[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Mephisto Montreal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "121"]

{[%evp 14,120,20,14,44,42,42,-3,8,-76,-1,2,18,14,51,41,49,55,62,14,41,45,116,72,124,0,153,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-2,0,15,8,252,234,269,247,247,153,109,123,120,83,85,86,230,226,198,107,103,23,24,34,129,118,114,106,97,91,82,83,366,366,606,605,608,604,598,597,593,584,592,582,653,640,707,685,29981,29982,29980,29981,29981,29979,29984,29985,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 {Amsterdam out of book.} 7. a3 {Montreal out of book.} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Qd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Qe3 cxd4 (11... e5 {seems wilder.} 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qxc5 Re8) 12. cxd4 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2c2,Bc2c1][%mdl 32]} Ne7 16. Rae1 {[%cal Od4d5]} Ng6 17. Ne5 {Prevents Ng4.} Qd6 {[%cal Ob6b5]} 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rf2 Nd7 $2 (19... Nxe5 $11 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Ba6) 20. Nxg6 $2 (20. f4 $16) 20... hxg6 $11 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. Rc2 Bc6 23. Bd3 Ba4 24. Rcc1 Nh5 25. Bf1 Nf4 $2 {[#]} (25... Nf6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 26. d5 $1 $18 g5 27. g3 Ng6 28. Bh3 {[%cal Rd5e6]} ({Not} 28. Qxg5 exd5 29. cxd5 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 (30. Rxc1 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 $16) 30... Qxd5 $16) 28... Rc7 29. dxe6 f6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Bc3 {[#] And now Ba5 would win.} Re7 32. Qe4 {[%csl LRa4,LRg6]} Be8 33. Rc2 {Bf5 is the strong threat.} Qd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rd5 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Ba5 Ne5 38. Rxc5 Rdxe6 {[%cal Oe5f3]} 39. Rec1 {Black must now prevent Rc8.} Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... g4 $16) 40. Bb4 Bf7 $2 (40... f5) 41. Rc8+ Re8 42. Rxe8+ Bxe8 43. Rc8 {Inhibits Bc6.} Kf7 44. Bd5+ Kg6 45. Rxe8 Kh6 46. Be4 {[%cal Re8h8]} g6 47. Rc8 {aiming for Rc7.} f5 48. Bf8+ {White mates.} Kh7 49. Bd5 Nxf3+ 50. Bxf3 Rb6 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. Bb4 Rb5 53. Be2 Rxb4 54. axb4 Kf8 55. Rxa7 Kg8 56. b5 Kf8 57. b6 Ke8 58. Rg7 g4 59. b7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Kf8 60. Rc7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} g5 61. b8=Q# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.62} 1-0

[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Montreal"]
[Black "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Mephisto Milano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "111"]

{[%evp 14,111,29,26,45,47,54,24,71,53,102,80,101,92,118,119,146,146,140,104,110,104,103,39,53,0,72,13,13,-105,29,30,37,31,37,28,33,32,49,-22,51,50,54,51,113,89,485,495,493,491,489,470,484,468,479,478,478,464,516,517,509,505,532,532,556,548,561,559,558,548,547,544,540,529,614,590,585,564,626,626,621,607,676,676,681,623,713,695,712,713,745,740,736,723,756,727,938,913,991,991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 {Amsterdam out of book.} 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. Bh2 {Milano out of book.} O-O {[%cal Oe7e5]} 10. Nbd2 Nf6 {White has an edge.} 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14. Nb3 Rfe8 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Bf4 e6 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Nd7 ({Don't play} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc5 $11) 19... Qa5 (19... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d7]} 20. Nde5 f6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 20. a3 f6 21. Nd2 e5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd5 {Inhibits Qc4.} 25. Rcd1 Qf7 26. Qb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rd6.} (26. Rd6 $5 {[%cal Rd7f6]} Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Nc5 $16) 26... b6 (26... Rc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7d7]} 27. Qd5 Re6 $11) 27. Rd6 {aiming for Nf6+.} Re6 {Inhibits Nf6+.} 28. Qd5 Rg6 {[#]} 29. Rxg6 Qxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... hxg6 $16 30. Qd6 Na5) 30. Nf6+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 31. Rxg7+ $1 ({Not} 31. Nxd5 hxg6 32. f3 exf3 33. gxf3 Na5 $15) 31... Kxg7 32. Nxd5 Kf7 33. h4 Ke6 34. Ne3 {[%cal Bd5e3,Be3f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} h5 35. Nf1 b5 36. Ng3 Rh8 37. Kh2 a6 38. b4 Rh7 39. Rc1 Rh8 40. c4 Nd4 41. cxb5 axb5 42. Rc5 Rh7 43. Be3 Ra7 44. Bxd4 exd4 45. Nxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} d3 46. Nd4+ Kf6 47. Nxb5 Rd7 48. Nc3 d2 49. Nd1 Kg6 50. Ra5 Rd3 51. Kg1 Rd7 52. Kf1 Rd3 53. Ke2 Rd8 54. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rd3 55. b6 Rd7 56. Rb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.50 Milano resigns.} 1-0

[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Milano"]
[Black "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Mephisto Nigel Short"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "81"]

