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[Event "Nepomniachtchi Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/de0IpCZ4"] [Date "2024.11.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Maria09"] [Black "ArianaL"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.11.26"] [UTCTime "17:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+162"] [BlackRatingDiff "-163"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 Nc6?! { (0.09 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6) 3. Nc3?! { (1.03 → 0.32) Inaccuracy. Best move was a3. } (3. a3 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7) 3... Qf6? { (0.32 → 1.57) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (3... d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. h3) 4. Nf3?! { (1.57 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. Best move was e3. } (4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Qc2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Bd7 10. a3 a5) 4... Bd6? { (1.02 → 2.58) Mistake. Best move was Bb4. } (4... Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Bd2 Bd7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qg6 9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O Bh3 11. Nh4) 5. Bg5? { (2.58 → 1.43) Mistake. Best move was c5. } (5. c5 Bf4) 5... Qg6 6. e4?! { (2.05 → 1.55) Inaccuracy. Best move was c5. } (6. c5) 6... f5?! { (1.55 → 2.54) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bb4. } (6... Bb4 7. e5) 7. Bd3? { (2.54 → 0.88) Mistake. Best move was exf5. } (7. exf5 Qxf5 8. Bd3 Qf7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. c5 Be7 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. Nb5 Qh5) 7... fxe4? { (0.88 → 3.68) Mistake. Best move was Nxd4. } (7... Nxd4 8. h4) 8. Bxe4 Nb4?? { (3.84 → 13.73) Blunder. Best move was Qh5. } (8... Qh5 9. c5) 9. Bxg6+ hxg6 10. a3 Bf4 11. axb4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 b5 13. b3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nf6 15. Nf3 e5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. O-O Ba6 19. Rxa6 Nf5 20. Rxg6 O-O?! { (22.56 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rd8. } (20... Rd8 21. Ra6 O-O 22. g4 Ne7 23. Ng5 g6 24. Rxa7 d6 25. Ne6 Nc6 26. Rxc7 Nxe5 27. Nxd8) 21. Qd5+?! { (Mate in 8 → 26.78) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ng5. } (21. Ng5 Rf7 22. Qh5 c6 23. Nxf7 Rf8 24. Ng5 Ra8 25. Rf6 Nh6 26. Rxh6 gxh6 27. Qf7+ Kh8) 21... Kh7?! { (26.78 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kh8. } (21... Kh8 22. Qxd7) 22. Rg4 Rfe8?! { (33.59 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kh8. } (22... Kh8 23. Ng5) 23. Qxd7 Rad8 24. Qxf5+?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Ng5+. } (24. Ng5+ Kg6 25. Qf7+ Kh6 26. Qxf5 g6 27. Rh4+ Kg7 28. Qf7#) 24... g6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0