FEN
[Event "January Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/J4anH4IK"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[White "Mark"]
[Black "xavi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.25"]
[UTCTime "20:48:17"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+16"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-10"]
[WhiteTitle "⛳"]
[BlackTitle "GM🥉"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Modern Attack"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 { C43 Russian Game: Modern Attack } 4. e5 Qe7 5. Bf4?? { (0.98 → -0.82) Blunder. Be2 was best. } (5. Be2 Ng4) 5... Nc6 6. Be2 Nh5? { (-0.87 → 0.53) Mistake. Nd5 was best. } (6... Nd5 7. Bc1 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb4 12. Qe3+ Qe6 13. Na3) 7. Bg3?? { (0.53 → -2.01) Blunder. Bg5 was best. } (7. Bg5 Qc5) 7... Nxg3 8. hxg3 Nxe5 9. Qxd4?! { (-1.94 → -2.71) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (9. O-O Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Qf6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. c4 a5 14. a3 c5 15. b4 axb4) 9... Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qb4+ 11. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12. c3 Bc5 13. O-O d6?! { (-3.00 → -2.14) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (13... d5) 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bd3?! { (-2.01 → -2.73) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (15. b4) 15... Be6 16. Nd2 Rfe8?! { (-2.90 → -2.19) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (16... a5 17. f4) 17. Kg2 Bd5?! { (-2.63 → -1.71) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (17... a5 18. a3) 18. Rh1 g6 19. c4? { (-1.36 → -3.14) Mistake. b4 was best. } (19. b4 Bb6 20. a4 a5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Red8 23. Rhd1 c6 24. b5 d5 25. Bd3 c5) 19... Bc6 20. Nb3 Bb6 21. Nd2 Re6? { (-3.65 → -2.25) Mistake. a5 was best. } (21... a5 22. g4) 22. b4 Rf6?? { (-1.86 → -0.25) Blunder. h5 was best. } (22... h5 23. Rac1 Rb8 24. Be4 Ba4 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 Ba5 27. Nb3 Bb4 28. Nd4) 23. b5 Bd7 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Ng5 Ree8?! { (-0.18 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } (25... Re7 26. Nxh7 Kg7 27. Ng5 Bd4 28. Rad1 Bf6 29. Nh7 Rh8 30. Nxf6 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Kxf6 32. f4) 26. Rxh7 Re5?? { (0.57 → 2.73) Blunder. Bd4 was best. } (26... Bd4 27. Rah1 Be6 28. f4 a6 29. b6 cxb6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. R7h4 Bf6 32. Rg4 Kf8 33. f5) 27. Rah1 Rae8?? { (2.34 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxg5 was best. } (27... Rxg5) 28. Rh8+ Kg7 29. R1h7+ Kf6 30. f4?? { (Mate in 3 → 0.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxf7+ was best. } (30. Rxf7+ Kxg5 31. f4+ Kg4 32. f3#) 30... Rxh8?? { (0.24 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. R5e7 was best. } (30... R5e7 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Be4 c6 33. g4 Bd4 34. Kg3 a6 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Bd3 d5 37. cxd5) 31. Rxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0