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[Event "January Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/DtSbkz8Z"] [Date "2024.01.21"] [White "Nicholas1"] [Black "ChessMasterPlayer"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.01.21"] [UTCTime "21:12:26"] [WhiteElo "1140"] [BlackElo "1443"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional } 3. d3?! { (0.35 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O) 3... Nf6 4. b3?! { (-0.30 → -0.84) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (4. Nd5 e6) 4... g6 5. Ba3?! { (-0.58 → -1.39) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } (5. Bb2 Bg7 6. g3 Rb8 7. Bg2 e5 8. a4 d6 9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 b5) 5... d6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2?? { (-1.14 → -4.76) Blunder. Bb2 was best. } (7. Bb2 O-O 8. g3 Bg4 9. Bg2 Nd4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. Rb1 b4) 7... Be6?? { (-4.76 → -0.75) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qxa3 10. Qc1 Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. h4 h5 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rfd1) 8. O-O? { (-0.75 → -2.03) Mistake. Bb2 was best. } (8. Bb2) 8... O-O? { (-2.03 → -0.86) Mistake. Qa5 was best. } (8... Qa5 9. Bb2) 9. Ng5?! { (-0.86 → -1.43) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } (9. Bb2 a6 10. a3 b5 11. h3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Ng5 e5 15. f4 Nd4) 9... Bh6? { (-1.43 → -0.25) Mistake. Bd7 was best. } (9... Bd7 10. Bb2 e5 11. a4 a6 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Qd2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Ra1) 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Nb5?? { (-0.02 → -5.38) Blunder. Bb2 was best. } (11. Bb2 Nd4 12. a4 e5 13. Nd5 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qa5 16. Rad1 Qb4 17. g3 Rf5) 11... Qa5 12. b4 Qxb5 13. d4 Qa4 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. bxc5 Qxa3 16. Bb5 Nxe4 17. Bd3 Nxc5 18. Qf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qxd3 21. Rfd1?! { (-15.40 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rad1 was best. } (21. Rad1 Qxf3) 21... Qxf3 22. Rd8+?! { (-75.26 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf1 was best. } (22. Rf1 Rf8) 22... Rxd8 23. Rf1 Rd1 24. h3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Nd4 26. a4 Bd2 27. Kg1 a6 28. a5 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nd4 30. h4 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1