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10+0 • Rated •
CHESS960
Contautomat2002 (1757?)
+98
Matei2018 (1754?)
−50
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
839
Academie22 Arena
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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/g6DxsuY2"] [Date "2025.11.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Contautomat2002"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.04"] [UTCTime "17:39:57"] [WhiteElo "1757"] [BlackElo "1754"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+98"] [BlackRatingDiff "-50"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rkbnrqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNRQNB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nf3?! { (0.15 → -0.56) Inaccuracy. Best move was e4. } (1. e4) 1... Nf6?! { (-0.56 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (1... e5 2. e4 g6 3. d3 f5 4. g3 d6 5. a4 Ne7 6. Ra3 Bg7 7. Bg2 a6 8. Ne3) 2. Nc3?! { (0.39 → -0.21) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 Ne4) 2... Nc6?! { (-0.21 → 0.40) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (2... e5 3. e4 d6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 a5 7. a4 f5 8. Nd5 Ne6 9. Ra3) 3. d4 d6?! { (-0.04 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (3... d5) 4. Bg5?! { (0.59 → -0.34) Inaccuracy. Best move was d5. } (4. d5 Nb4) 4... Ng4? { (-0.34 → 1.05) Mistake. Best move was g6. } (4... g6 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Rxe5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 Rh5 10. h4 Nb6 11. O-O-O) 5. h3 Nf6?! { (0.48 → 1.22) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nh6. } (5... Nh6) 6. Bxf6? { (1.22 → 0.00) Mistake. Best move was e4. } (6. e4 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. g4 g6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O-O f5 11. exf5 Nxf3 12. Bxf3 e4) 6... exf6?! { (0.00 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. Best move was gxf6. } (6... gxf6 7. e3 Bd7 8. g3 f5 9. O-O-O O-O-O 10. Nd2 Kb8 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nb3 Bf6 13. a3) 7. g4 f5 8. gxf5?! { (0.42 → -0.10) Inaccuracy. Best move was g5. } (8. g5 g6) 8... Bxf5 9. d5? { (0.36 → -0.71) Mistake. Best move was e3. } (9. e3 Bd7 10. O-O-O g6 11. Kb1 a6 12. Qc4 f5 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qa3 Nc6) 9... Nb4?! { (-0.71 → -0.10) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne7. } (9... Ne7) 10. a3?? { (-0.10 → -4.28) Blunder. Best move was e4. } (10. e4 Bd7) 10... Bxc2+?? { (-4.28 → 2.30) Blunder. Best move was Nxc2. } (10... Nxc2 11. Ka2 Qe7 12. Rec1 Nxa1 13. Kxa1 a6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 Qe3 17. Nc2) 11. Kc1 Bf5? { (1.46 → 2.83) Mistake. Best move was Nxd5. } (11... Nxd5 12. Kxc2) 12. e4? { (2.83 → 0.42) Mistake. Best move was axb4. } (12. axb4 g6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Nd2 a6 15. f4 O-O 16. Bf3 Qh4 17. Bg2 Bf6 18. Nce4 Bg7) 12... Bc8? { (0.42 → 2.95) Mistake. Best move was Bxh3. } (12... Bxh3 13. Qxh3) 13. axb4 a5? { (2.54 → 4.83) Mistake. Best move was g6. } (13... g6 14. Nd2 f5 15. f4 Bg7 16. b5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Re7 18. Kc2 Rf7 19. f5 Be5 20. Qc4) 14. bxa5? { (4.83 → 3.73) Mistake. Best move was Rxa5. } (14. Rxa5 Rxa5 15. bxa5 g6 16. Qc4 Qe7 17. Bg2 Qd8 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Bf1 f5) 14... b6?? { (3.73 → 8.81) Blunder. Best move was g6. } (14... g6 15. Kc2) 15. a6? { (8.81 → 6.04) Mistake. Best move was Nd4. } (15. Nd4) 15... Bxa6?? { (6.04 → 10.54) Blunder. Best move was g6. } (15... g6 16. Qc4) 16. Nb5?? { (10.54 → 2.13) Blunder. Best move was Rxa6. } (16. Rxa6) 16... Bxb5?? { (2.13 → 8.34) Blunder. Best move was g6. } (16... g6 17. Qc4) 17. Qxb5?? { (8.34 → -5.47) Blunder. Best move was Rxa8+. } (17. Rxa8+) 17... Rxe4?? { (-5.47 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rxa1+. } (17... Rxa1+) 18. Rxe4?! { (Mate in 8 → 14.16) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Rxa8+. } (18. Rxa8+ Kxa8 19. Rxe4 Kb8 20. Ra4 g6 21. Qc6 Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Qc1+ 23. Kxc1 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Kc8) 18... Rxa1+ 19. Kc2 Rxh1?! { (11.92 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was g6. } (19... g6 20. Re8+) 20. Nd4?! { (Mate in 8 → 15.03) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ra4. } (20. Ra4 Ra1 21. Rxa1 Qe7 22. Nd4 Qe4+ 23. Kb3 Qd3+ 24. Qxd3 Kc8 25. Ra8+ Kd7 26. Qf5+ Ke7) 20... Rxh3?! { (15.03 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ra1. } (20... Ra1 21. Re8+ Qxe8 22. Qxe8+ Kb7 23. Nb5 Ra7 24. Qxf7 Ka6 25. Nxa7 Kxa7 26. Qxc7+ Ka6 27. Qc8+) 21. Nc6+?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qa6. } (21. Qa6 Rc3+ 22. bxc3 c6 23. dxc6 Qc8 24. Re8 Qxe8 25. Qb7#) 21... Kb7 22. Qa4?! { (Mate in 5 → 14.16) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ra4. } (22. Ra4 Rc3+ 23. bxc3 Kc8 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25. Rxf8 f6 26. Rd8#) 22... Qa8 23. Qb4?? { (13.31 → 0.00) Blunder. Best move was Na5+. } (23. Na5+) 23... f5 24. Re7 Qf8?? { (0.00 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qa2. } (24... Qa2 25. Nd8+ Kb8 26. Nc6+) 25. Rd7? { (Mate in 9 → 8.45) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qa4. } (25. Qa4 Qxe7 26. Nxe7 Rh4 27. Qxh4 f4 28. Qh3 b5 29. Qc8+ Kb6 30. b4 g5 31. Qb8+ Ka6) 25... Qf7? { (8.45 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qe8. } (25... Qe8 26. Re7) 26. Qa4?? { (Mate in 7 → -6.97) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Rxf7. } (26. Rxf7 Rh2 27. Qa4 Rxf2+ 28. Kb1 Rf1+ 29. Ka2 Ra1+ 30. Kxa1 b5 31. Qxb5+ Kc8 32. Qa6#) 26... Qxd7?? { (-6.97 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qxd5. } (26... Qxd5 27. Qa6+ Kxc6 28. Qa8+ Kc5 29. Rxc7+ Kd4 30. Qxd5+ Kxd5 31. Rc8 Rf3 32. Rxh8 h6 33. Rh7) 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Contautomat2002
24½
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Matei2018
10½
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