FEN
[Event "August Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/gykjJlEL"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[White "Nikolai"]
[Black "Ioana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2025.08.17"]
[UTCTime "19:44:46"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "798"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-20"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+19"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. Bf4 e5? { (0.59 → 1.97) Mistake. Bf5 was best. } (3... Bf5 4. c4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. c5 Ne4 7. h4 f6 8. Nc3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3) 4. dxe5 f6 5. exf6 gxf6? { (1.50 → 3.36) Mistake. Nxf6 was best. } (5... Nxf6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e3 O-O-O 10. Be2 Rhf8 11. O-O Qe7 12. Re1) 6. e3 Nge7 7. c3 d4?? { (2.87 → 6.02) Blunder. Ng6 was best. } (7... Ng6 8. Bg3) 8. exd4?! { (6.02 → 4.12) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } (8. Nxd4 Ng6 9. Bg3 f5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 bxc6 12. Nd2 h5 13. Bxc7 Rh7 14. Ba5 h4) 8... Nxd4? { (4.12 → 9.51) Mistake. Ng6 was best. } (8... Ng6 9. Be3 Qe7 10. g3 Bh6 11. Qe2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bg4 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O) 9. cxd4 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Ng8 11. Bf4 f5 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Qe2+ Kf8 17. Qe5 Kf7 18. Qxh8 Nf6?! { (22.69 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ba6 was best. } (18... Ba6 19. Ng5+ Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Bxb5 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qxf5+ Kg7 23. Qxb5 Ra5 24. Qxa5 bxa5 25. a4) 19. Qxd8 Be6 20. Qxa8 Bc4 21. Bxc4+ Ke7 22. Qb7+ Kd8 23. Be6 Ke8 24. Bd6 Kd8 25. Qd7+ Nxd7 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27. Bb4 Kc6 28. Rc1+ Kb5 { White resigns. } 0-1