FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/cmVN6FCo"]
[Date "2026.01.14"]
[White "Talal"]
[Black "Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.14"]
[UTCTime "21:15:58"]
[WhiteElo "1195"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-23"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+4"]
[BlackTitle "GM⚜"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B30 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian } 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 g6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Be2?! { (-0.31 → -0.91) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (7. d4 cxd4) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3?? { (-0.74 → -3.52) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } (9. Nd5 f5) 9... f5 10. Qd2?! { (-3.49 → -4.54) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (10. Nd5 Nb4 11. Nxb4 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 cxb4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nc4 d5 16. Ne3 Be6) 10... fxe4?! { (-4.54 → -3.44) Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } (10... Qa5 11. Nd5) 11. dxe4 Be6?? { (-4.15 → -0.01) Blunder. Qa5 was best. } (11... Qa5 12. Nd5) 12. Rad1 Nd4?! { (-0.23 → 0.28) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (12... a6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. a4 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rxe4 18. Bc4 Re7 19. Re1) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nb5 a6? { (0.37 → 1.52) Mistake. Rc8 was best. } (14... Rc8 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxc2 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Qf6 19. f4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qc3 21. Bf3) 15. Na3?? { (1.52 → -1.36) Blunder. Nxd4 was best. } (15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. c4 Re8 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. f3 Rc8 19. Kh1 h5 20. Nb4 a5 21. Nxc6 bxc6) 15... Qb6?! { (-1.36 → -0.77) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (15... b5 16. Nb1) 16. c4?? { (-0.77 → -4.35) Blunder. Nc4 was best. } (16. Nc4 Qc6 17. f4 b5 18. Na5 Qb6 19. Kh1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. Bxf5 Rxf5) 16... h5?? { (-4.35 → 1.37) Blunder. dxc3 was best. } (16... dxc3 17. Qc2) 17. h3?! { (1.37 → 0.38) Inaccuracy. Nc2 was best. } (17. Nc2 Bd7 18. Nxd4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 a5 20. Nc2 a4 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bc6 23. Rfd1 axb3) 17... Rac8?! { (0.38 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Rfe8 was best. } (17... Rfe8) 18. Rc1?! { (0.96 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nc2 was best. } (18. Nc2 Bd7) 18... a5?! { (0.00 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Kh7 was best. } (18... Kh7 19. Rcd1 Bh6 20. Qb2 Bg7) 19. Nb5 Rc5 20. Na3?! { (0.89 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. Rfd1 was best. } (20. Rfd1 Re5) 20... a4 21. Nc2 axb3 22. axb3 Qxb3 23. Nxd4 Qa4?! { (-0.11 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. Bxd4 was best. } (23... Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Rfc8 25. Rb1 Qa2 26. Qe3 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxb7 Qe6 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Rd7) 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxd6 Re5?! { (0.97 → 1.85) Inaccuracy. Qc6 was best. } (25... Qc6 26. Qd3 Re5 27. Bf3 Rf7 28. Rfd1 Bf6 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. Rb2 h4 31. Qb1 Rf7 32. Rb5) 26. f4 Rxe4 27. Bd3 Qa7+?? { (2.00 → 4.20) Blunder. Re3 was best. } (27... Re3 28. Bxg6) 28. Kh2?? { (4.20 → 0.03) Blunder. c5 was best. } (28. c5 Re3 29. Bxg6 Qa2 30. Bxh5 Qd5 31. Bg4 Bd4 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Kh2 Rd3 34. c6 bxc6) 28... Re3?? { (0.03 → 2.94) Blunder. Qd4 was best. } (28... Qd4 29. c5 Qxd6 30. cxd6 Rd4 31. Bxg6 h4 32. Rc7 Rxd6 33. Rxb7 e5 34. Bf7+ Kh8 35. Re1) 29. Bxg6 e5?? { (3.16 → 8.56) Blunder. Qb8 was best. } (29... Qb8 30. Qxb8) 30. fxe5?? { (8.56 → -6.45) Blunder. Qd5+ was best. } (30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Qd1 Bh6 32. Qxh5 Kg7 33. Rcd1 Qa4 34. Bf5 Rf6 35. Rd8 Qc6 36. Qg4+ Kf7) 30... Bxe5+ 31. Kg1?? { (-6.99 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxe5 was best. } (31. Qxe5 Rxe5) 31... Rd3+? { (Mate in 2 → -9.27) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re1+ was best. } (31... Re1+ 32. c5 Rfxf1#) 32. Kh1 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxd6 34. Bxh5 b6 35. Rc1? { (-9.51 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re1 was best. } (35. Re1 Qa2) 35... Rf6?! { (Mate in 10 → -11.87) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qa3 was best. } (35... Qa3 36. Re1 Qc3 37. Rxe5 Qa1+ 38. Re1 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kg1 Qxh5 41. c5 Qxc5+ 42. Kh2) 36. Rg1?! { (-11.87 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf3 was best. } (36. Bf3 Qa3) 36... Bb8? { (Mate in 6 → -9.59) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg7 was best. } (36... Qg7 37. Bf7+ Qxf7 38. h4 Rf2 39. c5 bxc5 40. g3 Qb7+ 41. Rg2 Qxg2#) 37. Bf3 Qc7 38. Rc1?! { (-14.05 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd5+ was best. } (38. Bd5+ Kg7) 38... Qh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1