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7+0 • Rated •
Blitz
EdChiriac (1243)
−9
Ionela2013 (1333)
+18
Checkmate • Black is victorious
Zukertort Arena
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[Event "Zukertort Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/x8p49Fnm"] [Date "2025.11.13"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "Ionela2013"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.13"] [UTCTime "17:20:17"] [WhiteElo "1243"] [BlackElo "1333"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+18"] [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... Qe7? { (-0.61 → 0.90) Mistake. Best move was d5. } (2... d5 3. Bb3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Ne2 c6 7. Bf4) 3. Bxf7+?? { (0.90 → -4.36) Blunder. Best move was e4. } (3. e4) 3... Qxf7 4. Qg4? { (-3.59 → -5.74) Mistake. Best move was d4. } (4. d4 Nc6) 4... Qe7? { (-5.74 → -3.74) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (4... Nc6 5. f4 Nb4 6. Na3 d5 7. Qg3 e4 8. Ne2 Nh6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 Nf5 11. b3) 5. Qxd7+?? { (-3.74 → -16.61) Blunder. Best move was Nc3. } (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qc4 d6 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. d3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Be7) 5... Qxd7 6. b3 Qb5 7. c4 Qc5 8. b4 Qxb4 9. c5 Qxc5 10. d4 Qxc1+ 11. Ke2 Qb2+ 12. Kf3 Qxa1 13. dxe5 Qxb1 14. Nh3?! { (-41.96 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was a3. } (14. a3 Qd1+) 14... Qxh1 15. Nf4?! { (-46.25 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Ng5. } (15. Ng5 Qd1+ 16. Ke4 Qb1+ 17. Kf3 Qf5+ 18. Ke2 Qxg5 19. Kf1 Qxe5 20. h3 Qd5 21. g4 Qh1+) 15... Qa1?! { (Mate in 7 → -43.73) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qd1+. } (15... Qd1+ 16. Ke4 g6 17. g4 Bxg4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. h3 Rxh3 20. e6 Bd6 21. f4 Bf3#) 16. Ne2?! { (-43.73 → Mate in 20) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was g4. } (16. g4 g5) 16... Qxe5 17. e4?! { (-45.53 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nf4. } (17. Nf4 g5) 17... Qxh2?! { (Mate in 7 → -47.01) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Nf6. } (17... Nf6 18. Ke3 Qxe4+ 19. Kd2 Bb4+ 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. f4 Qxg2+ 22. Kd1 Bc2+ 23. Kc1 Ba3#) 18. g3?! { (-47.01 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nd4. } (18. Nd4 Nh6) 18... Qh6 19. g4 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qxa2 21. Nd3 Bxg4+ 22. Kxg4 Bc5 23. Nxc5 Qxf2 24. Kh3 Qxc5?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Nf6. } (24... Nf6 25. Nd3 Qg1 26. Nf2 g5 27. e5 Nh5 28. Nd3 Qg3#) 25. e5 Qxe5?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 5) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qg1. } (25... Qg1 26. Kh4 Nh6 27. Kh3 Nf5 28. e6 Qg3#) 26. Kh4 Qh2+?! { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qe3. } (26... Qe3 27. Kg4 h5+ 28. Kf5 Ne7#) 27. Kg4 Nc6 28. Kf5 Rd8?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qh4. } (28... Qh4 29. Ke6 Qe4#) 29. Ke6 Nb8?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 3) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Nd4#. } (29... Nd4#) 30. Kf5 Qf2+ 31. Ke5 Rd3?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Nc6+. } (31... Nc6+ 32. Ke4 Nf6#) 32. Ke4 Rd2?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rd4+. } (32... Rd4+ 33. Ke5 Qf6#) 33. Ke5 Rd1?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Nc6+. } (33... Nc6+ 34. Ke4 Nf6#) 34. Ke6 Qe2+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qf6#. } (34... Qf6#) 35. Kf5 Rf1+?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rd4. } (35... Rd4 36. Kg5 Qg4#) 36. Kg5 Qg2+ 37. Kh5 Rh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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Ionela2013
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