FEN
[Event "March Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/rhkcg5Z5"]
[Date "2025.03.23"]
[White "James8"]
[Black "Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.03.23"]
[UTCTime "21:16:25"]
[WhiteElo "686"]
[BlackElo "1105"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+56"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-14"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation } 3. Bb5+?? { (0.85 → -8.25) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } (3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Qf3 e6 9. Bf4 Qd8) 3... Bd7?? { (-8.25 → -0.71) Blunder. Qxb5 was best. } (3... Qxb5 4. d4) 4. Ne2?? { (-0.71 → -8.37) Blunder. Bxd7+ was best. } (4. Bxd7+ Qxd7) 4... Bxb5 5. Nf4 Qd8 6. Nd5 Bd7 7. Ne3 Nf6 8. Nc4 Nc6 9. Rf1 e6 10. f4 Be7 11. Rf3 O-O 12. Rd3 h6 13. Rh3 Kh8 { Black offers draw } 14. Rxh6+ gxh6 15. Qg4 Kh7 16. Qg8+ Kxg8 17. d4 b6 18. Be3 a5 19. Nca3 Rb8 20. Kf1 Kh7 21. Kg1 b5 22. Kh1 Bxa3 23. bxa3 b4 24. Nd2 bxa3 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1 Nxd4 27. Bxd4?! { (-27.67 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c3 was best. } (27. c3 Ne2) 27... Bb5 { Black resigns. } 1-0