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[Event "July Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/gQOLX8G9"] [Date "2026.07.12"] [White "Mark-David"] [Black "Maria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.12"] [UTCTime "18:35:26"] [WhiteElo "1168"] [BlackElo "1144"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackTitle "❦"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Mediterranean Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6? { (0.38 → 1.59) Mistake. d5 was best. } { C00 French Defense: Mediterranean Defense } (2... d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bc4) 3. Nc3? { (1.59 → 0.44) Mistake. e5 was best. } (3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6) 3... Bb4? { (0.44 → 1.71) Mistake. d5 was best. } (3... d5 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Ra7 10. Nge2) 4. Bd2? { (1.71 → 0.17) Mistake. e5 was best. } (4. e5 Nd5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. a3 Be7 7. Ne4 Nc6 8. Nf3 h5 9. Qg3 h4 10. Qg4 d6) 4... Nc6? { (0.17 → 1.60) Mistake. Bxc3 was best. } (4... Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nxe4 6. Qg4 Nxd2 7. Qxg7 Ke7 8. Kxd2 Qf8 9. Qg5+ f6 10. Qc5+ Kd8 11. Qxf8+) 5. Nf3?? { (1.60 → -1.64) Blunder. e5 was best. } (5. e5 Nd5 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. h4 Nb4 10. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 11. c3 Bf8) 5... Na5?? { (-1.64 → 2.69) Blunder. Bxc3 was best. } (5... Bxc3 6. bxc3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. O-O Ne7 10. c4 O-O 11. Rfe1 h6 12. a4) 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bd3 Bxc3?! { (3.24 → 4.22) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (7... d5) 8. Bxc3?! { (4.22 → 3.19) Inaccuracy. bxc3 was best. } (8. bxc3 d5) 8... Nc6 9. d5?? { (3.66 → 1.37) Blunder. h3 was best. } (9. h3) 9... Ncxe5?? { (1.37 → 8.04) Blunder. exd5 was best. } (9... exd5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O d6 13. Rhe1 Nf5 14. b3 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nfe7 16. Nxc6) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qe7 12. O-O Qc5 13. Be4 d6 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 Qc4 16. Bd3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Rxg4 18. Be2 Re4 19. Rfe1 exd5 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Rxe4+ dxe4 22. Re1 d5 23. f3 a6 24. Be2 exf3 25. Bxf3+ Kd6 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. Rxd5+ Ke6 28. Rd4 Bxc2 29. Rc4 Rg8 30. Bxb7 Bd3 31. Rxc7 Kd6 32. Rxf7 Ke6 33. Rc7 Bf5 34. Bc8+ Kd6 35. Rc4? { (8.84 → 4.12) Mistake. Bxf5 was best. } (35. Bxf5) 35... Bxc8 36. Rd4+ Ke7 37. Bb4+ Ke6 38. Rh4 Bb7 39. g4?? { (3.60 → 0.59) Blunder. g3 was best. } (39. g3 Rg7) 39... Kd5?? { (0.59 → 4.11) Blunder. h5 was best. } (39... h5 40. h3 hxg4 41. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 42. hxg4 Bf3 43. g5 Bd5 44. b3 Kf5 45. Be7 a5 46. Bd8) 40. h3 Kc4? { (3.42 → 5.78) Mistake. Rg7 was best. } (40... Rg7 41. Bc3 Rf7 42. Rh5+ Ke4 43. Kg2 Kd3+ 44. Kg3 Rf3+ 45. Kh4 Be4 46. Ra5 Re3 47. Rxa6) 41. Bd2?? { (5.78 → 2.69) Blunder. Rxh7 was best. } (41. Rxh7 Be4) 41... Rd8?? { (2.69 → 5.62) Blunder. Be4 was best. } (41... Be4) 42. Bg5? { (5.62 → 2.96) Mistake. Rxh7 was best. } (42. Rxh7 Bd5) 42... Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+?? { (2.93 → 9.15) Blunder. Rd7 was best. } (43... Rd7) 44. Bxd2 Kd3 45. Ke1 Bg2 46. Rxh7 Bxh3 47. Rxh3+ Kc2 48. b4 Kb2 49. a4 Kc2 50. Rh6 Kb3 51. a5 Kc4 52. Rxa6 Kb5 53. Rh6 Ka4 54. a6 Kb5 55. a7 Kc4 56. a8=Q Kd4 57. Qd8+ Ke4 58. Qa8+ Ke5 59. Qa5+ Kd4 60. Qc5+ Kd3 61. Bg5 Ke4 62. Re6+ Kf3 63. Qe3+ Kxg4 64. Qf4+ Kh5 65. Qh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0