FEN
[Event "August Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/BDi0jzuV"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[White "Kenrick"]
[Black "Francis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2025.08.17"]
[UTCTime "20:13:07"]
[WhiteElo "1312"]
[BlackElo "1384"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-15"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+8"]
[BlackTitle "θ"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qe2+?! { (0.35 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. Re1 Rxe1+ 9. Qxe1 Nbd7 10. c4 dxc4) 4... Qe7 5. Qxe7+ Nxe7 6. d4 Bf5 7. Bd3?? { (0.07 → -1.71) Blunder. c3 was best. } (7. c3) 7... Nd7? { (-1.71 → -0.27) Mistake. Bxd3 was best. } (7... Bxd3) 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O-O?! { (-0.86 → -0.28) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3) 11. Nxd5 Rhe8+ 12. Ne3 Bd6?? { (0.33 → 2.18) Blunder. Nxe3 was best. } (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Rxe3+ 14. Kd1 Bxd2 15. Kxd2 Re6 16. Rhe1 Rg6 17. Re2 Nf8 18. c3 c5 19. Kc2) 13. O-O Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Nf6?! { (2.01 → 2.76) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } (14... Nb6) 15. Rae1?! { (2.76 → 2.13) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (15. Bg5 Be7) 15... Bb4?! { (2.13 → 3.19) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (15... h6 16. g3 b5 17. Kg2 Kd7 18. Bd2 a5 19. b3 b4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Bxe1) 16. c3 Bd6 17. Bg5 h6?! { (3.63 → 4.83) Inaccuracy. Re6 was best. } (17... Re6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Re1 Kd7 20. c4 c5 21. Kf1 Rc8 22. b3 a6 23. a4 b5 24. axb5) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Re1 Re6 21. h3 Kd8 22. Rxe6?! { (4.88 → 3.87) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (22. Kf1 f5) 22... fxe6 23. c4?! { (3.79 → 2.57) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. b4 Bd6 27. Kd3 f5 28. Nd4 Kf6 29. Kc4 h5) 23... e5? { (2.57 → 5.04) Mistake. c5 was best. } (23... c5 24. dxc5) 24. c5 Be7 25. dxe5?! { (5.28 → 3.87) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } (25. c6) 25... fxe5?! { (3.87 → 5.52) Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best. } (25... Kd7 26. b3 Ke6 27. c6 b6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Kf1 Kd5 30. Ke2 Kxc6 31. Ne1 Kd5 32. Nc2) 26. Nxe5 Bxc5 27. Nf7+ Ke8 28. Nxh6 Bd4 29. g4?? { (6.62 → 2.26) Blunder. b3 was best. } (29. b3) 29... Bg7?! { (2.26 → 3.04) Inaccuracy. Bxb2 was best. } (29... Bxb2 30. Kf1) 30. Nf5 Bxb2 31. g5?! { (2.88 → 2.10) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (31. Kf1) 31... Kf8 32. g6? { (2.63 → 1.27) Mistake. h4 was best. } (32. h4 b5 33. Kf1 a5 34. Ke2 b4 35. f4 a4 36. Kd2 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. h5 Kf7) 32... c5?! { (1.27 → 2.14) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (32... b5 33. Kf1 b4 34. Ke2 a5 35. Kd3 a4 36. Kc2 Bf6 37. f4 c5 38. Ne3 Kg7 39. f5) 33. h4?! { (2.14 → 1.54) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (33. Kf1) 33... c4 34. h5 c3 35. h6?? { (1.76 → -8.62) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } (35. Nd4 Kg7 36. Nc2 Bc1 37. Kg2 Bh6 38. Kg3 b5 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf3 Bg7 41. Ke4 Ke6) 35... c2 36. g7+ Kf7 37. h7 c1=Q+ 38. Kg2 Bxg7 39. Kg3 Qg1+ 40. Kf3 Qh1+ 41. Kf4 Qxh7 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nxb7?! { (-63.69 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc8 was best. } (43. Nc8 Qf5+) 43... Qf5+?! { (Mate in 11 → -66.42) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bh6+ was best. } (43... Bh6+ 44. Kg3 Qxb7 45. f4 Qa6 46. Kf3 Qxa2 47. Ke4 Qd2 48. f5+ Kf6 49. Kf3 Kxf5 50. Kg3) 44. Ke3?! { (-66.42 → Mate in 42) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke3 was best. } (44. Ke3 Qd5) 44... Bh6+ 45. Kd4 Qxf2+ 46. Kc4 Qxa2+ 47. Kc5 Qc2+ 48. Kb5 Be3 49. Ka6 Qa4+ 50. Na5 Qf4 51. Kb7 Qd6 52. Kc8 Qa6+ 53. Kc7 Qxa5+ 54. Kc6 a6 55. Kb7 Qb5+ 56. Kc7 a5 57. Kd8 a4 58. Kc7 a3 59. Kc8 a2 60. Kc7 a1=Q 61. Kc8 Qa8+ 62. Kc7 Qbb7# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1