FEN
[Event "July Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/0MZ3Tafy"]
[Date "2026.07.12"]
[White "Mark-David"]
[Black "James8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.07.12"]
[UTCTime "19:19:38"]
[WhiteElo "1182"]
[BlackElo "824"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense, Declined Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense, Declined Variation } Nb4? { (0.53 → 1.94) Mistake. e5 was best. } (2... e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. Bc2) 3. d4 b5?? { (1.98 → 5.22) Blunder. d6 was best. } (3... d6 4. a3) 4. Bxb5 Rb8 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bc4 Rb7?! { (5.62 → 7.75) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (6... e6 7. a3) 7. Bf4?! { (7.75 → 4.55) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (7. a3 d5) 7... Nd3+? { (4.55 → 10.30) Mistake. d5 was best. } (7... d5 8. a3) 8. cxd3 Rb6 9. O-O Rxb2 10. Rb1 Rb7 11. Rxb7 Nf6 12. Rb1 Nxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Nxe5 Qe7 15. Rb8 Qd8?! { (26.46 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } (15... Kd8 16. Nxf7+) 16. Nxf7?! { (Mate in 5 → 30.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxf7+ was best. } (16. Bxf7+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ Kd6 18. Bxd8 Ba6 19. Nc4+ Bxc4 20. e5#) 16... Rg8?! { (30.00 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (16... d5 17. Nxd8) 17. Nxd8 g5 18. Be5?! { (Mate in 5 → 36.93) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxc8 was best. } (18. Rxc8 d5 19. Bxd5 gxf4 20. Bxc6+ Ke7 21. Nd5+ Kd6 22. e5#) 18... Bb7?! { (36.93 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kxd8 was best. } (18... Kxd8 19. Bxg8) 19. Nxb7+ Ke7 20. Bd6+ Kf6 21. Bxf8 Rg6 22. Bd3 Rh6 23. e5+ Kf7 24. Nd6+ Kg8 25. Bxh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0