FEN
[Event "October Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/Umj0xHPq"]
[Date "2025.10.19"]
[White "Sasha"]
[Black "Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2025.10.19"]
[UTCTime "19:51:11"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-3"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+3"]
[WhiteTitle "IM🧁"]
[BlackTitle "GM🧂"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Horwitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5?! { (0.52 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. f4 Bb7 9. e5 Ne4) 3... Bxc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O d4?! { (-1.65 → -0.98) Inaccuracy. Rac8 was best. } (11... Rac8 12. a3) 12. exd4?! { (-0.98 → -1.56) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } (12. Nxd4 Rad8) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Bxd4 15. Nb5?? { (-1.32 → -3.16) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } (15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. c3 Bb6 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. Ke2 Bc7 20. h3 b6 21. Ng3 Rxd1) 15... Bxb2 16. Rab1?! { (-3.30 → -4.30) Inaccuracy. Rad1 was best. } (16. Rad1 Bf6 17. c4 b6 18. Rd7 Rfc8 19. Rb7 Rxc4 20. Rd1 h6 21. Rdd7 a6 22. Nc7 Rc8) 16... Bf6 17. Nc7 Rac8? { (-4.67 → -2.57) Mistake. Rab8 was best. } (17... Rab8) 18. Nb5? { (-2.57 → -4.33) Mistake. Rxb7 was best. } (18. Rxb7 Be5) 18... a6 19. Na3? { (-3.81 → -6.84) Mistake. Nd6 was best. } (19. Nd6) 19... Be7 20. Rb3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Rxc2 22. Rb3 Rc7 23. a4 g6 24. a5 Rfc8 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Rbb1 Rc5 27. Ra1 Rf5?! { (-6.62 → -4.82) Inaccuracy. Rg5+ was best. } (27... Rg5+) 28. h3?! { (-4.82 → -6.48) Inaccuracy. Rfb1 was best. } (28. Rfb1 Rg5+) 28... Rc8 29. Kg3 Rcc5 30. Rfb1 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxb7 Ra4 33. Ra7 Kg7 34. f4 Kf6 35. Kg4 h5+?! { (-7.33 → -5.37) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (35... g5) 36. Kh4?! { (-5.37 → -8.27) Inaccuracy. Kf3 was best. } (36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Ra8 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Ra7 Ra1 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Ra8 Ra2 42. Kf3 a5) 36... Rxf4+ 37. Kg3 Ra4 38. f4 Ra1 39. h4 a5 40. Kf3 a4 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Kd3 a3 43. Rxf7+ Kg4 44. Rf6 Kxh4 45. Rxg6 a2 46. Kc2 Rc1+ 47. Kb2 Rf1 48. Kxa2 Rxf4 49. Rxe6 Kg3 50. Rg6+ Rg4 51. Rxg4+ hxg4 52. Kb2 Kf2 53. Kc2 g3 54. Kd2 g2 55. Kd3 g1=Q 56. Ke4 Kg3 57. Ke5 Kg4 58. Kd5 Kf5 59. Kc4 Ke4 60. Kb5 Kd5 61. Kb4 Qd4+ 62. Ka3 Kc4 63. Ka4 Qa7# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1