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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ur42c2VN"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Kittykatbot"] [Black "EdChiriac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:58:01"] [WhiteElo "1860"] [BlackElo "1707"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-25"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzo-Larsen Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. b3 { A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack } e6 2. Bb2?! { (0.33 → -0.31) Inaccuracy. Best move was e3. } (2. e3 c5 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c4 O-O) 2... Bb4?? { (-0.31 → 7.83) Blunder. Best move was Nf6. } (2... Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nbd2) 3. g3?? { (7.83 → 0.20) Blunder. Best move was Bxg7. } (3. Bxg7) 3... Qf6?? { (0.20 → 8.60) Blunder. Best move was Nf6. } (3... Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c3 Ba5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3) 4. Bxf6 Nxf6 5. Bg2 Na6 6. Nc3 b6? { (8.36 → 12.73) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (6... d5 7. a3 Be7 8. d4 c6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. e3 Nc7 11. Nf3 Nce8 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nd3) 7. a3? { (12.73 → 8.50) Mistake. Best move was Bxa8. } (7. Bxa8 c6 8. e3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 O-O 10. Qf3 Nc7 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Qxc6 Na6 13. Ne2 Nc5) 7... Rb8? { (8.50 → 13.86) Mistake. Best move was Bxc3. } (7... Bxc3 8. dxc3 d5 9. c4 Bb7 10. Qd4 Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. c4 Bb7 14. Nf3) 8. axb4 Nxb4 9. Rxa7 Bb7 10. Rxb7 Rxb7 11. Bxb7 Na6 12. Bxa6 c6 13. Qa1 d6 14. Bb7 g6 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. Qa7+ Kf8 17. Nf3 Kg7?! { (29.31 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was h6. } (17... h6 18. Qb8+) 18. Kf1?! { (Mate in 9 → 28.96) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ng5. } (18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Qe7 Kg8 20. Qxf6 h6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Rf7) 18... Kg8?! { (28.96 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rf8. } (18... Rf8 19. Nb5) 19. Kg2?! { (Mate in 6 → 36.84) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ng5. } (19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Qxd7 Kg7 21. Nxe6+ Kh6 22. Qxf7 b5 23. Qg7+ Kh5 24. Bf3#) 19... Kg7?! { (36.84 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was h6. } (19... h6 20. Qe7) 20. h4?! { (Mate in 8 → 27.93) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Ng5. } (20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Qe7 h5 22. Nxe6+ Kh7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxf8 fxe6 25. Ra1 Ng5 26. Ra7+ Nf7) 20... Nd5?! { (27.93 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rf8. } (20... Rf8 21. Ng5) 21. Ng5 Nxc3 22. Qxf7+ Kh6 23. Qf4?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qf6. } (23. Qf6 Nd5 24. Nf7+ Kh5 25. Qg5#) 23... Kh5 24. Nf7 e5 25. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0