Event: Round 8: Mark Karam - Bashar Kassar
Date: 2024-02-25
White: Mark Karam
Black: Bashar Kassar
Result: 0-1
ECO: A01
Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Variation
Variant: Standard

1. b3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:04] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:05:04] } 2. Bb2 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:05:06] } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 0:05:06] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:05:08] } 3... Bg7 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:05:09] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:11] } 4... O-O { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:10] } 5. Be2 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 0:05:13] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:05:10] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:13] } 6... c5 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:05:12] } 7. d4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:05:12] } 7... cxd4 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:05:00] } 8. exd4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:13] } 8... Bg4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:05:00] } 9. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:05:10] } 9... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 0:05:00] } 10. h3 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 0:05:12] } 10... Bxf3 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 0:04:57] } 11. Nxf3 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 0:05:13] } 11... Ne4 { [%eval 0.74] [%clk 0:04:54] } 12. Bd3 { [%eval 0.65] [%clk 0:04:57] } 12... Ndf6 { [%eval 1.07] [%clk 0:04:40] } 13. Qe2 { [%eval 1.06] [%clk 0:04:51] } 13... d5 { [%eval 1.06] [%clk 0:04:40] } 14. Rfe1 { [%eval 1.02] [%clk 0:04:49] } 14... e6 { [%eval 1.07] [%clk 0:04:34] } 15. Ne5 { [%eval 0.82] [%clk 0:04:26] } 15... Rc8 { [%eval 0.92] [%clk 0:04:26] } 16. Ba3? { [%eval -0.18] } { Mistake. c4 was best. } { [%clk 0:03:59] } 16... Re8?! { [%eval 0.7] } { Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%clk 0:04:24] } 17. Qf3?! { [%eval -0.23] } { Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%clk 0:03:22] } 17... a6?! { [%eval 0.71] } { Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%clk 0:04:14] } 18. Bc1?! { [%eval -0.04] } { Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%clk 0:03:12] } 18... Qb6 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:04:02] } 19. Bb2 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:02:55] } 19... Qb4 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:03:49] } 20. g4 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:02:50] } 20... h5?? { [%eval 2.34] } { Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%clk 0:03:40] } 21. Bxe4?? { [%eval 0.16] } { Blunder. gxh5 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:22] } 21... dxe4 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:03:38] } 22. Rxe4 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:02:22] } 22... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:03:32] } 23. Qxf7+ { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:02:22] } 23... Kh8 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:02:50] } 24. Nxg6+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:02:22] } 24... Kh7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:02:52] } 25. Nf4?? { [%eval -1.85] } { Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:33] } 25... Nxf2?? { [%eval 0.0] } { Blunder. Qd2 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:31] } 26. c3?? { [%eval -3.93] } { Blunder. Rf1 was best. } 26... Qd6?? { [%eval -0.3] } { Blunder. Qf8 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:55] } 27. Qxh5+?? { [%eval -4.82] } { Blunder. Nxh5 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:23] } 27... Kg8 { [%eval -4.38] [%clk 0:00:57] } 28. Ne2 { [%eval -4.83] [%clk 0:00:09] } 28... Rf8 { [%eval -4.61] [%clk 0:00:46] } 29. Rf1?! { [%eval -6.3] } { Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:07] } 29... Ne4 { [%eval -5.87] [%clk 0:00:32] } 30. Re1?? { [%eval #-8] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf5 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:07] } 30... Rf2 { [%eval #-7] [%clk 0:00:26] } 0-1