%eval 17.98] [%clk 0:06:05] } 11. d4 { [%eval 17.55] [%clk 0:05:28] } 11... e5 { [%eval 19.44] [%clk 0:06:03] } 12. dxe5 { [%eval 18.93] [%clk 0:05:22] } 12... dxe5 { [%eval 19.09] [%clk 0:06:00] } 13. Nd5 { [%eval 18.38] [%clk 0:05:12] } 13... Nh6 { [%eval 20.48] [%clk 0:05:53] } 14. Bg5+ { [%eval 19.58] [%clk 0:05:07] } 14... f6 { [%eval 20.57] [%clk 0:05:49] } 15. Bxh6 { [%eval 20.47] [%clk 0:05:01] } 15... gxh6 { [%eval 20.44] [%clk 0:05:45] } 16. Nxf6 { [%eval 20.06] [%clk 0:04:55] } 16... Rf8 { [%eval 20.41] [%clk 0:05:38] } 17. Nxh7 { [%eval 16.62] [%clk 0:04:50] } 17... Re8 { [%eval 20.96] [%clk 0:05:24] } 18. c4 { [%eval 18.77] [%clk 0:04:43] } 18... Re6 { [%eval 20.74] [%clk 0:05:20] } 19. c5 { [%eval 20.08] [%clk 0:04:36] } 19... Rc6 { [%eval 21.25] [%clk 0:05:14] } 20. Rc1 { [%eval 20.48] [%clk 0:04:31] } 20... Rg6 { [%eval 21.23] [%clk 0:05:11] } 21. c6 { [%eval 20.25] [%clk 0:04:27] } 21... Rxg2?! { (20.25 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kc7. } { [%eval #10] [%clk 0:05:04] } (21... Kc7 22. Nf3) 22. c7+ { [%eval #11] [%clk 0:04:21] } 22... Kc8 { [%eval #11] [%clk 0:04:53] } 23. f3?! { (Mate in 11 → 19.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Nf6. } { [%eval 19.08] [%clk 0:04:12] } (23. Nf6 Rg6 24. Nd5 Re6 25. Ne2 Re8 26. Rg1 Kb7 27. Ne7 a5 28. c8=Q+ Rxc8 29. Nxc8 Ka6) 23... Rg8 { [%eval 68.35] [%clk 0:04:48] } 24. b4 { [%eval 66.96] [%clk 0:04:04] } 24... Kb7 { [%eval 67.5] [%clk 0:04:41] } 25. Nh3 { [%eval 66.43] [%clk 0:03:57] } 25... Rc8 { [%eval 66.1] [%clk 0:04:30] } 26. Rc5 { [%eval 65.86] [%clk 0:03:44] } 26... Rxc7 { [%eval 65.66] [%clk 0:04:17] } 27. Rxc7+ { [%eval 62.82] [%clk 0:03:39] } 27... Kxc7 { [%eval 61.13] [%clk 0:04:15] } 28. O-O { [%eval 18.89] [%clk 0:03:26] } 28... a5?! { (18.89 → Mate in 15) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kb6. } { [%eval #15] [%clk 0:04:12] } (28... Kb6 29. Nf2) 29. bxa5 { [%eval 71.69] [%clk 0:03:21] } 29... a6?! { (71.69 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kb7. } { [%eval #13] [%clk 0:04:11] } (29... Kb7 30. Rc1) 30. Rb1 { [%eval #12] [%clk 0:03:14] } 30... Kd6 { [%eval #12] [%clk 0:04:08] } 31. Rb6+ { [%eval #12] [%clk 0:03:11] } 31... Kc5 { [%eval #12] [%clk 0:04:07] } 32. Rxa6 { [%eval #14] [%clk 0:03:08] } 32... Kb5 { [%eval #11] [%clk 0:04:06] } 33. Ra8 { [%eval #10] [%clk 0:03:03] } 33... Ka4 { [%eval #10] [%clk 0:04:04] } 34. a6 { [%eval #10] [%clk 0:02:59] } 34... Ka3 { [%eval #3] [%clk 0:04:04] } 35. a7?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rb8. } { [%eval #5] [%clk 0:02:56] } (35. Rb8 Ka4 36. a7 h5 37. a8=Q#) 35... Kxa2 { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:04:03] } 36. Rb8 { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:02:53] } 36... Ka1 { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:04:02] } 37. a8=Q# { [%clk 0:02:49] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0


