FEN
[Event "March Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/vbbFG8z7"]
[Date "2026.03.15"]
[White "Armaan"]
[Black "Eitan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.03.15"]
[UTCTime "19:16:49"]
[WhiteElo "1401"]
[BlackElo "1197"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+36"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 { B02 Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation } 3. Bc4 c6 4. Bxd5? { (0.62 → -0.77) Mistake. d4 was best. } (4. d4 d6 5. exd6 e6 6. Nd2 Bxd6 7. Ne4 Be7 8. Qg4 Nb4 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bh6 Qxd4) 4... cxd5 5. Qf3 b6? { (-1.06 → 0.15) Mistake. d4 was best. } (5... d4 6. Qg3 d6 7. exd6 h5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. c3) 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Qf3?? { (0.18 → -1.38) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (7. Nf3) 7... Bb7 8. Nh3? { (-1.50 → -2.70) Mistake. Ne2 was best. } (8. Ne2 d6) 8... Nxe5?? { (-2.70 → 6.85) Blunder. Qc7 was best. } (8... Qc7 9. Qc3 e6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nf4 Bd4 12. Qh3 Bxe5 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Ne1) 9. Qf4?? { (6.85 → -7.01) Blunder. Qxb7 was best. } (9. Qxb7 Nc6 10. Qa6 Rc8 11. c3 Nb4 12. Qa4 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxc1+ 14. Rxc1 Qc7 15. f4 g5) 9... Ng6? { (-7.01 → -3.41) Mistake. Bxg2 was best. } (9... Bxg2 10. Qxe5 Bxh1 11. d4 Qb8 12. Nc3 Qxe5+ 13. dxe5 Bc6 14. e6 h6 15. a4 g5 16. a5) 10. Qe3? { (-3.41 → -6.86) Mistake. Qg3 was best. } (10. Qg3 e6 11. f3 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. d3 Rc8 14. Bd2 b5 15. O-O-O b4 16. Ne4 Qa5) 10... Nh4 11. Qb3 d5?? { (-9.07 → 3.47) Blunder. Bxg2 was best. } (11... Bxg2 12. Ng5) 12. O-O?? { (3.47 → -3.25) Blunder. Qa4+ was best. } (12. Qa4+ Qd7) 12... Ba6?? { (-3.25 → 3.69) Blunder. d4 was best. } (12... d4 13. Ng5 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. f3 Rc8 16. c3 h6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ng3 g5 19. d3) 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxa6 e6?? { (3.42 → 7.37) Blunder. Nxg2 was best. } (14... Nxg2) 15. Nc3?! { (7.37 → 5.15) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (15. d4 b5) 15... d4 16. Nb5 Nf5?! { (4.31 → 6.65) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (16... e5 17. f3) 17. d3 Nd6?! { (5.94 → 9.02) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (17... Be7) 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Qb7 Qe5 20. Qxa8+ Kd7 21. Qxa7+ Kc6 22. Qa4+ Kb7 23. Bf4 Qd5 24. c4 Qd8 25. b4 e5 26. Bxe5 f6 27. Bf4 Qe8?! { (13.71 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g5 was best. } (27... g5 28. Bd2) 28. b5?! { (Mate in 7 → 14.46) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe8 was best. } (28. Qxe8 Bd6 29. Qd7+ Ka8 30. Bxd6 Rb8 31. Qc7 Rb7 32. Qc6 f5 33. Qe8+ Ka7 34. Qa4#) 28... Qd8?! { (14.46 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qa8 was best. } (28... Qa8 29. Qxa8+ Kxa8 30. Bg3 g5 31. Rae1 Bc5 32. Re6 Rf8 33. Bd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Kb7 35. Rxd4) 29. Qa6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0