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7+0 • Rated •
Blitz
mateipascu (1522)
−5
ioan20 (1804)
+5
Checkmate • Black is victorious
Karjakin Arena
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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5ii4c7Bl"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "mateipascu"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:22:29"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1804"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6?! { (0.00 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 Qe7+ 7. Be2) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5?! { (1.02 → 0.49) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Be3 a6 10. Rad1 Ng4) 4... Ng4? { (0.49 → 1.57) Mistake. Best move was Nd5. } (4... Nd5 5. d4) 5. h3? { (1.57 → -0.87) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (5. d4 d6) 5... Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nc6?! { (-1.09 → -0.42) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ng6. } (7... Ng6 8. h4) 8. Qe2? { (-0.42 → -3.07) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (8. d5) 8... Nxd4 9. Qe3?? { (-2.60 → -12.58) Blunder. Best move was Qd3. } (9. Qd3 c5) 9... Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxe3+ 11. Bxe3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Bd4 Qf5 15. Kd2 e5 16. Bd3 Qf4+ 17. Be3 Qa4 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. f3 Qd6+ 20. Bd3 f5 21. f4 e4 22. Ke2 Qxd3+ 23. Kf2 Qxc3 24. Rac1 Qb2+ 25. Bd2?! { (-18.33 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kg3. } (25. Kg3 Qxa3 26. Kf2 c6 27. Bc5 Qa2+ 28. Kg3 b6 29. Bd6 Kf7 30. Rhg1 Qe6 31. Rcd1 Ba6) 25... Qxd2+ 26. Kg3 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 Qxf4+ 28. Kg1 e3?! { (Mate in 7 → -78.07) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxc1+. } (28... Qxc1+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ 30. Kg3 Qe3+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 e3 33. h4 e2 34. g4 Qg3#) 29. Rf1 Qd4 30. Kh2 e2 31. Re1?! { (-33.83 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rf3. } (31. Rf3 Qe5+) 31... Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qd2 33. Kf2 Qd4+ 34. Kxe2?! { (-35.60 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kf3. } (34. Kf3 O-O) 34... O-O 35. Rd1 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Qe3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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