FEN
[Event "April Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/mdguPEK8"]
[Date "2025.04.27"]
[White "Maxim"]
[Black "xavi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.04.27"]
[UTCTime "20:31:20"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-8"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🧂"]
[BlackTitle "GM🥉"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense } 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4?! { (-0.02 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } (5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. Qb3 Qb4 9. Bb5 e6 10. Qxb4 Bxb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4) 6. Be3?! { (0.74 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. } (6. dxc5 e6 7. b4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qb8 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Bb5 g5 11. Bxg5 Qxe5+ 12. Be3 Nf5) 6... e6 7. Bb5?! { (0.44 → -0.41) Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. } (7. dxc5 a6) 7... Ne7? { (-0.41 → 0.74) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } (7... Qb6 8. a4 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. b4 Qa7 13. O-O Ne7 14. Nbd2) 8. Nbd2? { (0.74 → -0.45) Mistake. dxc5 was best. } (8. dxc5) 8... Nf5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 a6?! { (-0.34 → 0.24) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } (10... Qb6 11. Qa4) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 cxd4?! { (-0.41 → 0.50) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (13... Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. c4 Rc8 16. Qe2 a5 17. b3 cxd4 18. exd4 c5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. dxc5) 14. exd4 Be7 15. a3?! { (0.27 → -0.62) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (15. b4 a5 16. a3 O-O 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nb3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qb7 21. Qb2 Ra8) 15... O-O? { (-0.62 → 0.49) Mistake. c5 was best. } (15... c5) 16. Qc2? { (0.49 → -0.98) Mistake. b4 was best. } (16. b4) 16... c5 17. Nh2?! { (-0.77 → -1.68) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (17. b4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Qb2 Qa4 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rc4 23. Rc3 Bd8) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Ng4?? { (-1.49 → -4.22) Blunder. Qd2 was best. } (20. Qd2) 20... Qxb2 21. Rae1?! { (-4.26 → -6.18) Inaccuracy. Rab1 was best. } (21. Rab1 Qc3) 21... Rc4 22. Nf6+?! { (-5.36 → -8.28) Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best. } (22. Rd1 Rc3 23. Qxa6 Rxa3 24. Qc6 Ra2 25. Rf2 Qb3 26. Rdf1 Rxf2 27. Nxf2 Qe3 28. Qb6 Bg5) 22... Bxf6 23. Rxf6?! { (-5.95 → -9.06) Inaccuracy. exf6 was best. } (23. exf6) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rf3 g6 26. Rb3 Ra4 27. Ree3 Rc8 28. Rb7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Ra1?? { (-6.83 → 0.41) Blunder. Rf4 was best. } (29... Rf4 30. Kg3 g5 31. h4 Rxh4 32. Rf3 Rf4 33. Rxf4 gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Kg7 35. Rb4 a5 36. Ra4) 30. Rf3 R1xa3?? { (0.68 → 4.54) Blunder. Kg7 was best. } (30... Kg7 31. Rfxf7+ Kh6 32. Rbe7 Kg5 33. Rxe6 R4xa3 34. Rxh7 Re3 35. h4+ Kf5 36. Rf6+ Kxe5 37. Rxg6) 31. Rfxf7 Rc3 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rgf7+ Ke8?? { (4.35 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } (33... Kg8 34. Rg7+) 34. Rxh7 Rac4 35. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0