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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nYlWtASL"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "vlc13985"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:36:45"] [WhiteElo "1955"] [BlackElo "1816"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+44"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 { D31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation } dxc4?! { (0.01 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf6. } (3... Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3) 4. e3?! { (0.69 → 0.04) Inaccuracy. Best move was e4. } (4. e4 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 a6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Bf4 Kf8) 4... Nc6?! { (0.04 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. Best move was a6. } (4... a6 5. a4 c5 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O) 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6?! { (0.65 → 1.35) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb4. } (6... Bb4 7. O-O) 7. O-O? { (1.35 → 0.00) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (7. e4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxf7 Ke7 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bc2 Bc4) 7... O-O 8. e4?! { (0.61 → -0.02) Inaccuracy. Best move was h3. } (8. h3 e5) 8... Bb4? { (-0.02 → 1.85) Mistake. Best move was e5. } (8... e5) 9. Re1?! { (1.85 → 0.89) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (9. e5 Nd5) 9... Bxc3? { (0.89 → 2.94) Mistake. Best move was e5. } (9... e5 10. d5) 10. bxc3 Ng4? { (2.42 → 3.68) Mistake. Best move was h6. } (10... h6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. e5 Nfd5 13. c4 Nb4 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rb1 Na6 16. Ba3 b6 17. d5) 11. h3? { (3.68 → 2.31) Mistake. Best move was e5. } (11. e5 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nh6 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. h4 f5 15. Bc4 Nxh4 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6) 11... Nf6?! { (2.31 → 3.07) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nh6. } (11... Nh6) 12. a4? { (3.07 → 1.97) Mistake. Best move was Bd3. } (12. Bd3 h6) 12... Bd7? { (1.97 → 3.02) Mistake. Best move was h6. } (12... h6 13. Bd3) 13. Ba3?! { (3.02 → 2.18) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bd3. } (13. Bd3 h6) 13... Re8 14. Qd3 e5?? { (2.24 → 5.56) Blunder. Best move was Nh5. } (14... Nh5 15. Bc1) 15. dxe5? { (5.56 → 3.12) Mistake. Best move was Ng5. } (15. Ng5) 15... Nxe5? { (3.12 → 4.59) Mistake. Best move was Rxe5. } (15... Rxe5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qxe5 Bxb3 20. Reb1 Bc2 21. Rxb7 Bxe4 22. Rxc7) 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. f4 Rh5? { (3.98 → 5.53) Mistake. Best move was Re8. } (17... Re8 18. e5) 18. Rad1? { (5.53 → 4.33) Mistake. Best move was e5. } (18. e5 Bxa4 19. exf6 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Bc6 21. fxg7 Rd8 22. Re3 Rhd5 23. Be2 a6 24. c4 Rd2) 18... Rh4?? { (4.33 → 10.34) Blunder. Best move was c6. } (18... c6) 19. e5 Nh5?! { (9.17 → 11.42) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne8. } (19... Ne8 20. Bc1) 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Rxf4 22. Red1 h6 23. e6? { (10.46 → 7.51) Mistake. Best move was R1d4. } (23. R1d4 Rxd4 24. Bxf7+ Kh7 25. cxd4 g6 26. Bb3+ Kh8 27. e6 Nf6 28. Rf7 Ne8 29. e7 Kg8) 23... Rxc4?! { (7.51 → 8.09) Inaccuracy. Best move was fxe6. } (23... fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bb3 Nf6 26. Rxc7 Re4 27. Rxb7 Rc8 28. c4 Re2 29. c5 a6 30. Rb6) 24. exf7+ Kh7 25. f8=Q Rxf8 26. Bxf8 Nf6? { (7.52 → 18.42) Mistake. Best move was Kg8. } (26... Kg8 27. Rd8 Nf6 28. Re1 Ne4 29. Bc5+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Ke6 31. Re7+ Kd5 32. Bxa7 Nxc3 33. Bb8) 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rg6 Nh5 29. Rd7 Re4?! { (10.77 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rc6. } (29... Rc6 30. Rxc6) 30. Rxh6+ Kg8 31. Rxh5 Kxf8 32. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0