FEN
[Event "April Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/mVsaxodm"]
[Date "2026.04.26"]
[White "Maxim"]
[Black "xavi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.26"]
[UTCTime "19:41:55"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-15"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+10"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🧂"]
[BlackTitle "GM🥉"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game: Italian Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3?! { (0.75 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O) 3... Nc6 4. Bc4?! { (0.33 → -0.23) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } { C46 Four Knights Game: Italian Variation } (4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nd2 h6) 4... Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bxd5?? { (0.00 → -1.71) Blunder. Bd3 was best. } (6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Nb4 8. c3 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 Qxd3 10. Nxe5 Qe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxg2 12. Nf3+ Be7) 6... Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd6 8. d3 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. O-O?! { (-2.13 → -3.44) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Be7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Nfd2 Rhe8) 10... f5 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Be7 13. a5?! { (-3.96 → -6.15) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (13. g4 fxg4 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Ne4 a5 16. hxg4 Bf7 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rfe1 Kb8 19. c3 h6) 13... Qg6 14. a6 b6 15. Nd5?! { (-6.37 → -10.38) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (15. Qe2 e4) 15... Rxd5 16. c4 Rdd8 17. Kh2 e4 18. Qc2 Bd6+ 19. g3 Bxf3 20. c5 exd3 21. Qc3 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rhe8 23. Rac1 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 f4 25. b4 fxg3+ 26. fxg3 Re2+ 27. Kg1?! { (-16.65 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf2 was best. } (27. Rf2 d2 28. Rxe2 dxc1=Q 29. Qxc1 Bxe2 30. h4 Nd4 31. Qh1 Qc6 32. Qa1 Qxa6 33. Qxa6+ Bxa6) 27... Qxg3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1