FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/laYgfGx8"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[White "Nikolai"]
[Black "James8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.02.08"]
[UTCTime "18:37:38"]
[WhiteElo "1018"]
[BlackElo "772"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-10"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. d4 f5 { A80 Dutch Defense } 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nd5?! { (0.75 → 1.31) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (3... g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. c5 h6 8. Qb3+ Kh8 9. h4 Nc6 10. Rd1) 4. e3 Nb6?! { (1.39 → 2.04) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (4... e6 5. Bg3 Nf6 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nfd2 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 a5 11. Re1) 5. c3?! { (2.04 → 1.45) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (5. h4) 5... Rg8? { (1.45 → 2.86) Mistake. e6 was best. } (5... e6 6. c4) 6. Bd3 g5?? { (2.80 → 10.34) Blunder. e6 was best. } (6... e6 7. e4) 7. Bxg5? { (10.34 → 4.93) Mistake. Nxg5 was best. } (7. Nxg5 Rxg5) 7... Bg7?! { (4.93 → 9.41) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (7... d6 8. Bh4 Qd7 9. Ng5 e6 10. Qh5+ Rg6 11. g4 Bh6 12. Nd2 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qf7 14. gxf5) 8. Bf4?! { (9.41 → 6.21) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } (8. Nh4 d6) 8... Rf8?! { (6.21 → 9.74) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (8... e6 9. Ng5 Qf6 10. Qh5+ Qg6 11. Qxg6+ hxg6 12. Bxc7 Bf6 13. h4 Rh8 14. Rh3 d5 15. Nd2) 9. Qe2 Na4 10. Nbd2 Nxb2 11. Rb1?? { (8.27 → 1.92) Blunder. Bc2 was best. } (11. Bc2) 11... Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Rf7?? { (1.49 → 6.45) Blunder. d6 was best. } (12... d6) 13. O-O?? { (6.45 → 3.11) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (13. Ng5 d6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd7 17. Ng5+ Kf8 18. Nxh7+ Kg8 19. Ng5 Qg4) 13... Bh6?? { (3.11 → 11.08) Blunder. h6 was best. } (13... h6 14. e4) 14. Bxh6 Nc6 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 f4 17. exf4 Rf6?! { (17.66 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg7 was best. } (17... Rg7 18. Bxg7) 18. Ng4?! { (Mate in 7 → 13.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxh7 was best. } (18. Qxh7 e6 19. Qg8+ Ke7 20. Qg7+ Kd6 21. Ndc4+ Kd5 22. Rb5+ c5 23. Rxc5+ Ke4 24. Nd6#) 18... Rxh6 19. Nxh6 b5 20. Qf5 Bb7?! { (19.80 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d6 was best. } (20... d6 21. Qxb5+) 21. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0