[Event "Game in 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto London REV II AE"]
[Black "Tasc R30 2.5 Phoenix SE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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[Event "Game in 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tasc R30 2.5 Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Mephisto London REV II AE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "145"]

{[%evp 9,144,-14,0,-14,-19,-53,-49,-53,-30,-27,-30,-37,42,-23,-29,-36,35,37,71,36,41,38,74,80,186,63,55,42,192,195,208,192,237,210,225,172,180,184,506,503,500,477,489,488,479,478,471,466,460,453,459,458,462,458,483,484,537,489,489,487,529,486,486,481,485,481,483,480,473,478,520,466,463,450,404,353,548,252,512,495,564,558,559,509,877,845,782,618,789,636,766,682,715,544,897,940,904,0,0,0,0,0,29981,29982,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. b3 {Looks like the Tasc wants to show off!} e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 {Tasc out of book.} 5. Nf3 {London out of book.} Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 {Black is slightly better.} Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Qb8 11. c4 (11. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 12. Nh4 $11) 11... Qb7 12. Qc2 Rab8 13. Nh4 {Strongly threatening f4.} Bd8 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Re8 {[%cal Of6e4]} 16. Rfe1 {Against Ne4} a6 {London shows its favourite evaluation figure of -0.12!} 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Ndf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] Tasc showing +0.57} Qb6 19. Re1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Bxh4 20. Nxh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill. Now they both agree with Tasc showing +0.81 and London -0.81.} Nf6 21. Nf5 Bg6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Qe2 {Black must now prevent d5.} Be4 {[#] Prevents d5.} (23... Re8 {is a better chance.}) 24. d5 $1 $18 Kxe7 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Intending Qf4+ and mate. KQR-KQR} g6 27. Qf3+ (27. c5 Qxc5 28. Qe7+ (28. dxc6 Kg7 $11) (28. b4 Rxb4 29. Qf3+ Kg7 $17) 28... Kg7 $11) 27... Kg7 28. Re7 Rf8 29. dxc6 Kg8 30. g4 Kg7 31. g5 Qa5 32. h4 Kg8 {When in doubt shuffle your King about!} 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. Kh3 Qa5 35. a3 Qb6 36. Rd7 a5 37. Re7 Qa7 38. Kg3 Qb6 39. a4 Kg7 40. Kh3 {Stockfish recommends P-h5 here.} (40. c5 dxc5 41. Kg2 Qb4 $16) 40... Kg8 {London would like a draw...} 41. h5 gxh5 42. Kh4 Qc5 (42... Qb4 $142 43. Rxc7 (43. Kxh5 d5 $18) 43... d5) 43. Rxc7 (43. Kxh5 $142 Qb6 44. Rd7) 43... Qe5 $2 (43... d5 44. cxd5 Qd6) 44. Kxh5 d5 45. Rd7 dxc4 46. bxc4 {Threatens to win with c7.} Qh2+ (46... Qe6 $142 47. c5 Rc8) 47. Kg4 Qg1+ 48. Kf5 Qe1 49. Qe3 {Prevents Qe6+.} Qb1+ 50. Kg4 Qg1+ 51. Kf4 {And now c7 would win.} f6 52. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#]} 53. gxf6 $2 ({Worse is} 53. Qe7 Qxf2+ 54. Kg4 (54. Ke4 Qe2+ 55. Kf5 Qf2+ 56. Ke6 Qe3+ 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Kc7 Qa7+ 59. Kd6 Qd4+ 60. Kc7 Qa7+ 61. Kd6 Qd4+ $11) 54... Qg2+ 55. Kf5 Qf2+ 56. Kg4 Qg2+ 57. Kf5 Qf2+ 58. Kg4 $11) (53. c7 $1 $18 Qxf2+ 54. Ke4 f5+ 55. Kd5 Qd2+ 56. Kc6 Qxg5 57. Qe5+ Kg8 58. Qd5+ Kh8 59. Rd8) 53... Qxf2+ $11 54. Kg5 {[%cal Od7h7] White threatens Rxh7+! and mate.} Qg3+ 55. Kf5 Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Qh3+ $11 56. Ke5 Qh2+ 57. Ke4 Qe2+ 58. Kf5 Qh5+ 59. Kf4 Qh4+ 60. Kf5 Qh3+ 61. Ke5 Qh2+ 62. Kf5 Qh3+) 56. Qe4 {White mates.} Qg6+ 57. Ke5 Re8+ 58. Re7 Qh5+ 59. Kd6 Rd8+ 60. Rd7 Rf8 61. Qe7 {[%cal Re7f8]} Qh2+ 62. Kc5 {[%cal Re7f8]} Qf2+ 63. Kb5 {[%cal Re7f8]} Rb8+ 64. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Qf5+ 65. Kb6 {[%csl Gb7,Gf6][%cal Re7g7]} Rg8 66. f7 Qf2+ 67. c5 Qb2+ 68. Ka7 Ra8+ 69. Kxa8 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Qxb7+ 70. cxb7 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Kg7 71. f8=Q+ Kg6 72. Qe6+ Kg5 73. Qfh6# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27 (precise) /Black=0.47} 1-0