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[Event "October Chess Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/W1DW3DNt"] [Date "2026.10.25"] [White "Ioana"] [Black "xavi"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.25"] [UTCTime "18:14:07"] [WhiteElo "700"] [BlackElo "1768"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackTitle "GM🥀"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4?! { (0.60 → -0.09) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nf5 O-O 8. Nc3 a6) 2... Nf6 3. Nf3?! { (-0.03 → -0.82) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { C42 Russian Game: Italian Variation } (3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Na4 Nxe4 6. Nxc5 Nxc5 7. d4 exd4 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Qe2+ Ne6) 3... Nxe4 4. O-O Nc6?! { (-0.98 → -0.45) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (4... d5 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. d3 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Re1 Be6 9. Rxe5 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd2) 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4? { (-0.72 → -1.91) Mistake. Re1 was best. } (6. Re1 Be7 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 d5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. h3 a5 11. a4 c6 12. Nd2 Bd6) 6... exd4 7. c3 dxc3?! { (-1.97 → -1.34) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (7... d5 8. Bb5 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Bxc6) 8. bxc3?? { (-1.34 → -3.50) Blunder. Re1+ was best. } (8. Re1+) 8... Bc5?! { (-3.50 → -2.69) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (8... Be7 9. Nbd2) 9. Qe1+?! { (-2.69 → -4.15) Inaccuracy. Re1+ was best. } (9. Re1+ Be7) 9... Qe7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Ng5?! { (-3.76 → -5.85) Inaccuracy. Qb1 was best. } (12. Qb1 d5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Re1 Qd8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bh4 Nf6 18. c4 Be7) 12... Rf8? { (-5.85 → -2.98) Mistake. d5 was best. } (12... d5 13. Bb5 h6 14. Qxe7 Rxe7 15. Ngf3 Nh5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe3 19. Rfe1) 13. Nde4? { (-2.98 → -4.72) Mistake. Bxc7 was best. } (13. Bxc7 d5 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Ngf3 Rac8 17. Bf4 Ba3 18. Rad1 h6 19. Nb1 Bxb1) 13... Nxe4?! { (-4.72 → -3.24) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (13... d5) 14. Rd1?? { (-3.24 → -10.39) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (14. Nxe4) 14... Nxg5 15. g3 Nf3+ 16. Kg2 Nxe1+ 17. Rfxe1 Qf6 18. f3 Qxc3 19. Rf1 Qxc4 20. Rde1 Qxa2+ 21. Kh1 d6 22. g4 Qc4 23. Rg1 Qxf4 24. h3 Qxf3+ 25. Kh2 Bxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh3+ 28. Kf2 Qxg4 29. Ke3 Re8+ 30. Kd3 Qf3+ 31. Kd2 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Qe3+ 33. Kd1 Qf2 34. Kc1 Nd4 35. Kb1 Qc2+ 36. Ka1 Nb3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1