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[Event "March Chess Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/1S2s30VF"] [Date "2025.03.23"] [White "xavi"] [Black "SamjD"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.23"] [UTCTime "21:54:38"] [WhiteElo "1665"] [BlackElo "1580"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [WhiteTitle "GM🥉"] [BlackTitle "IM🗿"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 { A04 Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense } 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2?! { (0.05 → -0.80) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (3. c4 e4 4. Nh4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nc3 h6) 3... d5?! { (-0.80 → -0.11) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (3... e4 4. Ng1) 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Bf5 6. Bg5?! { (0.20 → -0.37) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (6. c4 dxc4) 6... h6 7. Bd2?! { (-0.32 → -1.32) Inaccuracy. Bxf6 was best. } (7. Bxf6 Qxf6) 7... Bc5? { (-1.32 → -0.10) Mistake. Qd7 was best. } (7... Qd7) 8. Nc3?? { (-0.10 → -1.71) Blunder. b4 was best. } (8. b4 Bd6 9. b5 Ne7 10. c4 dxc4 11. dxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 e4 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Be3 Be5) 8... O-O? { (-1.71 → -0.54) Mistake. e4 was best. } (8... e4 9. Ne1) 9. Re1?? { (-0.54 → -2.32) Blunder. Nh4 was best. } (9. Nh4) 9... Re8? { (-2.32 → -0.78) Mistake. e4 was best. } (9... e4) 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4?! { (-1.03 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Bg6 was best. } (11... Bg6 12. a3 a6 13. h3 Nd4 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. g4 Qd7 16. Nf5 Rad8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qc1) 12. Be3?! { (-0.50 → -1.35) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (12. h3 Bh5) 12... Bxe3 13. Rxe3 b6?! { (-1.27 → -0.28) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (13... Nd4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd5 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Qe2 Re7 20. Rxe5) 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rd3 Rxd3 16. cxd3 Rd8 17. Rd1?? { (-0.89 → -6.12) Blunder. Ne1 was best. } (17. Ne1 Nd4 18. f3 Be6 19. Rc1 g5 20. Bf1 c5 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. a3 Nc5) 17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd1 19. Nc6 Rxd3 20. Nxe5 Rd2 21. Nc4 Rd4 22. Ne3 Ng4?? { (-4.97 → 2.38) Blunder. Bh5 was best. } (22... Bh5 23. e5) 23. Nexd1 Rd2?! { (2.13 → 2.79) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (23... Ne5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bf1 Nd2 26. e5 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Rd2 28. h4 Rd3 29. Kf2 b5 30. b4) 24. h3?? { (2.79 → 0.49) Blunder. Bf1 was best. } (24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Kg2 c6 26. Be2 g5 27. Kf1 b5 28. Ke1 Rc2 29. Nb1 b4 30. Nd2 g4) 24... Nf6?? { (0.49 → 5.38) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } (24... Ne5) 25. e5?? { (5.38 → 2.06) Blunder. Kf1 was best. } (25. Kf1 Nd7 26. Ke1 Rc2 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Be2 c6 29. f4 Nd7 30. Bd3 Rh2 31. Nf2 Nc5) 25... Nd7 26. f4?! { (1.91 → 1.21) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (26. e6) 26... Nc5 27. b3 a5 28. Nf2?! { (0.85 → 0.28) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (28. Ne3) 28... Kh7?? { (0.28 → 2.01) Blunder. b5 was best. } (28... b5) 29. Nfe4 Nxe4? { (1.70 → 3.34) Mistake. Rc2 was best. } (29... Rc2 30. Nd5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nd3 32. h4 Kg8 33. Kh3 b5 34. h5 Kf8 35. Kg4 c6 36. Ne3) 30. Bxe4+ g6 31. f5? { (3.30 → 1.43) Mistake. Kf1 was best. } (31. Kf1 Rb2 32. Ke1 c6 33. h4 Kg7 34. Kd1 b5 35. Bxc6 b4 36. Nb5 Rxa2 37. Nd6 Kf8) 31... b5?? { (1.43 → 6.59) Blunder. gxf5 was best. } (31... gxf5 32. Bxf5+ Kg8 33. Be4 Kf8 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kd1 a4 37. bxa4 Ke6 38. Bc2) 32. fxg6+? { (6.59 → 3.91) Mistake. e6 was best. } (32. e6) 32... fxg6? { (3.91 → 6.66) Mistake. Kg7 was best. } (32... Kg7 33. Nxb5 Re2 34. Bd5 Kxg6 35. a4 Rd2 36. Be4+ Kg5 37. Nxc7 h5 38. Bd5 Kf5 39. Bxf7) 33. Nxb5? { (6.66 → 3.87) Mistake. e6 was best. } (33. e6) 33... Rxa2 34. Nxc7?! { (3.69 → 2.70) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (34. Kf1 a4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Bd5 c6 37. Bxc6 Kg7 38. Bd7 Kf8 39. e6 Ke7 40. Ke2 Re4+) 34... Rb2?? { (2.70 → 6.42) Blunder. Re2 was best. } (34... Re2 35. Ne8) 35. Bd5 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Ne6 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Nf4?! { (5.51 → 4.15) Inaccuracy. Nf8+ was best. } (40. Nf8+ Kg7) 40... g5? { (4.15 → 7.28) Mistake. Kg7 was best. } (40... Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Nd4+ Kg7 43. Nc6 Rxh3 44. Kd4 h5 45. e6 Kf8 46. Nxa5 Rxb3 47. Bxb3) 41. Ne2 Rxb3 42. Bxb3 h5?! { (55.46 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a4 was best. } (42... a4 43. Ba2 Kg6 44. e6 Kf6 45. Ng3 g4 46. hxg4 h5 47. gxh5 Ke7 48. Kf5 a3 49. Kg5) 43. Kf5 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Kxg4 a4 46. Bxa4?! { (Mate in 13 → 65.20) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxa4 was best. } (46. Bxa4 Kg6 47. Nf4+ Kf7 48. Kf5 Ke7 49. Ng6+ Kd8 50. e6 Kc7 51. e7 Kd6 52. e8=Q Kc5) 46... Kg8?! { (65.20 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg6 was best. } (46... Kg6 47. Bb3 Kg7 48. Kf5 Kf8 49. Kf6 Ke8 50. e6 Kd8 51. e7+ Kc7 52. e8=Q Kb6) 47. Kf5 Kf8 48. Ke6 Kg8 49. Ke7 Kg7 50. e6 Kg8 51. Kf6 Kf8 52. e7+ Kg8 53. e8=Q+ Kh7 54. Bc2+ Kh6 55. Qg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0