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[Event "August Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/Zlarb7vi"] [Date "2025.08.17"] [White "Aaryan"] [Black "Sebastian1"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.08.17"] [UTCTime "19:57:00"] [WhiteElo "1322"] [BlackElo "1224"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-31"] [BlackRatingDiff "+22"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3?! { (0.75 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O) 3... Ng4?? { (0.07 → 2.87) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Ba4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bb3 a5 10. Kh1) 4. g3?? { (2.87 → 0.07) Blunder. h3 was best. } (4. h3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bb4 6. Ng4 Ba5 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Qh5 Nc6 9. Nd5 Qd4 10. Qe2 f5) 4... Qe7?? { (0.07 → 2.07) Blunder. Bc5 was best. } (4... Bc5) 5. Bg2?! { (2.07 → 1.18) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (5. d4 d6) 5... Qc5?? { (1.18 → 4.22) Blunder. d6 was best. } (5... d6 6. d4 c6 7. h3 Nf6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nb1 Be6 11. b3 b5 12. a4) 6. Qe2? { (4.22 → 2.38) Mistake. O-O was best. } (6. O-O Qe7) 6... b6?! { (2.38 → 3.40) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (6... d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nd5 Na6 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Nb3 Qc4 12. Ne3 Qb4 13. h3) 7. b3?? { (3.40 → -2.64) Blunder. O-O was best. } (7. O-O Ba6 8. d3 c6 9. Nh4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. fxe5 Qe6) 7... Ba6 8. Bb2?? { (-2.59 → -9.83) Blunder. b4 was best. } (8. b4 Qxb4 9. Nd5 Bxe2 10. Nxb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxh2 12. Rxh2 Bxb4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Bb2 Nc6) 8... Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Qxf2+ 10. Kd1 Qxg2 11. Rg1 Qxf3 12. h3 Nf2+ 13. Kc1 Qxe2 14. Kb1 Nxe4 15. Bxe5 Nxd2+ 16. Kb2 Qxe5+ 17. c3 Nf3 18. Rgf1?! { (-23.09 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg2 was best. } (18. Rg2 Ng5) 18... Nh2?! { (Mate in 4 → -22.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe2+ was best. } (18... Qe2+ 19. Kb1 Ba3 20. Re1 Nxe1 21. b4 Qb2#) 19. Rfe1 Qxe1 20. Rxe1+ Kd8 21. Re2 Nf3 22. Re3 Nd2 23. Kc2 Nf1 24. Rf3 Nh2 25. Rxf7 Bd6 26. Rxg7 Rf8 27. Rxh7 Rf2+ 28. Kd3 Nc6 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rh7+ Rf7 31. Rh6 Bxg3 32. Ke4 Nd8 33. Rg6 Rf4+ 34. Ke5?! { (-21.48 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd3 was best. } (34. Kd3 Rf3+) 34... Rg4+ 35. Kf5 Rxg6?! { (Mate in 4 → -28.03) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rf4+ was best. } (35... Rf4+ 36. Ke5 Nf3+ 37. Kd5 c6+ 38. Rxc6 dxc6#) 36. Kxg6?! { (-28.03 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke4 was best. } (36. Ke4 Ke6) 36... d5?! { (Mate in 5 → -24.90) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ke6 was best. } (36... Ke6 37. h4 Ng4 38. a4 Nf6 39. Kg5 Nf7+ 40. Kg6 Rg8#) 37. Kg7?! { (-24.90 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c4 was best. } { White offers draw } (37. c4 d4) 37... Ne6+ 38. Kg6 d4 39. cxd4 Nxd4 40. Kg5 c5 41. h4 b5 42. h5 c4 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. h6 c3 45. h7 c2 46. Kg6 c1=Q 47. Kg7 Qg5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1