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[Event "Philidor Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xDP6PIQ1"] [Date "2025.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Nichita_S"] [Black "mat_eo"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.28"] [UTCTime "17:23:02"] [WhiteElo "1307"] [BlackElo "1337"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+130"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6?! { (0.13 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O) 3. Nd5?? { (0.91 → -3.97) Blunder. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 Bb4) 3... exd5 4. exd5 Nb4 5. Bb5? { (-3.42 → -4.64) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (5. c4 Qh4) 5... a6?! { (-4.64 → -3.87) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf6. } (5... Nf6 6. d4 c6 7. Be2 Nbxd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 12. h3) 6. a3?? { (-3.87 → -9.77) Blunder. Best move was Be2. } (6. Be2 Nxd5 7. d4 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Bf3 Ngf6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 c6) 6... Nxd5?? { (-9.77 → -4.55) Blunder. Best move was axb5. } (6... axb5 7. Nf3 Nxd5 8. O-O c6 9. d3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Nd4 d5 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. Bxe7) 7. Nf3?? { (-4.55 → -9.75) Blunder. Best move was Be2. } (7. Be2 Nf4 8. Bf3 d5 9. d4 Ne6 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nf5 h6) 7... c6?? { (-9.75 → -4.32) Blunder. Best move was axb5. } (7... axb5 8. O-O c6 9. d3 Be7 10. Re1 Ngf6 11. c4 bxc4 12. dxc4 Nc7 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Qb3) 8. Qe2+?! { (-4.32 → -5.14) Inaccuracy. Best move was Be2. } (8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 Bc7 12. g3 Ne7 13. b4 d5 14. Bb2 Ng6) 8... Be7?! { (-5.14 → -4.60) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nge7. } (8... Nge7 9. Bc4 Nf4 10. Qe5 Ne6 11. Bxe6 dxe6 12. O-O Nf5 13. d4 Be7 14. c3 O-O 15. Re1) 9. g4?? { (-4.60 → -10.05) Blunder. Best move was Bc4. } (9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Re8 13. Qd1 d5 14. c3 Bd6 15. h3 Be6) 9... Ngf6? { (-10.05 → -7.38) Mistake. Best move was axb5. } (9... axb5 10. d3 b4 11. O-O Kf8 12. Re1 Bc5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Qd3 b5 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3) 10. Ne5? { (-7.38 → -10.46) Mistake. Best move was Ba4. } (10. Ba4 Nf4) 10... cxb5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 O-O 13. Qf1 b5 14. h4 bxa4 15. b3 axb3 16. cxb3 a5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Kd1 Ba6 19. Qg1 d6 20. Nd3?! { (-34.21 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nc4. } (20. Nc4 Qb8) 20... Bxd3 21. Qg3 Nb4 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Rh3 Qc7 24. Rxd3 Qc1+ 25. Ke2 Nxg4 26. Rd4 Ne5 27. Rg4 Nxg4 28. f3 Ne5?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rae8+. } (28... Rae8+ 29. Kd3 Nf2+ 30. Kd4 Qc5#) 29. f4 Ng4 30. Kf3 Rfe8?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qg1. } (30... Qg1 31. Ke4 Rae8+ 32. Kd3 Qc5 33. f5 Nf2#) 31. Kxg4 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 Re2 33. f5 Rxd2?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 1) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rh2#. } (33... Rh2#) 34. b4 Rd4?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rh2#. } (34... Rh2#) 35. bxa5 Qe3+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rd3#. } (35... Rd3#) 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Qc3?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 1) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qf2#. } (37... Qf2#) 38. Ke1 Qc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1