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serafim8 (1345)
+32
stephane2014 (1483)
−26
Checkmate • White is victorious
Tricolici Arena
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[Event "Tricolici Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/j7zmCJnp"] [Date "2025.11.20"] [Round "-"] [White "serafim8"] [Black "stephane2014"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.20"] [UTCTime "17:29:21"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "1483"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+32"] [BlackRatingDiff "-26"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "English Opening: The Whale"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. c4?! { (0.30 → -0.57) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf3. } { C20 English Opening: The Whale } (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5) 2... Bb4?! { (-0.57 → 0.40) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (2... Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O) 3. a3?! { (0.40 → -0.44) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf3. } (3. Nf3) 3... Bf8? { (-0.44 → 1.16) Mistake. Best move was Bc5. } (3... Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 a5 9. b5 Nd7 10. O-O) 4. Bd3? { (1.16 → 0.01) Mistake. Best move was Nf3. } (4. Nf3) 4... d6?! { (0.01 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 g5 6. h3 Bg7 7. b4 d6 8. Nc3 h5 9. Bb2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2) 5. b4?! { (0.60 → 0.06) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc3. } (5. Nc3 c5 6. b4 Nf6 7. b5 Be7 8. Nf3 a6 9. O-O h6 10. a4 axb5 11. cxb5 Be6) 5... c5?! { (0.06 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne7. } (5... Ne7 6. Nf3) 6. bxc5? { (0.70 → -0.33) Mistake. Best move was Nc3. } (6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b5 a6 8. Nf3 axb5 9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Be2 Nh5) 6... dxc5 7. Nc3?? { (-0.04 → -4.84) Blunder. Best move was Bc2. } (7. Bc2 Nc6) 7... Qxd3 8. Na2?? { (-4.70 → -8.20) Blunder. Best move was Qe2. } (8. Qe2 Qxe2+) 8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne2? { (-8.01 → -9.16) Mistake. Best move was Kf1. } (9. Kf1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd3+ 11. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 12. Ke1 Nc6 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. Nc1 Bxc4 15. Nce2 b5) 9... Qxg2 10. Nf4? { (-8.63 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rg1. } (10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. Qf3 Qh4 14. d3 Bg4 15. Qg2 Be6 16. O-O-O O-O-O) 10... Qxh1+ 11. Ke2 Qe4+ 12. Kf1 exf4?! { (Mate in 11 → -19.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qh1+. } (12... Qh1+ 13. Ke2 Bg4+ 14. Kd3 Qxd1 15. Nc3 Bf5+ 16. Ke3 exf4+ 17. Kxf4 Qf1 18. Ne4 g5+ 19. Nxg5) 13. Nc3?! { (-19.67 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qe2. } (13. Qe2 Bh3+) 13... Qd4?! { (Mate in 2 → -18.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Bh3+. } (13... Bh3+ 14. Kg1 Qg2#) 14. Ne2 Qe4 15. Nc3?! { (-18.95 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ng1. } (15. Ng1) 15... Qxc4+?! { (Mate in 2 → -19.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Bh3+. } (15... Bh3+ 16. Kg1 Qg2#) 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Qe1 Nf6 18. Bb2 g5 19. Bxf6 Rg8 20. h3 g4 21. hxg4?! { (-16.17 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was d3. } (21. d3 Qxd3) 21... Rxg4?! { (Mate in 10 → -16.53) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Bxg4. } (21... Bxg4 22. f3 Bh3+ 23. Kf2 Rg2+ 24. Kf1 Rxe2+ 25. Kg1 Qd3 26. Bh4 Kf8 27. Qf2 Rxf2 28. Be7+) 22. Qb1 f3 23. Qe1?! { (-31.21 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was d3. } (23. d3 fxe2+) 23... Rg6?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Bh2. } (23... Bh2 24. d3 Qxd3 25. Qd1 Rg1#) 24. Rc1 Qg4?! { (Mate in 1 → -29.84) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Bh3#. } (24... Bh3#) 25. d3?! { (-29.84 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ng3+. } (25. Ng3+ Be6) 25... Qg1+?? { (Mate in 1 → -0.72) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qg2#. } (25... Qg2#) 26. Nxg1+ Be5?? { (-1.43 → 9.06) Blunder. Best move was Be6. } (26... Be6 27. Qc3 Nc6 28. Nxf3 Bh3+ 29. Ke1 Kd7 30. d4 Rxf6 31. Ne5+ Nxe5 32. dxe5 Re8 33. Qxh3+) 27. Qxe5+ Kf8? { (8.54 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be6. } (27... Be6 28. Bh4 Kd7 29. Qxc5 Nc6 30. Qb5 Kc7 31. Bg3+ Rxg3 32. Qe5+ Kd7 33. Qxg3 Rd8 34. Nxf3) 28. Qxc5+ Kg8 29. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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serafim8
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stephane2014
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