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7+2 • Rated •
Rapid
Dragos_B (987)
−9
Marius (1274?)
+27
Checkmate • Black is victorious
Balashov Arena
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[Event "Balashov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Iaygx6tM"] [Date "2020.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Dragos_B"] [Black "Marius"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.06.12"] [UTCTime "16:19:28"] [WhiteElo "987"] [BlackElo "1274"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+27"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Kadas Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4?! { (0.15 → -0.74) Inaccuracy. Best move was e4. } { A00 Kadas Opening } (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6) 1... Nc6? { (-0.74 → 0.28) Mistake. Best move was e5. } (1... e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3) 2. Rh3? { (0.28 → -2.24) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6) 2... Ne5? { (-2.24 → 0.37) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. Rh1) 3. Re3? { (0.37 → -1.84) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 Nc6) 3... Nc4? { (-1.84 → -0.58) Mistake. Best move was Ng4. } (3... Ng4 4. Rg3 N8f6 5. Nc3 d5 6. d4 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. f3 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1) 4. Rc3 Na5?! { (-0.79 → -0.04) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nd6. } (4... Nd6 5. Rf3) 5. Rc4?? { (-0.04 → -6.29) Blunder. Best move was e4. } (5. e4 e6) 5... Nxc4 6. h5?! { (-6.11 → -6.97) Inaccuracy. Best move was e4. } (6. e4 d5 7. d4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. Nf3 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bg4) 6... Nf6?! { (-6.97 → -6.31) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nb6. } (6... Nb6 7. e4 d5 8. e5 d4 9. d3 Nh6 10. Be2 Qd5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. c4 Qe6 13. Na3) 7. h6? { (-6.31 → -7.45) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (7. e4 d5) 7... gxh6?! { (-7.45 → -6.85) Inaccuracy. Best move was g6. } (7... g6 8. e4 Nb6 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nbxd5 11. c4 Nb4 12. a3 Nc6 13. Nf3 e5 14. Bg5) 8. Nh3? { (-6.85 → -7.96) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (8. e4 d5 9. Nc3 c6 10. d4 Qb6 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. a4 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Nh3 Bc5) 8... Ng4? { (-7.96 → -6.83) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (8... d5) 9. Ng5?? { (-6.83 → -11.20) Blunder. Best move was e4. } (9. e4 d5) 9... hxg5 10. a4 Rg8 11. Ra3 Rg6 12. Rd3 Nce5 13. Rh3 Rh6 14. Rxh6 Nxh6 15. a5 Nc6 16. a6 bxa6 17. Na3 g4 18. Nb5 axb5 19. g3 Nf5 20. b3 Na5 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bh3 Nxb4 23. Bxg4 Nh6 24. Bxd7+ Bxd7 25. Bb2 Qb8 26. Be5 Qb6 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. g4?! { (-25.16 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was c3. } (28. c3 Nd5 29. Qc2 Nf6 30. Kd1 Qc5 31. d4 Qc6 32. f3 Nf5 33. Qd3 Nxg3 34. Kc2 O-O-O) 28... Qb6?! { (Mate in 9 → -35.79) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Nxc2+. } (28... Nxc2+ 29. Qxc2 Qxc2 30. f3 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qxd2 32. Kf1 Qe3 33. Ke1 Rc8 34. Kf1 Rc2 35. f4) 29. g5 Qg6 30. gxh6?! { (-33.99 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was d3. } (30. d3 Qxg5) 30... Qxh6?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 10) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qg1#. } (30... Qg1#) 31. Qb1 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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Marius
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Dragos_B
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