The R40 sets up an active defence and gets an advantage. However the Amsterdam holds on and the R40 seems to lose its way. And as we have seen before the Amsterdam manages to take advantage of these small errors to improve its game and go on to win.
[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Tasc R40 2.5 Aegeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "153"]
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