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[Event "Topalov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/S87GsMY7"] [Date "2025.03.08"] [Round "-"] [White "ghbzslzbvgnlkzbv"] [Black "leonid"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.08"] [UTCTime "17:25:06"] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1334"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6?! { (0.22 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5) 3. Nxe5 Nxe4?! { (0.50 → 1.07) Inaccuracy. Best move was d6. } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nc3) 4. Qe2 Qe7 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit } 5. Qxe4 Qxe5?? { (0.72 → 13.99) Blunder. Best move was d6. } (5... d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Nb5) 6. Qxe5+ Kd8 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qg5+ Ke8 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Re1+ Kd7 14. d4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bg5 a5?! { (21.04 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kc6. } (16... Kc6 17. Ne4) 17. Rad1+ Kc6 18. Rd5 Bb4?! { (33.51 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Be3. } (18... Be3 19. Qxf8) 19. Qd4 Rg8 20. a3?! { (Mate in 5 → 26.80) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qc4+. } (20. Qc4+ Kb6 21. Be3+ c5 22. Bxc5+ Kc7 23. Nb5+ Kb8 24. Qf4#) 20... Bf8?! { (26.80 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was b6. } (20... b6) 21. Be3?! { (Mate in 5 → 31.34) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qa4+. } (21. Qa4+ Kb6 22. Rb5+ Kc6 23. Rxa5+ b5 24. Qxb5+ Kd6 25. Bf4#) 21... Be6?! { (31.34 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was b6. } (21... b6) 22. Qc4+ Bc5 23. Qxc5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0