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7+0 • Rated •
CHESS960
VictorPopescu (1709?)
+69
M35 (1502?)
−66
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
473
M35 Arena
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[Event "M35 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/srMYzOV6"] [Date "2024.12.03"] [Round "-"] [White "VictorPopescu"] [Black "M35"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.12.03"] [UTCTime "16:45:07"] [WhiteElo "1709"] [BlackElo "1502"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+69"] [BlackRatingDiff "-66"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rnnbbkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNBBKRQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. g3 e5? { (-0.11 → 1.31) Mistake. Best move was c6. } (1... c6 2. e4) 2. Qf3? { (1.31 → -0.71) Mistake. Best move was Qxb7. } (2. Qxb7 Nb6) 2... f6? { (-0.71 → 1.31) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (2... Nc6 3. g4 g5 4. Nc3 Nd6 5. e4 Nd4 6. Qh3 Ne6 7. Qh6+ Qg7 8. Qxg7+ Kxg7 9. d3) 3. Qa3+? { (1.31 → -0.93) Mistake. Best move was Qxb7. } (3. Qxb7) 3... d6?! { (-0.93 → -0.20) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nd6. } (3... Nd6 4. c4 Be7 5. Qf3 Nxc4 6. Qxb7 Nb6 7. Qg2 Bf7 8. Nc3 d5 9. e3 Nc6 10. O-O) 4. c3? { (-0.20 → -1.42) Mistake. Best move was f4. } (4. f4 Bd7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bf2 Na5 7. Qf3 Bh3+ 8. Ke1 h5 9. fxe5 g5 10. e4 Bg4) 4... h5? { (-1.42 → 0.07) Mistake. Best move was Be7. } (4... Be7 5. Bb3 Nb6 6. Bxg8 d5 7. b4 Qxg8 8. Nb3 Bd7 9. O-O Bh3 10. Qb2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1) 5. Bb3 Ne7? { (-0.49 → 0.83) Mistake. Best move was Nb6. } (5... Nb6 6. Bxg8) 6. Nd3? { (0.83 → -0.27) Mistake. Best move was Bxg8. } (6. Bxg8) 6... h4? { (-0.27 → 0.91) Mistake. Best move was Bd7. } (6... Bd7 7. Bxg8) 7. gxh4?! { (0.91 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was f4. } (7. f4) 7... Qxh4 8. f3? { (0.00 → -1.97) Mistake. Best move was Bxg8. } (8. Bxg8 Qxh2 9. Be6 f5 10. Qb3 Qh3+ 11. Rg2 Qh1+ 12. Rg1 Qh3+) 8... Qh3+ 9. Rg2 Nf5?? { (-1.95 → 1.88) Blunder. Best move was Rh8. } (9... Rh8) 10. Nf2?! { (1.88 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bxg8. } (10. Bxg8 Kxg8 11. Qb3+ Kf8 12. Qxb7 Bc6 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Kg1 Ne7 15. Na3 Be6 16. Qb7 Bd5) 10... Qh4?! { (0.93 → 1.88) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qh7. } (10... Qh7 11. Bxg8) 11. Ng4? { (1.88 → 0.70) Mistake. Best move was Bxg8. } (11. Bxg8 Kxg8 12. e4 Ne7 13. Ng4 Qg5 14. Qb3+ Kf8 15. Qxb7 Bc6 16. Qb3 Qh5 17. d4 Nd7) 11... Ne3+?? { (0.70 → 6.66) Blunder. Best move was Qh7. } (11... Qh7 12. Bxg8 Qxg8 13. Qb3 Qh7 14. e4 Ne7 15. d3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Qh3 17. Nd2 Nc6 18. Kg1) 12. dxe3 Qg5? { (6.15 → 7.52) Mistake. Best move was Qh7. } (12... Qh7 13. Bxg8 Qxg8 14. e4 Qh7 15. Nd2 Qh3 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. O-O-O Ne6 19. Qb4) 13. Nxe5?? { (7.52 → 3.93) Blunder. Best move was Bxg8. } (13. Bxg8) 13... Qxe5 14. Bg3? { (3.97 → 2.46) Mistake. Best move was Bxg8. } (14. Bxg8 Kxg8 15. Qb3+ Kf8 16. Qxb7 Bc6 17. Qb4 f5 18. Na3 Nd7 19. Bg3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5) 14... Qxe3 15. Bc4?? { (2.87 → -0.95) Blunder. Best move was Bxg8. } (15. Bxg8) 15... Be7?? { (-0.95 → 2.70) Blunder. Best move was Rh8. } (15... Rh8 16. Bd5 Qc1+ 17. Kf2 f5 18. b3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Nc6 20. Nb5 Bf7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd4) 16. Bxg8 Qc1+ 17. Be1 d5? { (2.23 → 4.64) Mistake. Best move was Kxg8. } (17... Kxg8 18. Qb3+ Kf8 19. Qxb7 Bc6 20. Qc8+ Kf7 21. Qf5 Bf8 22. c4 Nd7 23. Qa5 Nb6 24. Qd2) 18. Qb3 Bg6?? { (4.33 → 12.89) Blunder. Best move was Kxg8. } (18... Kxg8 19. Qxd5+) 19. Rxg6 Bc5?! { (12.03 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nd7. } (19... Nd7 20. Qxd5) 20. Qxd5 Ke8 21. Rxg7 Nc6 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Bh7?! { (Mate in 1 → 29.19) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd7#. } (23. Qd7#) 23... Qe3?! { (29.19 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ne7. } (23... Ne7 24. Qf8+) 24. Rg8+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd7#. } (24. Qd7#) 24... Bf8 25. Rxf8+ Qe8 26. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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M35
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VictorPopescu
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