[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer Mach IV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "91"]

{[%evp 10,90,20,14,15,16,12,12,20,-1,16,13,54,48,55,51,120,121,116,51,113,107,112,122,233,125,266,167,355,351,348,335,328,118,121,67,65,72,61,53,150,73,71,78,366,367,587,586,588,584,645,630,636,626,736,729,776,764,995,990,957,924,1305,29967,29967,1146,29970,29971,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 {Amsterdam out of book.} 6. Be3 {Mach IV out of book.} cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Qa5 {The position is equal.} 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bc4 Nd5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bd3 ({Don't play} 13. Ng5 $6 g6 14. Bb3 Rd8 $11) 13... Qh5 14. h3 {a3 is the strong threat.} Rd8 15. a3 Be7 16. Ne2 {aiming for b4.} Bd6 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Rfe1 Bd7 $2 (18... Nf6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 gxf6) 19. Ng3 $18 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Nf6 21. Qb1 $2 (21. g4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Qd5 22. g5) 21... Qd5 $16 22. Rc5 Qd6 23. Bf4 Qe7 {[%cal Oc6d4] [#] Threatens to win with ...Nxd4!} 24. Qc2 {[%cal Od4d5] Strongly threatening d5!} Rdc8 {[%cal Oc6d4]} 25. b4 {[%cal Od4d5] And now d5! would win.} b6 26. Rc4 $36 {[%cal Od4d5][%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent d5! White is really pushing.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... h6 $16 {was called for.}) 27. Bg5 $18 Nd8 (27... h6 $142) 28. Ne5 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Rc8 30. Bxf6 Qd6 31. Qa6 Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 Nc6 33. Rc1 Re8 34. Rxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxa7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ra7f7]} Bd7 36. Nxd7 Qd6 37. Bb5 {Threatening mate with Be5.} e5 38. Bc4 {White mates.} b5 {[#]} 39. Qe3 $1 Re6 (39... Qxf6 40. Nxf6+) 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Qa7 e4 42. Bg5 e5 43. Nf6+ Qxf6 44. Bxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra7g7]} Kf8 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qg7# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.77} 1-0