{[%evp 21,80,39,46,-8,51,-12,0,2,0,-20,26,17,55,13,103,13,72,14,18,-15,-12,-31,0,-2,201,201,287,157,260,258,252,268,264,250,253,254,328,332,373,367,377,382,377,371,437,337,684,684,678,662,29986,29987,29992,29993,29995,29996,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 {Amsterdam out of book.} 10. axb4 {Nigel Short out of book.} dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Qxc3 13. Bd2 (13. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Ra1c1]} Ne5 14. Rc1 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 $14) 13... Qd3 14. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Qd5 15. Bb3 Qf5 16. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 1056] White has compensation.} Qe4 17. Bc2 Qh4 18. Nb5 a6 (18... Ng4 19. h3 Ngf6 20. f4 $16 (20. Nxa7 b6 $14) (20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Nxa7 b6 $14)) 19. Nc7 Rb8 (19... Ng4 $2 20. h3 $18) 20. b5 axb5 (20... Ng4 21. h3 Nge5 22. f4 $16 (22. bxa6 bxa6 23. f4 Ng6 $11)) 21. Nxb5 {[%cal Oe3e4]} Rd8 ({Don't take} 21... Ng4 22. h3 Ngf6 23. Ra4 $14) 22. Bc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Inhibits Ne5. Threatens to win with Be5. White is pushing.} b6 $2 {[#]} (22... Nd5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 23. Be5 $1 $18 Rb7 24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Be7 Re8 27. Nd6 {[%csl LRb7,LRe8]} Rxe7 28. Nxc8 Re8 {[#]} 29. Nd6 {[%csl LRb7,LRe8]} Rc7 30. Nxe8 Nxe8 31. Ra8 {[%cal Od1d7] Inhibits Qd8. White threatens Qxd7! and mate.} Qe7 32. Ba4 ({Less strong is} 32. Qd3 Nf8 33. Rb1 g6 34. Rxb6 Nd7 $18) 32... e5 33. Qb1 f6 $2 (33... g6 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. Rxe8 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Qxe8) 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qf7 {Inhibits Qc4.} 36. Qa3 {White mates.} Kh8 37. Bxd7 Qg8 38. Bxe8 {Amsterdam announces mate in 5. The Nigel Short agrees!} g6 39. Qe7 h5 {[#]} 40. Bxg6 $1 {[%cal Re7f6]} e4 41. Qxf6# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Nigel Short"]
[Black "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "150"]

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[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Novag Scorpio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "137"]

{[%evp 9,137,21,25,-22,-8,-38,-15,-55,-73,-56,-43,-123,-112,-111,-39,-225,-145,-136,-135,-171,-34,-324,-22,-23,-24,-34,-32,-29,-52,-51,-52,-48,-55,-62,-21,-264,-254,-263,-239,-265,-275,-278,-277,-275,-242,-274,-265,-263,-259,-260,-39,-35,-38,-39,-43,-66,-63,-297,-281,-290,-276,-286,-268,-247,-270,-278,-282,-311,-262,-323,-315,-366,-308,-407,-405,-449,-445,-626,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 {Amsterdam out of book.} 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Be2 {Scorpio out of book.} exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qf4 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Rb1 $2 (12. Bd3 $15) 12... Qa5 13. Rxb7 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qxc2 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} (14... Qxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 $11) 15. Rxd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Qb1+ $2 ({Resist} 15... Qxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nxd2 17. Rc7 $18 (17. Rxd5 Nb3 $16)) (15... Kxd7 $19 16. Qxf7+ Kd6 17. Qf4+ Kc5) 16. Bd1 $11 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rf4f7]} Kxd7 17. Qxf7+ Ne7 18. Bb4 Nd6 19. Qxg7 Rhg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. Qe5 Qe4+ 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Ba4+ $2 (22. f3 $11) 22... Nc6 $19 {And now ...a5 would win.} 23. Nf3 Kc7 24. Bxc6 Kxc6 25. O-O a5 26. Nd4+ {Amsterdam shows an evaluation of -1.16 here.} Kb6 27. Be1 Kc5 28. Ne6+ Kd6 29. Nd4 Rgc8 $2 (29... Kc5 $19 30. Ne6+ Kc4) 30. f3 $15 Ng5 31. Bg3+ Kd7 32. Rb1 Rc4 33. Rb7+ $2 ({White has to play} 33. Nf5 $15) 33... Kc8 $19 34. Rg7 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} Rxd4 35. Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 d4 38. Rg7 h5 39. Rg5 Kd7 40. Rxh5 Kc6 41. Be1 Ra2 42. Rxa5 Re8 {aiming for ...Ra1.} ({Weaker is} 42... Rxa5 43. Bxa5 Kb5 44. Bb4 $17) 43. Bb4 {[#]} (43. Ra4 $142 Ra1 44. Rxd4 Raxe1+ 45. Kf2) 43... Ra1+ $2 ({Better is} 43... Ree2 $1 $19 44. Rc5+ Kb6) 44. Kf2 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra2+ 45. Kg3 $1 Rg8+ 46. Kf4 Rgxg2 47. Ke4 Rxh2 48. Kxd4 Rhf2 49. Rf5 Rf1 50. f4 Rd1+ 51. Ke4 Re2+ 52. Kf3 Rc2 53. Ke3 Ra1 54. Rf8 {Rc8+ is the strong threat.} Rca2 55. f5 Kd7 56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Kd4 Rd2+ 59. Kc3 Rda2 60. f6 {White wants to mate with Rb7+.} Rxa3+ 61. Kd4 {Intending Rg7+ and mate.} Rd1+ 62. Ke4 {Threatening mate with Rb7+.} Ra4 63. Rb7+ Rxb4+ 64. Rxb4 {KR-KR} Kf7 65. Rb6 Rf1 66. Ke5 Kg6 67. Rc6 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 {[%cal Of6f7] Strongly threatening f7+!} Rxf6 69. Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novag Scorpio"]
[Black "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "142"]

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