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[Event "September Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/cLMXOL6S"] [Date "2026.09.27"] [White "Grayson"] [Black "Joey2"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.09.27"] [UTCTime "18:21:03"] [WhiteElo "1212"] [BlackElo "1396"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4?! { (0.57 → -0.05) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5) 2... Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Ne2?? { (-0.06 → -1.75) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } (3. Nc3 Bc5) 3... Nxe4 4. Ng3? { (-1.41 → -2.84) Mistake. Nbc3 was best. } (4. Nbc3 Nxc3) 4... Nxg3 5. fxg3?! { (-2.88 → -4.17) Inaccuracy. hxg3 was best. } (5. hxg3) 5... e4?? { (-4.17 → 2.08) Blunder. d5 was best. } (5... d5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 b5 11. Nc3 a5 12. a4) 6. O-O?? { (2.08 → -1.91) Blunder. Qh5 was best. } (6. Qh5 Qe7) 6... Bc5+?! { (-1.91 → -1.28) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (6... d5 7. Bb3 Be6 8. d3 exd3 9. cxd3 c6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bc2) 7. Kh1?! { (-1.28 → -2.01) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (7. d4 exd3+ 8. Kh1 d5 9. Bxd3 O-O 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nf3 c5 12. c3 Nd7 13. Qc2 h6) 7... O-O?? { (-2.01 → -0.09) Blunder. d5 was best. } (7... d5 8. Bb3 Be6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. c3 Nd7 12. Bc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nd2) 8. Nc3 b6?? { (-0.34 → 2.66) Blunder. c6 was best. } (8... c6 9. Nxe4) 9. Nxe4?? { (2.66 → -0.42) Blunder. d4 was best. } (9. d4 d5 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Rxf7 Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Bg5 Qf8) 9... d6?? { (-0.42 → 4.79) Blunder. d5 was best. } (9... d5 10. Nxc5) 10. Bd5?? { (4.79 → 1.61) Blunder. Qf3 was best. } (10. Qf3) 10... Nc6?? { (1.61 → 9.28) Blunder. c6 was best. } (10... c6 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Rxf7 Kxf7 13. d4 Kg8 14. dxc5 d5 15. cxb6 Qe7 16. Nc3 axb6 17. Bf4) 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qg4?? { (9.44 → -7.40) Blunder. d4 was best. } (12. d4 d5) 12... Bxg4 13. d3 Bd4 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. h3 Be6 16. c3 Be5 17. Rae1 Bxg3?! { (-8.07 → -5.29) Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } (17... Qa6 18. d4 Qc4 19. Be7 Qxc6 20. Bxf8 Bd5 21. dxe5 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxe4 23. exd6 Rxf8 24. dxc7) 18. Nxg3 Bxh3 19. gxh3?! { (-4.84 → -8.90) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (19. Be7 Bd7) 19... Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qxg5 22. Rg1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qf3+?? { (-10.07 → 2.26) Blunder. Qf5+ was best. } (24... Qf5+ 25. Ke2 Qe5+ 26. Kf1 Qf6+ 27. Ke2 d5 28. Bb5 c6 29. Ba6 Qf4 30. c4 Qe5+ 31. Kf1) 25. Bxf3 Rfe8 26. Bd5? { (2.62 → 1.07) Mistake. Kg2 was best. } (26. Kg2 Re6 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. Rh1 Rg6+ 29. Kf2 Re6 30. b4 g6 31. b5 Kg7 32. d4 d5) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kd1?! { (1.01 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } (28. Kf2 g6) 28... g6 29. Bc6 Re5 30. d4 Re6 31. Bd5 Rf6?! { (-0.54 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } (31... Re7 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Kg7 34. Bc6 f5 35. Kf2 g5 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. Bb5 h5 38. Bd7) 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Re7 h5 35. Rxc7 Rf3?? { (-0.25 → 1.87) Blunder. h4 was best. } (35... h4) 36. Be2?? { (1.87 → 0.19) Blunder. Ke2 was best. } (36. Ke2 Rf4) 36... Rf2?? { (0.19 → 2.92) Blunder. Rf4 was best. } (36... Rf4 37. Re7 h4 38. Re3 g5 39. Rh3 f5 40. Kd2 Kf6 41. Ke1 Kg6 42. Rh2 Re4 43. Kd2) 37. Ke1?? { (2.92 → 0.89) Blunder. Kd2 was best. } (37. Kd2) 37... Rf5?? { (0.89 → 3.31) Blunder. Rf4 was best. } (37... Rf4 38. Re7 h4 39. Bd3 Kh6 40. Re8 f5 41. Ke2 Kg5 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. Re6 Rf3+ 44. Ke2) 38. Rxa7 h4 39. Re7 Rf4 40. Re3 g5 41. Bh5?? { (3.49 → -0.17) Blunder. Rh3 was best. } (41. Rh3 f5 42. a4 Re4 43. b4 Re8 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Rb8 46. Bd3 f4 47. a6 Rb3) 41... g4 42. b4?! { (-0.08 → -0.98) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (42. a4 Kf6 43. Bxg4 Rxg4 44. Kf2 Rg8 45. c4 Rg4 46. Rb3 Rxd4 47. Rxb6 Rxc4 48. Rxd6+ Ke7) 42... h3?? { (-0.98 → 2.27) Blunder. b5 was best. } (42... b5 43. c4 f5 44. Be8 h3 45. Bc6 d5 46. cxb5 Rxd4 47. Re7+ Kg6 48. Re8 Rxb4 49. Rh8) 43. Bxg4 Rxg4 44. Rxh3 Rg2 45. a4 Ra2 46. c4?? { (2.19 → 0.00) Blunder. Rh5 was best. } (46. Rh5) 46... Rxa4 47. Rb3 Ra7 48. c5 bxc5 49. dxc5 dxc5 50. bxc5 Ra1+ 51. Kd2 Ra4 52. c6 Rc4?? { (0.04 → 5.26) Blunder. Ra8 was best. } (52... Ra8 53. Kd3 Rc8 54. Rc3 f5 55. Kd4 Kf6 56. Kd5 f4 57. Kd6 Kf5 58. Kd7 Rxc6 59. Kxc6) 53. Rb6?? { (5.26 → 0.00) Blunder. Rc3 was best. } (53. Rc3) 53... f5 54. Kd3 Rc1 55. Ke3 Kg6 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Rb8 Rxc6 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59. Rxf5 Rc4+ 60. Kg5 Rc6 61. Rf6+ Kd5 62. Kf5 Rc1 63. Rf7 Rf1+ 64. Kg6 Rg1+ 65. Kf6 Kd6 66. Rh7 Rf1+ 67. Kg7 Ke7 68. Rh5 Rg1+ 69. Kh6 Kf6 70. Kh7 Rg7+ 71. Kh6 Rg8 72. Rh3?? { (0.00 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } (72. Kh7 Rg7+ 73. Kh8 Rd7 74. Ra5 Kg6 75. Ra6+ Kf5 76. Kg8 Rc7 77. Kf8 Rh7 78. Ke8 Ke5) 72... Rh8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1