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[Event "Topalov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QDAkbykc"] [Date "2025.03.08"] [Round "-"] [White "StopChiting"] [Black "razvan9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.08"] [UTCTime "17:57:08"] [WhiteElo "1902"] [BlackElo "1584"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4?! { (0.53 → -0.09) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne2. } { B20 Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack } (2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qe5+) 2... e6 3. Nf3 Nc6?! { (-0.36 → 0.38) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf6. } (3... Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Bb5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb4 8. d3) 4. d4?! { (0.38 → -0.40) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qe2. } (4. Qe2) 4... cxd4?! { (-0.40 → 0.41) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (4... d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Nd4) 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5?! { (-0.30 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (6... d5 7. exd5) 7. Be3? { (0.42 → -1.45) Mistake. Best move was Nxc6. } (7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd6 11. a4 Kc7 12. O-O-O a6 13. a5 Rd8) 7... a6?? { (-1.45 → 4.42) Blunder. Best move was Qb6. } (7... Qb6 8. Nxc6) 8. Nxc6 dxc6? { (4.06 → 6.63) Mistake. Best move was Qb6. } (8... Qb6 9. Na4) 9. Bxc5?! { (6.63 → 5.87) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qxd8+. } (9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc5 b5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Ke8 13. Bd6 c5 14. Rd2 Bb7 15. Rhd1 Bc6) 9... Nd7? { (5.87 → 7.24) Mistake. Best move was Qxd1+. } (9... Qxd1+) 10. Ba3? { (7.24 → 4.56) Mistake. Best move was Bd6. } (10. Bd6 b5) 10... Nb6? { (4.56 → 7.28) Mistake. Best move was b5. } (10... b5 11. Be2) 11. Bb3? { (7.28 → 5.89) Mistake. Best move was Qxd8+. } (11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Nd7 13. Bd6 b5 14. Be2 a5 15. e5 Nb6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Bh5 g6) 11... e5?? { (5.89 → 9.93) Blunder. Best move was Qxd1+. } (11... Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Nd7 13. Bd6 h5 14. a4 b6 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. O-O b5 17. f3 Nb6 18. axb5) 12. Qh5 g6?! { (9.29 → 19.67) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qf6. } (12... Qf6 13. Rd1) 13. Qxe5+ Kd7?! { (19.10 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be6. } (13... Be6 14. Qxh8+) 14. O-O-O+ Nd5 15. exd5?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Nxd5. } (15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kc7 17. Qe5+ Kb6 18. Qc5#) 15... cxd5 16. Rxd5+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxd5+. } (16. Qxd5+ Kc7 17. Qe5+ Kb6 18. Qc5#) 16... Kc6 17. Rxd8?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rd6+. } (17. Rd6+ Kc7 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Qe7#) 17... Rxd8 18. Qc5+ Kd7 19. Rd1+ Ke8 20. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0