FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/GMUvvB30"]
[Date "2025.08.31"]
[White "Maxim"]
[Black "Francis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2025.08.31"]
[UTCTime "17:45:48"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1409"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-13"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+21"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🧂"]
[BlackTitle "θ"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Steinitz Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5?! { (0.45 → -0.42) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Steinitz Variation } (4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 f6 8. O-O fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5) 4... Nc6 5. c3 Qd7?? { (-1.01 → 0.73) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (5... Nxe5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd4 Ng6 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. b4 e5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Be3) 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2?! { (0.74 → -0.16) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (7. b4 Bb6) 7... f6 8. exf6?! { (-0.16 → -0.70) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (8. b4 Bb6) 8... Nxf6 9. Bg5?! { (-0.42 → -1.31) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Kh8 11. Bg5 b6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qxd5 Qxd5) 9... h6?! { (-1.31 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (9... O-O) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nbd2 e5 12. O-O e4?! { (-0.04 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (12... O-O 13. b4) 13. Ne1? { (0.87 → -0.25) Mistake. Nh4 was best. } (13. Nh4 O-O 14. c4 f5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Rc1 b6 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Bc5) 13... Rg8?! { (-0.25 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (13... f5 14. Bh5+) 14. g3 Ne5?! { (0.13 → 1.05) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (14... Qc7) 15. Ng2 Kf8 16. Kh1 Qh3? { (1.27 → 2.62) Mistake. Qc6 was best. } (16... Qc6 17. Nb3) 17. f3?? { (2.62 → -0.40) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } (17. Nf4 Qd7 18. f3 b6 19. Nb3 Be3 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nd5 Bg5 22. Nxf6 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf6) 17... Rxg3 18. Rf2?? { (-0.29 → -11.61) Blunder. Nf4 was best. } (18. Nf4 Qh4 19. Qe1 Qxf4 20. hxg3 Qg5 21. fxe4 Bh3 22. exd5 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Nf3 Qh5+) 18... Bxf2 19. Qf1?! { (-11.70 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf4 was best. } (19. Nf4 Qh4) 19... Qxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rh3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1