FEN
[Event "March Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/o5QU15dN"]
[Date "2025.03.23"]
[White "Sasha"]
[Black "James8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.03.23"]
[UTCTime "21:38:38"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "742"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM🧁"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Mikenas Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. d4 Nc6?! { (0.43 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { A40 Mikenas Defense } (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. cxd5) 2. Nf3 Nxd4?? { (0.86 → 6.65) Blunder. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. b3) 3. Nxd4 Rb8?! { (5.40 → 7.42) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (3... e5 4. Nb3 a5 5. c4 Nf6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Nd2) 4. Nf3 a5 5. Bf4 Ra8 6. e3 Ra6 7. Bxa6 bxa6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Bc8 10. O-O d5 11. Re1 Be6 12. e4 Nh6 13. Bxh6 Qd6 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Qb5 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. Nxa5 Bd5 18. Qxd5 e5?! { (20.66 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd8 was best. } (18... Qd8 19. Qc6+) 19. Rxe5+ Be7 20. Nc6 Qa8 21. Qc5 Kf8 22. Qxe7+ Kg8 23. Qe8+ Qxe8 24. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0