FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/g9rBFpbh"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[White "Nikolai"]
[Black "James8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.05.17"]
[UTCTime "17:07:21"]
[WhiteElo "998"]
[BlackElo "826"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-13"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Polish Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. d4 b5?! { (0.43 → 1.41) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { A40 Polish Defense } (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. cxd5) 2. Nf3?! { (1.41 → 0.83) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 e6 5. a4 b4 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. O-O dxe4) 2... a5?! { (0.83 → 1.90) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 e6 6. a4 b4 7. O-O c5 8. c4 bxc3 9. bxc3) 3. Bf4?! { (1.90 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (3. e4 Ba6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Qe2 b4 6. Bxa6 Rxa6 7. c4 d6 8. a3 Be7 9. axb4 axb4) 3... Ra6? { (0.93 → 2.62) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (3... Nf6 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Bxb5 e6 6. Qe2 Bb7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Be3 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3) 4. c3?! { (2.62 → 1.81) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (4. e4 Rb6 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na4 Rb7 7. Bd3 e6 8. c4 bxc3 9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. O-O Rxb2) 4... Rc6?! { (1.81 → 3.00) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (4... Nf6 5. Nbd2) 5. e3 Rh6?? { (2.60 → 6.88) Blunder. Rb6 was best. } (5... Rb6 6. Nbd2) 6. Bxb5? { (6.88 → 4.04) Mistake. Bxh6 was best. } (6. Bxh6 Nxh6 7. Bxb5 e6 8. O-O Bb7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ba4 f5 12. d5 Kh8) 6... Rxh2? { (4.04 → 9.92) Mistake. Rb6 was best. } (6... Rb6 7. c4) 7. Nxh2 Nc6 8. Bxc6 Ba6 9. Be4 Bf1 10. Nxf1 c5 11. dxc5 h5 12. Ng3 Rh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Nxh5 Ng4 15. Bf3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Qa8?! { (21.93 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } (16... g6 17. Nf4) 17. Bxa8?! { (Mate in 9 → 52.62) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxa8 was best. } (17. Bxa8 Kd8 18. c6 d6 19. Qa4 e5 20. Qxa5+ Ke7 21. Qc7+ Ke6 22. Qd7+ Kd5 23. c7+ Kc4) 17... e5?! { (52.62 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d6 was best. } (17... d6 18. c6) 18. c6 Kd8 19. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0