[Event "Romanian Championship"] [Site "Sebes ROU"] [Date "2023.02.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Gergely Szabo"] [Black "Nicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2514"] [BlackElo "2283"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation } h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. c4 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. b3 Rd8 13. Rd1 c5 14. dxc5?! { (-0.72 → -1.47) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } (14. cxd5) 14... Qxc5?! { (-1.47 → -0.39) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (14... Nc6 15. Kg2 Bxc5 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Qe2 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nc4 Qa6 20. Bb2 Rxe5 21. Qf1) 15. Nf1?! { (-0.39 → -0.98) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } (15. Bb2) 15... dxc4? { (-0.98 → 0.48) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (15... Nc6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. bxc4 b6 20. Kg2 Kh7 21. N1d2 Ncd4 22. Ne4) 16. Qxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rxd8+ Kh7 18. Ne3 Qa5 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20. Ng2 Nxg3 21. Nf4+ Kf5 22. Nxf7 Qc3 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. Rf8 Kg4?? { (0.00 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd7 was best. } (24... Nd7 25. Nh6+ Kxe5 26. Nf7+ Kf5 27. Nh6+ Ke5) 25. Be3?? { (Mate in 7 → 3.86) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nh6+ was best. } (25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Rxf6 Qd4 28. Bxh6 Qd5+ 29. f3+ Qxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Kxh4 31. Rf4#) 25... Nxf2 26. Nd5 Qxa1? { (7.78 → Mate in 16) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc2 was best. } (26... Qc2 27. Nh6+ Kxh4 28. Bxf2+ Kg5 29. Nf7+ Kf5 30. Ne3+ Kg6 31. Nxc2 Nd7 32. Nh8+ Kh6 33. Rxa8) 27. Nh6+ Kxh4 28. Bxf2+ Kg5 29. Be3+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nf7 Nc6 32. Ng5+ Kh6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. Nxe6+ Kh7 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Nh4+ Kh6 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ Kh6 41. Rxa8 g6 42. Rg8 Nxe5 43. Rxg6+ { White wins. } 1-0