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7+2 • Rated •
Rapid
Marius (1098?)
+176
FRoman (1821)
−25
Black resigned • White is victorious
Balashov Arena
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[Event "Balashov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mPpPs8fA"] [Date "2020.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Marius"] [Black "FRoman"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.12"] [UTCTime "16:09:42"] [WhiteElo "1098"] [BlackElo "1821"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+176"] [BlackRatingDiff "-25"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4?! { (0.15 → -0.38) Inaccuracy. Best move was e4. } (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6) 1... Nf6 { A03 Bird Opening } 2. Nf3 d5?! { (-0.50 → 0.02) Inaccuracy. Best move was e6. } (2... e6 3. e3 Be7 4. b3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O d5 7. Bb2 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. cxd5) 3. Ng5? { (0.02 → -1.29) Mistake. Best move was e3. } (3. e3 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. b3 Bc5) 3... Bf5?! { (-1.29 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bg4. } (3... Bg4) 4. Nf3 Nc6?! { (-1.00 → -0.23) Inaccuracy. Best move was e6. } (4... e6 5. e3) 5. e3 Nb4?! { (-0.93 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. Best move was g6. } (5... g6 6. Bb5 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d3 c5 10. h3 c4 11. Nc3 cxd3 12. cxd3) 6. Bb5+? { (0.05 → -1.16) Mistake. Best move was d3. } (6. d3 e6 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. g4 Bxe5) 6... c6 7. Ba4 b5?! { (-1.14 → -0.44) Inaccuracy. Best move was h5. } (7... h5 8. O-O) 8. Bb3?! { (-0.44 → -1.28) Inaccuracy. Best move was a3. } (8. a3 Na6 9. Bb3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Ba2 Qb6 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Nc3 Ne6) 8... Be4? { (-1.28 → 0.48) Mistake. Best move was c5. } (8... c5) 9. Ng5? { (0.48 → -1.45) Mistake. Best move was O-O. } (9. O-O e6 10. a3 Na6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. d4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. c3 Qb7) 9... Bxg2 10. Rg1 Be4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qg4? { (-0.95 → -2.97) Mistake. Best move was Qe2. } (12. Qe2 e6 13. d3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. f5 a5) 12... c5? { (-2.97 → -1.46) Mistake. Best move was Nc5. } (12... Nc5 13. Kd1 a5 14. a3 Nbd3 15. Qe2 b4 16. Ba2 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Nc5 19. b4) 13. Qf3?? { (-1.46 → -5.36) Blunder. Best move was a3. } (13. a3 Nc6 14. d3 Nf6 15. Qg2 e6 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Ba4+ Nc6) 13... c4 14. d4?? { (-5.03 → -8.63) Blunder. Best move was c3. } (14. c3 Nd3+) 14... cxb3 15. cxb3? { (-8.73 → -10.50) Mistake. Best move was Na3. } (15. Na3 Qa5) 15... Nc2+ 16. Ke2 Nxa1 17. Rg5 Nxg5 18. Qg4 f6 19. Qf5 Qc7 20. Qd3 Qxc1 21. Kf2 Ne4+ 22. Kf3?! { (-28.66 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Kg2. } (22. Kg2) 22... Qf1+? { (Mate in 10 → -7.13) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qh1+. } (22... Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qg2+ 24. Ke1 Nc2+ 25. Kd1 Nf2+ 26. Kxc2 Nxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Rc8 28. Nd2 Rc1 29. e4) 23. Qxf1 Rc8?? { (-7.25 → -3.77) Blunder. Best move was Rb8. } (23... Rb8 24. Qc1) 24. Qxb5+ Kf7?? { (-3.58 → 0.85) Blunder. Best move was Kd8. } (24... Kd8 25. Qxd5+ Nd6 26. Na3 Rc7 27. Qa5 Kc8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. Qxb5 Kd8 30. Qb8+ Rc8 31. Qxa7) 25. Qxd5+ Ke8? { (0.37 → 2.78) Mistake. Best move was e6. } (25... e6) 26. Qb5+? { (2.78 → 0.55) Mistake. Best move was Qxe4. } (26. Qxe4 Rd8) 26... Kd8? { (0.55 → 1.69) Mistake. Best move was Kf7. } (26... Kf7 27. Qd5+ e6 28. Qxe4 f5 29. Qe5 Rd8 30. Qc7+ Be7 31. Qc1 Rc8 32. Nc3 Nxb3 33. axb3) 27. Qd5+?? { (1.69 → -3.86) Blunder. Best move was Kxe4. } (27. Kxe4 e6) 27... Ke8?? { (-3.86 → 2.74) Blunder. Best move was Nd6. } (27... Nd6) 28. Qxe4 Rc1? { (2.00 → 3.21) Mistake. Best move was Rd8. } (28... Rd8 29. Qe6) 29. Na3? { (3.21 → 0.92) Mistake. Best move was Nc3. } (29. Nc3) 29... Rf1+?? { (0.92 → 4.12) Blunder. Best move was Kf7. } (29... Kf7 30. d5) 30. Kg2?! { (4.12 → 3.25) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ke2. } (30. Ke2) 30... Rc1 31. Kf2?? { (3.43 → 0.00) Blunder. Best move was Qe6. } (31. Qe6) 31... Nc2?? { (0.00 → 4.90) Blunder. Best move was Kf7. } (31... Kf7 32. Qd5+ e6 33. Qd8 Bxa3 34. Qxh8 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Rxb2 36. Qxh7 Nc2 37. d5 exd5 38. Qh5+) 32. Ke2?? { (4.90 → -2.05) Blunder. Best move was Nxc2. } (32. Nxc2) 32... Re1+?? { (-2.05 → 5.00) Blunder. Best move was Nxa3. } (32... Nxa3 33. bxa3) 33. Kd2 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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FRoman
57½
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Marius
13½
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