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[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/O9KS4cf2"] [Date "2026.06.14"] [White "Sydney"] [Black "Matthew12"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.14"] [UTCTime "17:03:59"] [WhiteElo "1093"] [BlackElo "1436"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackTitle "GM⍩"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. Be3?! { (0.76 → 0.02) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 a5 6. Nc3 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 b6) 3... Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd2 Bb4?! { (-0.66 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. Na5 was best. } (5... Na5 6. Bf4 Nc4 7. Qc1 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne7 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Ng6 12. Bg3) 6. O-O-O?! { (-0.15 → -0.75) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (6. a3 Be7 7. Bf4 a6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Be2 h6 10. h3 Bh7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Bd6) 6... Nf6 7. Qe1?! { (-0.64 → -1.28) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (7. Bg5 h6) 7... Ne4 8. Nxe4?? { (-1.61 → -8.07) Blunder. Bd2 was best. } (8. Bd2 a5 9. Kb1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b5 11. e3 b4 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc3 14. Bxa8 Qb8) 8... Bxe1 9. Rxe1 Bxe4 10. Ng5 Nxd4 11. Bf4 Nxc2 12. Rd1 f6 13. Nxe4 Nb4 14. Ng3 Nxa2+ 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Bd2 Qd6 17. e4 Nc6 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Be2 g6 20. Bf3 Qd3+ 21. Kc1? { (-7.17 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka2 was best. } (21. Ka2 a5 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Bc3 Qc4+ 24. Ka1 e5 25. f3 O-O 26. Kb1 Rab8 27. Ne4 f5) 21... Qc4+? { (Mate in 3 → -7.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd4 was best. } (21... Nd4 22. Bc6+ bxc6 23. Ne4 Nb3#) 22. Bc3 Rd8 23. Be2 Qf4+ 24. Bd2 Qxf2 25. Rhf1 Qc5+ 26. Bc3 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Qd5+ 28. Bd2 Qb3+ 29. Kc1 f5 30. Bd1 Qc4+ 31. Bc3 O-O 32. Be2 Qd5 33. Bf3 Qd3 34. Be2 Qe3+ 35. Bd2 Qc5+ 36. Bc3 Rd8 37. b4? { (-8.38 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf3 was best. } (37. Rf3 Qg1+ 38. Kc2 Qxg2 39. Kb1 Rd6 40. Ka2 Qxh2 41. Bd3 Qg1 42. Bc4 b6) 37... Qe3+?! { (Mate in 3 → -10.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc3+ was best. } (37... Qxc3+ 38. Kb1 Rd2 39. Bc4 Qb2#) 38. Bd2?! { (-10.00 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc2 was best. } (38. Kc2 Nd4+ 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Rd1 Rxb4 41. Rd3 Qc5+ 42. Rc3 Qb6 43. Bb5 Rxb5 44. Kd3 Rd5+) 38... Qxd2+ 39. Kb1 Qxb4+ 40. Kc2 Rd2+ 41. Kc1 Qb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1