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[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/MlQQiRcF"] [Date "2026.07.01"] [White "ZePHyRos"] [Black "xavi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2026.07.01"] [UTCTime "23:39:24"] [WhiteElo "1724"] [BlackElo "1717"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [WhiteTitle "GM☢"] [BlackTitle "GMˈ"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Stafford Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6? { (0.65 → 2.25) Mistake. d6 was best. } (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3) 4. Nxc6 dxc6 { C42 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit } 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bc4?? { (2.07 → -0.55) Blunder. h3 was best. } (6. h3) 6... Ng4 7. Qf3 Bxf2+? { (-0.70 → 0.31) Mistake. Ne5 was best. } (7... Ne5 8. Qe2) 8. Kd1?? { (0.31 → -6.92) Blunder. Ke2 was best. } (8. Ke2 O-O 9. h3 h5 10. d3 Bd4 11. Bf4 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. a4 Be6 14. Raf1 Ne5) 8... O-O?? { (-6.92 → -2.33) Blunder. Ne3+ was best. } (8... Ne3+ 9. Ke2 Bg4 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Kxf2 Bxf3 12. Kxe3 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Kxf7 14. Rxg2 Ke8 15. d3) 9. h3 Qh4?? { (-2.37 → -0.21) Blunder. Ne3+ was best. } (9... Ne3+ 10. Ke2) 10. g3 Qxg3?? { (-0.22 → 3.37) Blunder. Bxg3 was best. } (10... Bxg3 11. Rg1) 11. Qxg3 Bxg3 12. hxg4 Bxg4+ 13. Ne2?! { (3.53 → 2.36) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d3 Rae8 16. a4 c5 17. Bd2 Be5 18. a5 Bd7 19. Ne4 c4) 13... Rfe8?! { (2.36 → 3.22) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (13... b5 14. Bb3 Rfe8 15. d3 Rad8 16. Rg1 Rxe4 17. Rxg3 Bxe2+ 18. Ke1 Bxd3+ 19. Re3 Rxe3+ 20. Bxe3) 14. Rg1?? { (3.22 → -0.16) Blunder. d3 was best. } (14. d3 Rad8 15. Kd2 Bd6 16. Ke1 Bb4+ 17. c3 b5 18. Bb3 Be7 19. Bc2 h5 20. Bf4) 14... Bxe2+?? { (-0.16 → 5.46) Blunder. Rxe4 was best. } (14... Rxe4 15. Rxg3 Rxc4 16. Re3 Rc5 17. b3 f6 18. Bb2 Rh5 19. Ke1 Rd8 20. d3 Kf7 21. Kf1) 15. Kxe2?? { (5.46 → 1.13) Blunder. Bxe2 was best. } (15. Bxe2 Bf4 16. d3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Rad8 18. Rg4 g6 19. Kd2 Kg7 20. Rh4 Re7 21. Rf1 Re5) 15... Rxe4+ 16. Kf3?? { (1.29 → -0.91) Blunder. Kd3 was best. } (16. Kd3) 16... Rxc4 17. Kxg3 Rxc2 18. d4 Rd8 19. Bf4 Rxd4?! { (-2.10 → -1.04) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (19... f6 20. Bxc7 Rxd4 21. Rad1 Rdd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Rb1 Rd3+ 24. Kg2 Rd5 25. a4 g5 26. a5) 20. Bxc7?? { (-1.04 → -3.70) Blunder. Rad1 was best. } (20. Rad1 Rd5 21. Bxc7 f6 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Bb8 Rxb2 24. Rd1 a6 25. Rxd5 h6 26. a4 b5) 20... Rxb2?! { (-3.70 → -2.78) Inaccuracy. Rd3+ was best. } (20... Rd3+) 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 23. a3?? { (-1.62 → -3.79) Blunder. a4 was best. } (23. a4 c5) 23... Rb3+ 24. Kf4 Rxa3 25. Be5 g5+?? { (-5.46 → 0.82) Blunder. Ra4+ was best. } (25... Ra4+ 26. Ke3) 26. Kf5 Ra5?? { (0.82 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } (26... Kh7) 27. Kf6?? { (Mate in 2 → -2.52) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rd8+ was best. } (27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rh8#) 27... Rxe5?? { (-2.52 → 2.13) Blunder. Rd5 was best. } (27... Rd5 28. Rh1) 28. Kxe5 Kg7 29. Kd6?? { (2.32 → -0.01) Blunder. Kf5 was best. } (29. Kf5 h5 30. Kxg5 h4 31. Kf4 a5 32. Ra1 b6 33. Rc1 h3 34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Rxc6+ Ke5) 29... g4?! { (-0.01 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. Kg6 was best. } (29... Kg6 30. Ke5) 30. Kc7?? { (0.91 → -2.41) Blunder. Ke5 was best. } (30. Ke5 a5 31. Ra1 b5 32. Rxa5 h5 33. Kf4 Kf6 34. Ra6 Ke6 35. Rxc6+ Kd5 36. Rh6 b4) 30... h5? { (-2.41 → -0.95) Mistake. Kg6 was best. } (30... Kg6 31. Kd6 f6 32. Kc5 Kg5 33. Kd4 a5 34. Ra1 b5 35. Rxa5 Kf4 36. Kd3 h5 37. Ra6) 31. Kxb7 h4 32. Kxa7?? { (0.00 → -6.26) Blunder. Kxc6 was best. } (32. Kxc6 f5 33. Kd5 Kf6 34. Kd4 h3 35. Ke3 Kg5 36. Kf2 f4 37. Rd5+ Kh4 38. Rd8 g3+) 32... g3 33. Kb6 h3 34. Kxc6?! { (-6.20 → -8.98) Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. } (34. Rd3 g2) 34... g2 35. Rg1 h2?? { (-7.66 → 5.86) Blunder. Kf6 was best. } (35... Kf6 36. Kd6 Kg5 37. Ke5 f6+ 38. Ke6 f5 39. Ra1 Kg4 40. Ra4+ f4 41. Ke5 h2 42. Rxf4+) 36. Rxg2+ Kf6 37. Rxh2 Ke5 38. Kd7?? { (6.19 → 0.14) Blunder. Re2+ was best. } (38. Re2+ Kd4 39. Rf2 f5 40. Rxf5 Ke4 41. Rf6 Ke5 42. Rf7 Ke6 43. Rf4 Ke5 44. Rb4 Kf6) 38... f5 39. Rh5 Ke4 40. Ke6 f4 41. Rf5 f3 42. Rh5 f2 43. Rh1 Ke3 44. Kf5 Ke2 45. Rh2 Ke1 46. Rh1+ f1=Q+ 47. Rxf1+ Kxf1 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2