FEN
[Event "February Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/WcaYwqyz"]
[Date "2025.02.22"]
[White "James8"]
[Black "Alexander9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2025.02.22"]
[UTCTime "21:01:59"]
[WhiteElo "849"]
[BlackElo "1114"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-22"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+4"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Opening "King's Gambit Declined: Keene's Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. f4 e5?! { (-0.24 → 0.31) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (1... Nf6 2. Nf3) 2. e4?! { (0.31 → -0.42) Inaccuracy. fxe5 was best. } (2. fxe5) 2... Qh4+?? { (-0.42 → 1.15) Blunder. exf4 was best. } (2... exf4 3. Bc4) 3. g3 { C30 King's Gambit Declined: Keene's Defense } Qf6?! { (0.94 → 1.62) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (3... Qe7 4. Nc3) 4. Ne2? { (1.62 → 0.41) Mistake. fxe5 was best. } (4. fxe5 Qxe5) 4... Bc5 5. Bh3 d5?? { (0.29 → 6.24) Blunder. Ne7 was best. } (5... Ne7 6. Nbc3 a5 7. Rf1 Qh6 8. Bg4 Nbc6 9. fxe5 Qxh2 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. d4 d6 12. Bxc8) 6. Bxc8 Kd8?! { (6.47 → 11.57) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (6... Nc6 7. Bxb7) 7. fxe5?? { (11.57 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxb7 was best. } (7. Bxb7 dxe4 8. Nbc3 exf4 9. Nxe4 Qe7 10. Bxa8 fxg3 11. N4xg3 Nh6 12. d4 Bd6 13. O-O Ng4) 7... Qxe5?? { (Mate in 1 → 10.50) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf2# was best. } (7... Qf2#) 8. Rf1 Kxc8 9. Rxf7?? { (7.23 → 0.73) Blunder. d4 was best. } (9. d4 Qxe4 10. dxc5 Qe6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd3 d4 15. O-O-O Nc6) 9... Qxe4 10. Rf8+?? { (0.44 → -9.28) Blunder. d4 was best. } (10. d4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Nc3 Qg6 13. Rf3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Qd2 Qh5 16. Qd3 Bxc3+) 10... Kd7?? { (-9.28 → -0.91) Blunder. Bxf8 was best. } (10... Bxf8 11. d3) 11. Rc8?? { (-0.91 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf7+ was best. } (11. Rf7+ Be7 12. Rf1 Nc6 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. d4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qb5+ Kc8 17. Qa4 Ne4) 11... Kxc8? { (Mate in 5 → -9.87) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qh1+ was best. } (11... Qh1+ 12. Ng1 Qxg1+ 13. Ke2 Qg2+ 14. Kd3 Qe4+ 15. Kc3 Qc4#) 12. g4? { (-9.87 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d4 was best. } (12. d4) 12... Qh1+ 13. Ng1 Qxg1+ 14. Ke2 Qxh2+ 15. Ke1 Qh1+ 16. Ke2 Qg2+ 17. Kd3 Qg3+ 18. Ke2 Qg2+ 19. Kd3 Qxg4?? { (Mate in 2 → 5.23) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe4+ was best. } (19... Qe4+ 20. Kc3 Qc4#) 20. Qe2?? { (5.23 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg4+ was best. } (20. Qxg4+ Nd7 21. Qxg7 b6 22. b4 Kb7 23. Qxh8 Bd6 24. Bb2 Rf8 25. Qxh7 Ne7 26. c4 Nf6) 20... Qf5+ 21. Qe4 dxe4+ 22. Kc3 Qf3+ 23. Kc4 Qf5 24. c3 e3 25. d3 e2 26. Bh6?! { (-45.56 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd2 was best. } (26. Bd2 b5+) 26... gxh6 27. Kb5 e1=Q 28. Nd2 Qxa1 29. Kc4 Qxa2+ 30. Kb5 Qxb2+ 31. Ka5 Qxd2 32. d4 Bxd4+ 33. Kb4 Bxc3+ { White resigns. } 0-1