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7+2 • Rated •
Rapid
Marius (1301?)
+47
Dominic (1198)
−11
Checkmate • White is victorious
Balashov Arena
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[Event "Balashov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/n9Mvynl8"] [Date "2020.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Marius"] [Black "Dominic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.12"] [UTCTime "16:24:08"] [WhiteElo "1301"] [BlackElo "1198"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+47"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nf3 e6 { A04 Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation } 2. Ng5?? { (0.45 → -4.63) Blunder. Best move was d4. } (2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5) 2... Qxg5 3. Na3? { (-3.98 → -5.09) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 Qh5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 Nc6 6. h4 Nd5 7. e3 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nf6 9. c4 d5) 3... Be7?! { (-5.09 → -4.42) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bxa3. } (3... Bxa3 4. bxa3 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. d3 Qe5 7. Rb1 d5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3) 4. Nc4?! { (-4.42 → -5.21) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (4. d4) 4... Qh5 5. Ne5?? { (-4.74 → -9.82) Blunder. Best move was d4. } (5. d4 Nf6 6. c3 d6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ba6) 5... Bh4?? { (-9.82 → -4.20) Blunder. Best move was Qxe5. } (5... Qxe5 6. d4 Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. c3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 a5 12. O-O) 6. Nf3 Bxf2+? { (-4.51 → -1.53) Mistake. Best move was Be7. } (6... Be7) 7. Kxf2 d5?! { (-2.11 → -1.23) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (7... Nc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Kg1 d6 11. g4 Qc5+ 12. d4 Qa5 13. Rh2 e5 14. c3) 8. b3?! { (-1.23 → -1.95) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (8. d4 Nf6) 8... e5?! { (-1.95 → -1.17) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf6. } (8... Nf6 9. Bb2) 9. Ba3? { (-1.17 → -2.70) Mistake. Best move was Bb2. } (9. Bb2) 9... Bg4? { (-2.70 → -1.28) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (9... Nc6) 10. Nxe5?? { (-1.28 → -6.03) Blunder. Best move was h3. } (10. h3) 10... Qh4+?? { (-6.03 → 0.46) Blunder. Best move was Qxe5. } (10... Qxe5 11. d4) 11. Kg1 Bf5?! { (0.03 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf6. } (11... Nf6 12. Qe1) 12. Bc5? { (0.59 → -0.56) Mistake. Best move was e3. } (12. e3 Qf6) 12... b6 13. Bf2 Qe4? { (-0.67 → 0.57) Mistake. Best move was Qe7. } (13... Qe7 14. Bg3 Nf6 15. e3 O-O 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qf1 Qe6 19. h3 f6 20. Nc4) 14. Nf3? { (0.57 → -0.43) Mistake. Best move was Bg3. } (14. Bg3) 14... Qe7?! { (-0.43 → 0.20) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf6. } (14... Nf6 15. h3) 15. Nd4 Qf6? { (-0.16 → 0.98) Mistake. Best move was Nh6. } (15... Nh6 16. e3 O-O 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Re1 Nd7 21. e4 Ne7 22. Bxc4) 16. Nb5?! { (0.98 → 0.48) Inaccuracy. Best move was c4. } (16. c4 Ne7) 16... Nc6?? { (0.48 → 4.76) Blunder. Best move was Na6. } (16... Na6 17. Nc3 d4 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Bxa6 Bxd5 21. Qe1 Qe6 22. Bxd4 Ne7 23. Qxe6) 17. Nxc7+ Kd8? { (4.90 → 6.65) Mistake. Best move was Kf8. } (17... Kf8 18. Nxa8) 18. Nxa8 Nd4? { (6.38 → 8.41) Mistake. Best move was h5. } (18... h5 19. c4) 19. Nxb6? { (8.41 → 6.30) Mistake. Best move was e3. } (19. e3 Ne6 20. a4 Ne7 21. a5 b5 22. Bxb5 Nc5 23. e4 Nxe4 24. Bxa7 Nc8 25. Be3 d4) 19... Nh6?? { (6.30 → 11.21) Blunder. Best move was axb6. } (19... axb6 20. c3) 20. Nxd5 Ng4 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Bxa7 Re8 24. Bb6+ Ke7 25. Bc5+ Ke6 26. Bd4 Be4 27. Bxe5 Kxe5 28. e3 Rg8 29. Qc1 Rg4 30. Qb2+ Kf5 31. a4 Rxg2+?! { (25.16 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ke6. } (31... Ke6 32. h4) 32. Bxg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 h5 34. a5?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Raf1+. } (34. Raf1+ Ke6 35. Qxf6+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kd8 37. Qg7 h4 38. Rf8#) 34... Ke6 35. a6 Kd7 36. a7 Kc7 37. a8=Q Kb6 38. Qf3?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxf6+. } (38. Qxf6+ Kc7 39. Ra7#) 38... h4 39. Qfxf6+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd4+. } (39. Qd4+ Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kb8 41. Qb7#) 39... Kc5 40. Qf5+?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qbd4+. } (40. Qbd4+ Kb5 41. Qa6#) 40... Kb6 41. Qa3?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd4+. } (41. Qd4+ Kb7 42. Qxf7+ Kc6 43. Qfd7#) 41... Kc6 42. Qa6+ Kc7 43. Qxf7+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 1) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qfc8#. } (43. Qfc8#) 43... Kd8 44. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Marius
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Dominic
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