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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sjk2nBJM"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Kittykatbot"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:28:45"] [WhiteElo "1687"] [BlackElo "1918"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+23"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } g6?! { (-0.02 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3) 2. Bc4? { (0.75 → -0.33) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (2. d4) 2... Bg7?! { (-0.33 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. Bb3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Na5 7. Ba4+ c6 8. cxd5 b5 9. Bc2) 3. Qf3? { (0.25 → -1.22) Mistake. Best move was Bb3. } (3. Bb3 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 O-O 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O Nc6) 3... e6?! { (-1.22 → -0.59) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf6. } (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qf4 Re8 10. O-O-O) 4. Qxf7+?? { (-0.59 → -12.41) Blunder. Best move was Ne2. } (4. Ne2 Ne7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Bb3 c5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbc6 10. dxc5 Ne5) 4... Kxf7 5. Bxe6+ dxe6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Nh4 Qxh4 8. g3 Qh3 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Ne4 Qg2 11. Rf1 Qxe4 12. f3 Qxc2 13. fxg4+ Ke7 14. Ke2 Qc4+ 15. Ke1 Qd5 16. Rf2 Qd7 17. Re2 Nc6 18. e4 Rf8 19. Rf2 Qe8 20. Kd1 Rxf2 21. Kc2?! { (-37.81 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was d3. } (21. d3 Nd4) 21... Qf7?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Nb4+. } (21... Nb4+ 22. Kb3 Qb5 23. Rb1 Rf3+ 24. d3 Rxd3#) 22. Kb1 Rxh2?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qf3. } (22... Qf3 23. a3 Qd3+ 24. Ka2 Qc4+ 25. Kb1 Rf1 26. g5 Rxc1#) 23. b3 Qf2?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qf1. } (23... Qf1 24. a3 Qd3+ 25. Ka2 Qc2+ 26. Bb2 Qxb2#) 24. a4 Bxa1?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rh1. } (24... Rh1 25. Ka2 Rxc1 26. Rb1 Qxd2+ 27. Ka3 Rxb1 28. e5 Qb2#) 25. Kxa1 Rh1 26. Ka2 Qf1?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rxc1. } (26... Rxc1 27. Ka3 Qxd2 28. g5 Ra1#) 27. Ka3 Qxc1+ 28. Ka2 Qa1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1