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7+0 • Rated •
Blitz
EdChiriac (1279)
−10
Markits (1357)
+10
Checkmate • Black is victorious
Holt Arena
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[Event "Holt Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lnrFFrqQ"] [Date "2025.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:37:48"] [WhiteElo "1279"] [BlackElo "1357"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bc4? { (0.41 → -0.61) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 exd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be6) 2... Qf6? { (-0.61 → 0.86) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. Bb3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Ne2 c6 7. Bf4) 3. Qe2? { (0.86 → -0.30) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 exd4 4. exd4 c6 5. Qe2+ Qe7 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nc3 Bg4) 3... d5? { (-0.30 → 1.18) Mistake. Best move was Ne7. } (3... Ne7 4. e4) 4. Bb3? { (1.18 → -0.44) Mistake. Best move was Bxd5. } (4. Bxd5 Qg6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bd2 a5 10. Nh4 Qg4) 4... c5? { (-0.44 → 1.34) Mistake. Best move was Ne7. } (4... Ne7) 5. Bxd5?! { (1.34 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc3. } (5. Nc3 Ne7) 5... Be6?? { (0.75 → 8.88) Blunder. Best move was Bd6. } (5... Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bb3 Qg6 8. Nf3 Nbc6 9. d3 Be6 10. Ne4 Bxb3 11. axb3 f5 12. Nh4) 6. Bb3?? { (8.88 → 0.87) Blunder. Best move was Bxb7. } (6. Bxb7) 6... Bxb3 7. axb3 Nc6 8. Nh3?! { (1.40 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Best move was d3. } (8. d3 Bd6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. O-O f5 13. Nh4 Qh6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6) 8... O-O-O?! { (0.75 → 1.66) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qg6. } (8... Qg6 9. O-O) 9. Rxa7?? { (1.66 → -3.73) Blunder. Best move was O-O. } (9. O-O Kb8) 9... Nxa7 10. Nc3? { (-3.50 → -5.03) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (10. O-O) 10... Qf5? { (-5.03 → -3.30) Mistake. Best move was Qg6. } (10... Qg6) 11. Nb5?? { (-3.30 → -6.45) Blunder. Best move was e4. } (11. e4) 11... Nxb5 12. Qxb5 Be7? { (-6.33 → -4.78) Mistake. Best move was Qxc2. } (12... Qxc2) 13. f3? { (-4.78 → -6.48) Mistake. Best move was d3. } (13. d3) 13... Qg5?? { (-6.48 → 9.18) Blunder. Best move was Qxc2. } (13... Qxc2 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. bxc4 Nf6 16. Ke2 Rd6 17. d3 Rb6 18. Nf2 Kc7 19. Nd1 Ra6 20. Re1) 14. f4?? { (9.18 → -8.25) Blunder. Best move was Nxg5. } (14. Nxg5) 14... Qxg2 15. Rf1? { (-7.95 → -11.15) Mistake. Best move was Nf2. } (15. Nf2) 15... Qxh3 16. Ke2 Qg4+ 17. Ke1 Bh4+ 18. Rf2 Qg1+ 19. Ke2?! { (-19.55 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qf1. } (19. Qf1 Bxf2+ 20. Ke2 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bxe3 22. dxe3 Rd1+ 23. Ke2 Rxc1 24. c3 exf4 25. h4 fxe3) 19... Qxf2+ 20. Kd1 Qe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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EdChiriac
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Markits
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