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[Event "Sunday Strategy March 1 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/E6IVMvqZ"] [Date "2026.03.01"] [Round "-"] [White "MsChessNJ"] [Black "ID0228"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "E6IVMvqZ"] [UTCDate "2026.03.01"] [UTCTime "23:33:43"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1223"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+3"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.27] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.5] } { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. c4 { [%eval 0.4] } 3... dxc4 { [%eval 0.64] } 4. d5 { [%eval 0.55] } 4... Nb4?? { (0.55 → 3.19) Blunder. Nb8 was best. } { [%eval 3.19] } (4... Nb8 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O) 5. Qa4+ { [%eval 2.78] } 5... Nc6? { (2.78 → 5.29) Mistake. c6 was best. } { [%eval 5.29] } (5... c6 6. Qxb4 cxd5 7. Qb5+ Qd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. Qxd7+ Bxd7 10. e4) 6. dxc6 { [%eval 4.91] } 6... bxc6 { [%eval 5.01] } 7. Qxc4 { [%eval 4.88] } 7... Be6 { [%eval 4.93] } 8. Qxc6+ { [%eval 4.98] } 8... Bd7 { [%eval 4.95] } 9. Qc2 { [%eval 4.85] } 9... e6 { [%eval 5.11] } 10. Nc3 { [%eval 5.26] } 10... Bb4 { [%eval 5.24] } 11. Bd2 { [%eval 5.14] } 11... Bxc3 { [%eval 5.55] } 12. Bxc3 { [%eval 5.51] } 12... Nf6 { [%eval 5.32] } 13. e4 { [%eval 5.36] } 13... Ng4 { [%eval 5.83] } 14. h3 { [%eval 5.76] } 14... Nf6 { [%eval 5.84] } 15. Bd3 { [%eval 5.67] } 15... Rb8 { [%eval 5.79] } 16. O-O { [%eval 5.82] } 16... Bc6 { [%eval 7.38] } 17. Rad1 { [%eval 6.23] } 17... Bxe4 { [%eval 8.09] } 18. Bxe4 { [%eval 8.08] } 18... Nxe4 { [%eval 9.1] } 19. Rxd8+ { [%eval 8.69] } 19... Rxd8 { [%eval 9.17] } 20. Qxe4 { [%eval 8.82] } 20... O-O { [%eval 8.67] } 21. Qe5 { [%eval 8.54] } 21... h5? { (8.54 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } { [%eval #1] } (21... f6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Re1 h6 24. Qe2 c5 25. Kh1 Rc8 26. Qc2 c4 27. Qa4) 22. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0