[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Tasc R30 Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "193"]

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[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tasc R30 Gideon"]
[Black "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "155"]

{[%evp 9,154,9,41,-45,-38,-113,-72,-80,-73,-95,-69,-70,-56,-88,-82,-123,-103,-115,-90,-171,-170,-194,-195,-191,-189,-191,-156,-193,-188,-186,-168,-176,-175,-206,-194,-206,-199,-194,-159,-204,-203,-205,-168,-218,-159,-173,-123,-152,-158,-250,-247,-270,-91,-230,-86,-78,-15,-80,-66,-193,-177,-258,0,0,305,297,287,191,499,502,496,496,583,573,633,599,655,645,644,624,655,654,653,628,638,633,630,627,628,629,614,594,593,537,525,501,659,645,603,573,645,629,673,710,770,649,836,761,29979,29980,29981,19985,29980,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29991,29990,29990,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 {Gideon out of book.} 6. a3 {Amsterdam out of book.} Bxc3 7. bxc3 Bg4 8. d4 {Black is better.} O-O 9. Rb1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 b6 11. Rg1 Qd7 12. Rb2 Rfe8 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. e4 Ng6 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Qd2 h6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rb1 Nhf4 19. Rg3 Qa4 20. Qc1 Re7 21. Rb4 Qd7 22. Rb3 Nh5 23. Rg4 c5 24. Rb5 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc8 {[%cal Oe5d4]} 26. Qb2 Nf6 27. Rg3 Qc6 28. Bh3 Rcc7 29. c5 bxc5 (29... dxc5 30. dxc5 Nf4 31. Bf1 $17) 30. dxc5 d5 (30... Rb7 $19 {is more deadly.} 31. Bf1 dxc5) 31. Bf5 dxe4 32. Rb8+ ({Much worse is} 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Rxg6 exf3 $19) 32... Kh7 {[#] aiming for ...Rb7.} (32... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. fxe4 Nh4 $15) 33. Qb3 {[%cal Ob3f7] And now Qxf7! would win.} ({But not} 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34. Qb5 Qd5 $17) 33... Rb7 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Qc2 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qb5 $2 (35... exf3 $19 {White must now prevent ...Kh8.} 36. Bxh6 (36. Bxg6+ $2 fxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kg8 $19) 36... e4) 36. fxe4 $11 Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kh8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 37. Qxb1 $18 Rxb1+ 38. Kd2 {[#] Hoping for c6.} Ra1 $2 (38... Rb7 {is tougher.} 39. Kc3 Kg8) 39. c6 Ra2+ 40. Kc1 Ne8 41. Bxa7 Re2 42. Rc3 Nc7 43. Bb8 Nb5 44. Bxe5 Rxf2 45. c7 Nxc7 46. Bxc7 h5 47. Rc2 Rf1+ 48. Kb2 Kh6 49. Rc6 Rf2+ 50. Kb3 f6 51. Bd6 Nh4 52. Bf8 Nxf5 53. Rxf6+ Kh7 54. Rxf5 Rxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 55. Bd6 Rh3+ 56. Kc4 h4 57. a4 Rh1 58. e5 Kg6 59. Rf2 Rc1+ 60. Kb5 Rb1+ 61. Bb4 {White mates.} Rg1 62. e6 Rg5+ 63. Kc6 h3 64. e7 Re5 65. Kd7 Re3 66. e8=Q+ Rxe8 67. Kxe8 Kh6 68. Rh2 g5 69. Rxh3+ Kg6 70. a5 g4 71. Rh1 Kf5 72. a6 Kf4 73. a7 Kf5 74. a8=Q Ke5 75. Rf1 g3 76. Bc3+ Kd6 77. Rf6+ Kc5 78. Qc6# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.50} 1-0