FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/TFEM6oBu"]
[Date "2025.11.29"]
[White "Nikolai"]
[Black "James8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.11.29"]
[UTCTime "18:18:43"]
[WhiteElo "1017"]
[BlackElo "807"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-9"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. d4 { A40 Queen's Pawn Game } a5?! { (0.43 → 1.08) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. cxd5) 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Ra6? { (0.52 → 1.67) Mistake. c6 was best. } (3... c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4) 4. e3 Bd7?? { (1.76 → 4.61) Blunder. Ra8 was best. } (4... Ra8) 5. Bxa6 bxa6?! { (4.99 → 7.05) Inaccuracy. Nxa6 was best. } (5... Nxa6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. a3 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. h3 Bxe5 11. Bxe5) 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. O-O Nb8 9. h3 Nh6 10. Qe2 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Nd7 12. Kg2 Rg8 13. Nbd2 Nxc5 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bxh6 a4 16. bxa4 gxh6+ 17. Kh2 Rg2+ 18. Kxg2 d4 19. exd4 a5 20. Ne4 Nb6?! { (14.36 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg7 was best. } (20... Bg7 21. Qb5) 21. Kh2?! { (Mate in 1 → 15.07) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf6# was best. } (21. Nf6#) 21... Nxa4?! { (15.07 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg7 was best. } (21... Bg7 22. Qb5+ Kf8 23. Qxa5 Qc7+ 24. Ne5 Bxe5+ 25. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 26. dxe5 Nxa4 27. Rfb1 f5 28. exf6) 22. a3?! { (Mate in 1 → 15.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf6# was best. } (22. Nf6#) 22... Nb2?! { (15.08 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg7 was best. } (22... Bg7 23. Qb5+) 23. Qxb2?! { (Mate in 1 → 18.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf6# was best. } (23. Nf6#) 23... Bg7 24. Kg2 Bf6 25. Nxf6+ exf6 26. Kg3 f5 27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Kh2 Kf8 29. Nd2 Qg5?! { (18.85 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd6+ was best. } (29... Qd6+ 30. f4) 30. Kh1?! { (Mate in 9 → 18.31) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb8+ was best. } (30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. f4 Qg4 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Rab1 h5 36. Rb7 g3+) 30... Qxd2?! { (18.31 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } (30... h5 31. Qb8+) 31. Qxd2 Kg7 32. d5 Kg6 33. Qd4 Kg5 34. Qg7+ Kh4 35. Qxh7 Kxh3 36. Qxf7 { Black resigns. } 1-0