FEN
[Event "April Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/f0M1OLFh"]
[Date "2026.04.26"]
[White "Ioana"]
[Black "xavi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.26"]
[UTCTime "19:19:00"]
[WhiteElo "842"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4?? { (0.75 → -0.82) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } { C42 Russian Game: Italian Variation } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O) 3... Bc5?? { (-0.82 → 1.72) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (3... Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6 6. Nh4 g6 7. f4 Qe7 8. f5 Qg7 9. Be3 d6 10. a4) 4. O-O? { (1.72 → 0.28) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5 O-O) 4... Nxe4 5. d3 Nxf2?! { (0.19 → 1.21) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (5... Nf6 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. a4 c6 9. c3 d6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Re1) 6. Rxf2? { (1.21 → -0.01) Mistake. Qe2 was best. } (6. Qe2) 6... Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 d6? { (-0.22 → 0.85) Mistake. d5 was best. } (7... d5) 8. c3? { (0.85 → -0.30) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } (8. Nc3 c6 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. d4 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 d5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3) 8... O-O 9. d4?! { (-0.32 → -1.30) Inaccuracy. Kg1 was best. } (9. Kg1 Nc6) 9... e4 10. Ne1 d5 11. Bxd5?? { (-1.24 → -6.96) Blunder. Bb3 was best. } (11. Bb3 f5) 11... Qxd5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. c4 Qxd4+ 14. Ke2 Ne5 15. b3 Qxa1 16. Bb2 Qxb2 17. Ke3 Qc3+ 18. Kxe4?! { (-23.00 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf2 was best. } (18. Kf2 e3+) 18... f5+ 19. Kf4 Nd3+?! { (Mate in 3 → -21.09) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ng6+ was best. } (19... Ng6+ 20. Kg5 Qf6+ 21. Kh5 Nf4#) 20. Ke3?! { (-21.09 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxd3 was best. } (20. Nxd3 Qd4+ 21. Kf3 Qg4+ 22. Kf2 Qxd1 23. Nf3 Qxd3 24. h3 Qc2+ 25. Kg3 Qxa2 26. c5 Qxb3) 20... Nb2+ 21. Ke2 Nxd1?! { (Mate in 6 → -22.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re8+ was best. } (21... Re8+ 22. Kf1 Nxd1 23. Ndf3 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qd2 25. Nd3 Ne3+ 26. Kg1 Qxg2#) 22. Kxd1 Re8 23. Nb1?! { (-23.07 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b4 was best. } (23. b4 Qa1+) 23... Rxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1