CohenChessClub.com

[Event "July Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/73dOs5R8"] [Date "2026.07.12"] [White "James8"] [Black "Shiloh"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.12"] [UTCTime "18:58:41"] [WhiteElo "830"] [BlackElo "1138"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird Opening: Dutch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. f4 d5 { A03 Bird Opening: Dutch Variation } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. h4?? { (0.04 → -1.59) Blunder. e3 was best. } (3. e3 a6 4. a3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. c5 h5 9. Bd3 h4) 3... f6?! { (-1.59 → -0.91) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (3... Nf6 4. d4) 4. Rh3?? { (-0.91 → -6.48) Blunder. d4 was best. } (4. d4 Bg4) 4... e5? { (-6.48 → -3.49) Mistake. Bxh3 was best. } (4... Bxh3 5. gxh3 e5 6. c4 e4 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qe6 9. d4 exf3 10. d5 fxe2 11. Qxe2) 5. Rg3?? { (-3.49 → -7.66) Blunder. Rh1 was best. } (5. Rh1 e4 6. Nh2 d4 7. c3 f5 8. g3 Be6 9. cxd4 Qxd4 10. e3 Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O) 5... exf4 6. e3 fxg3 7. Be2 Bc5 8. a4 b5 9. axb5 Qe7?? { (-6.87 → -2.61) Blunder. Nce7 was best. } (9... Nce7 10. d4 Bb6 11. c4 dxc4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bc4 Nh6 14. Qxb3 Bb7 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3) 10. Ra3?? { (-2.61 → -8.46) Blunder. bxc6 was best. } (10. bxc6 Be6) 10... Qe6?! { (-8.46 → -5.23) Inaccuracy. Bxa3 was best. } (10... Bxa3 11. bxa3 Ne5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bb2 Nh6 14. a4 Qf7 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Na3 Be6) 11. bxc6 Qh3?? { (-5.29 → 9.12) Blunder. Bxa3 was best. } (11... Bxa3 12. Nxa3) 12. gxh3 g2 13. Ng1 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 Bd6 15. Ng1?? { (11.68 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf2 was best. } (15. Kf2 Bxa3) 15... Bh2?? { (Mate in 1 → 13.39) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg3# was best. } (15... Bg3#) 16. e4 Bxg1 17. Rd3? { (10.69 → 4.91) Mistake. Rg3 was best. } (17. Rg3) 17... Bh2?! { (4.91 → 7.07) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (17... Be3 18. dxe3) 18. Rxd5?? { (7.07 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf2 was best. } (18. Kf2 g1=R 19. Qxg1 Bxg1+ 20. Kxg1 dxe4 21. Rd7 Ne7 22. Rxc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. b4 Kd8) 18... g1=Q+?! { (Mate in 1 → -17.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg3# was best. } (18... Bg3#) 19. Bf1 Bg3+?! { (-17.20 → -6.48) Inaccuracy. Qg3+ was best. } (19... Qg3+) 20. Ke2 Qf2+ 21. Kd3 Bxh4?! { (-5.14 → -3.39) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } (21... Ne7 22. Qe2) 22. Be2?! { (-3.39 → -5.22) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (22. c3 Ne7) 22... Qg3+? { (-5.22 → -2.65) Mistake. Ne7 was best. } (22... Ne7 23. Nc3 f5 24. Kc4 O-O 25. Rc5 fxe4 26. d4 exd3 27. Bxd3 Rab8 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qe5) 23. Kd4?? { (-2.65 → -6.02) Blunder. Kc4 was best. } (23. Kc4 Ne7 24. Rc5 O-O 25. Nc3 Bg5 26. b4 f5 27. Kb3 Kh8 28. Ka2 h6 29. Bb2 Rad8) 23... Rd8?! { (-6.02 → -4.30) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } (23... Ne7 24. Kc4) 24. Nc3 Rxd5+? { (-4.75 → -2.87) Mistake. Ne7 was best. } (24... Ne7 25. Kc4) 25. Kxd5?! { (-2.87 → -4.10) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (25. exd5 Ne7 26. Kc4 O-O 27. Kb3 f5 28. Ka2 Bf6 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. b3 Rd8 31. Ba3 Nc8) 25... Qe5+?! { (-4.10 → -3.22) Inaccuracy. Ne7+ was best. } (25... Ne7+) 26. Kc4 a6?? { (-3.14 → 0.55) Blunder. Qe6+ was best. } (26... Qe6+ 27. Kb4 Ne7 28. b3 Qd6+ 29. Ka4 a6 30. Nd5 Bg3 31. Nxe7 Qd4+ 32. c4 Kxe7 33. Ba3+) 27. Bf3?? { (0.55 → -4.06) Blunder. d4 was best. } (27. d4 Qd6) 27... Ne7? { (-4.06 → -2.20) Mistake. Qe6+ was best. } (27... Qe6+) 28. Bh5+?? { (-2.20 → -5.07) Blunder. d4 was best. } (28. d4 Qd6 29. d5 O-O 30. b4 Rb8 31. Ba3 f5 32. Kb3 Bf6 33. Qd3 Qe5 34. Bb2 h5) 28... g6 29. Bg4 Nxc6 30. Bd7+?! { (-4.93 → -8.66) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (30. d4 Qe7 31. Kd3 h5 32. Bf3 Nb4+ 33. Kc4 O-O 34. Bxh5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Bg5 36. Bxg5 fxg5) 30... Kxd7 31. d4 Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4+ Nxd4 33. Nd5 Kd6 34. Kxd4 c6 35. Bd2 cxd5 36. Bb4+ Ke6 37. Bd6 Kxd6 38. e5+ Kc6 39. c4 Rc8 40. cxd5+ Kb5 41. b4 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 Rc3+ 43. Kxc3 Ka4 44. b5 Kxb5 45. Kd4 Kb6 46. Kc4 Ka5?? { (-16.52 → 6.30) Blunder. fxe5 was best. } (46... fxe5 47. d6 Kc6 48. d7 Bd8 49. Kd3 h5 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Kf3 a5 52. Kg3 h4+ 53. Kg2) 47. Kc5?? { (6.30 → -56.49) Blunder. e6 was best. } (47. e6) 47... Bf2+ 48. Kc4 Be1 49. Kb3 Kb5 50. Ka3 Ka5 51. Kb3 Bb4 52. Kc4 Kb6 53. Kxb4 a5+ 54. Ka4 fxe5 55. Kb3 e4 56. Kc4 e3 57. Kd3 g5 58. Kxe3 g4 59. Ke4 g3 60. Kf5?! { (-72.30 → Mate in 28) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf3 was best. } (60. Kf3 a4 61. Kxg3 a3 62. Kh4 a2 63. Kh5 a1=Q 64. Kg5 Kc5 65. Kh6 Qh8 66. Kg5 Kxd5) 60... g2 61. Ke6 g1=Q 62. Kd7 Qg7+ 63. Kc8 Qc7# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1