Event: Caplin Hastings Masters 2023
Site: Horntye Sports Complex, Hastings, United Kingdom
Date: 2023-12-30
White: Hobson, Kenneth
WhiteTitle: CM
WhiteElo: 2130
Black: Gibbs, Dominic V
BlackElo: 1795
Result: 1-0
ECO: C10
Opening: French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 40 moves in 100 mins + 50 mins, 30 sec increment from start.

1. e4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:38:24] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:40:52] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:37:52] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:41:11] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:37:25] } 3... dxe4 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 1:41:22] } 4. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:37:46] } 4... Nd7 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:41:45] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 1:34:58] } 5... Ngf6 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:42:04] } 6. Bd3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:34:07] } 6... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:40:01] } 7. Bxe4 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:34:30] } 7... Nf6 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:40:22] } 8. Bg5 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:33:22] } 8... Be7 { [%eval 0.59] [%clk 1:40:12] } 9. Bxf6 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 1:31:50] } 9... gxf6 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 1:38:04] } 10. Qe2 { [%eval 0.49] [%clk 1:26:06] } 10... O-O?! { [%eval 1.45] } { Inaccuracy. Qd6 was best. } { [%clk 1:32:53] } 11. O-O-O { [%eval 1.43] [%clk 1:22:24] } 11... c5 { [%eval 1.7] [%clk 1:28:04] } 12. g4 { [%eval 1.54] [%clk 1:07:27] } 12... Qc7 { [%eval 1.46] [%clk 1:23:23] } 13. Kb1 { [%eval 1.29] [%clk 1:05:00] } 13... cxd4 { [%eval 1.26] [%clk 1:14:40] } 14. Nxd4 { [%eval 1.28] [%clk 1:03:50] } 14... Bd7?! { [%eval 2.35] } { Inaccuracy. Qf4 was best. } { [%clk 1:14:17] } 15. Qd3? { [%eval 1.04] } { Mistake. g5 was best. } { [%clk 0:58:24] } 15... h6 { [%eval 1.39] [%clk 1:07:41] } 16. h4 { [%eval 1.75] [%clk 0:55:03] } 16... Bc6 { [%eval 2.14] [%clk 0:58:51] } 17. Bxc6 { [%eval 2.11] [%clk 0:50:56] } 17... bxc6 { [%eval 2.51] [%clk 0:59:05] } 18. g5 { [%eval 2.38] [%clk 0:49:07] } 18... Rfd8 { [%eval 2.64] [%clk 0:46:47] } 19. g6 { [%eval 2.42] [%clk 0:45:24] } 19... f5? { [%eval 4.41] } { Mistake. Bf8 was best. } { [%clk 0:45:08] } 20. gxf7+ { [%eval 4.62] [%clk 0:45:03] } 20... Kxf7 { [%eval 5.62] [%clk 0:44:24] } 21. Qe2 { [%eval 5.7] [%clk 0:44:48] } 21... Rxd4 { [%eval 5.74] [%clk 0:33:33] } 22. Qh5+ { [%eval 5.79] [%clk 0:44:49] } 22... Kf8 { [%eval 6.42] [%clk 0:28:22] } 23. Qxh6+ { [%eval 6.5] [%clk 0:44:23] } 23... Kf7 { [%eval 6.51] [%clk 0:27:56] } 24. Qh7+ { [%eval 6.59] [%clk 0:44:26] } 24... Kf6 { [%eval 6.71] [%clk 0:22:54] } 25. Rxd4 { [%eval 6.53] [%clk 0:43:50] } 25... Rb8 { [%eval 8.88] [%clk 0:15:00] } 26. b3 { [%eval 7.21] [%clk 0:42:33] } 26... c5? { [%eval #8] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd6 was best. } { [%clk 0:11:24] } 27. Rg1 { [%eval #7] [%clk 0:42:01] } 27... Bd6 { [%eval #4] [%clk 0:04:40] } 28. Qh6+ { [%eval #3] [%clk 0:42:16] } 28... Ke5 { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:03:54] } 29. Re1+ { [%clk 0:42:32] } 29... Kxd4 { [%clk 0:04:03] } 30. Qd2# { [%clk 0:42:56] } 1-0