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10+0 • Rated •
CHESS960
Matei2018 (1729?)
+25
samii77r (1466?)
−49
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
25
Academie22 Arena
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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Rl1GDwCb"] [Date "2025.11.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "samii77r"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.04"] [UTCTime "17:33:55"] [WhiteElo "1729"] [BlackElo "1466"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+25"] [BlackRatingDiff "-49"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nqnbbrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQNBBRKR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nab3 d6?! { (-0.09 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (1... d5 2. d4 Nab6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd3 Be7 5. Be2 Nc4 6. Nd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Bb5 8. b3) 2. Nd4? { (0.52 → -0.94) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 Nab6 3. e4 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Nd3 Nd6 6. f4 exf4 7. e5 Ndc4 8. Bb4 c5) 2... c5?! { (-0.94 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (2... e5 3. Nf5 Nab6 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nxe7+ Bxe7 6. f4 exf4 7. Nd3 f5 8. exf5 Rxf5 9. Rxf4) 3. Nf5?! { (0.00 → -0.77) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf3. } (3. Nf3) 3... Ncb6?! { (-0.77 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. Best move was e6. } (3... e6 4. Ng3 Nc7 5. e3 Bc6 6. Nb3 b6 7. d3 f5 8. f4 Qb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3) 4. Nb3? { (0.21 → -0.87) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (4. e4) 4... Nc4? { (-0.87 → 0.54) Mistake. Best move was g6. } (4... g6 5. Ng3) 5. f4? { (0.54 → -0.87) Mistake. Best move was d3. } (5. d3 e6) 5... Ba4? { (-0.87 → 1.36) Mistake. Best move was e6. } (5... e6 6. Ng3) 6. Nc1? { (1.36 → -0.48) Mistake. Best move was d3. } (6. d3 Ncb6) 6... Nxd2?? { (-0.48 → 3.28) Blunder. Best move was Bc6. } (6... Bc6 7. b3 Ncb6 8. Qb2 f6 9. Ng3 f5 10. e3 Nd7 11. d4 e6 12. dxc5 Bf6 13. Bc3) 7. Bxd2 Bb5? { (2.85 → 4.79) Mistake. Best move was e6. } (7... e6) 8. Nb3? { (4.79 → 2.55) Mistake. Best move was c4. } (8. c4 Bd7 9. Bc3 Bxf5 10. Qxf5 h5 11. Qg5 e5 12. Qf5 Nb6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qc8) 8... Bc6? { (2.55 → 3.87) Mistake. Best move was e6. } (8... e6 9. Ne3 Nb6 10. f5 Re8 11. Na5 c4 12. c3 d5 13. b3 O-O 14. bxc4 Nxc4 15. Nexc4) 9. a3? { (3.87 → 2.78) Mistake. Best move was Na5. } (9. Na5 Bd7) 9... Qc8? { (2.78 → 4.26) Mistake. Best move was h5. } (9... h5 10. h4 e6 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Na5 Bb5 13. b3 d5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Ne4 cxb3 16. Qxb3) 10. c4 Qxf5?? { (3.91 → 12.75) Blunder. Best move was h5. } (10... h5 11. e4) 11. Qxf5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 d5 13. cxd5 e6 14. Qe5 f5 15. Qxe6+ Rf7 16. Nxc5 g6 17. Bc3 h5?! { (25.40 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nc7. } (17... Nc7 18. Qe3) 18. Qe8+ Rf8 19. Qe6+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxg6#. } (19. Qxg6#) 19... Rf7 20. Qxg6+?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qe8+. } (20. Qe8+ Kh7 21. Qxh8#) 20... Rg7 21. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Matei2018
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samii77r
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