Event: Round 7: Bucher, Grant W - Menzies, Colin
Date: 2024-03-16
White: Bucher, Grant W
WhiteElo: 2067
Black: Menzies, Colin
BlackTitle: FM
BlackElo: 2186
Result: 0-1
ECO: B10
Opening: Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack
Variant: Standard

1. e4 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:40:57] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:40:55] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:41:20] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:41:15] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:41:44] } 3... Nf6?! { [%eval 0.76] } { Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } { [%clk 1:41:31] } 4. e5 { [%eval 0.75] [%clk 1:27:05] } 4... Ne4 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 1:41:32] } 5. d4 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:26:56] } 5... Nxc3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:41:31] } 6. bxc3 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:27:21] } 6... e6 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:40:52] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:21:04] } 7... c5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:37:48] } 8. dxc5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:20:42] } 8... Nc6?! { [%eval 0.96] } { Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } { [%clk 1:33:48] } 9. O-O { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:17:11] } 9... Bxc5 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 1:31:57] } 10. Qe2 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:10:29] } 10... Qc7 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 1:27:15] } 11. a4 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:59:20] } 11... Bd7 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:23:38] } 12. Rb1 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:50:26] } 12... h6 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:17:19] } 13. c4 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:35:01] } 13... dxc4 { [%eval -0.33] [%clk 0:59:55] } 14. Bxc4 { [%eval -0.29] [%clk 0:35:08] } 14... a6 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 1:00:15] } 15. Rd1 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:26:17] } 15... Ne7 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 0:45:36] } 16. Qe4?! { [%eval -0.6] } { Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%clk 0:13:01] } 16... O-O-O { [%eval -0.73] [%clk 0:39:37] } 17. Bf4?! { [%eval -1.8] } { Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:45] } 17... g5 { [%eval -1.8] [%clk 0:36:18] } 18. Bg3 { [%eval -2.12] [%clk 0:06:54] } 18... Nf5?! { [%eval -1.18] } { Inaccuracy. Bc6 was best. } { [%clk 0:33:18] } 19. Rxd7 { [%eval -1.64] [%clk 0:03:27] } 19... Rxd7 { [%eval -1.62] [%clk 0:28:05] } 20. Bxa6 { [%eval -1.63] [%clk 0:03:32] } 20... Bb6 { [%eval -1.25] [%clk 0:24:10] } 21. a5 { [%eval -1.82] [%clk 0:01:23] } 21... Bxa5 { [%eval -1.5] [%clk 0:21:19] } 22. Bb5 { [%eval -1.82] [%clk 0:00:33] } 22... Rdd8 { [%eval -1.42] [%clk 0:17:48] } 23. h3 { [%eval -1.55] [%clk 0:00:32] } 23... Bb6 { [%eval -1.12] [%clk 0:12:50] } 24. Ra1?? { [%eval -3.88] } { Blunder. Bh2 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:36] } 24... Qc5 { [%eval -3.64] [%clk 0:12:17] } 25. Bd3 { [%eval -4.15] [%clk 0:50:00] } 25... Nxg3 { [%eval -3.63] [%clk 1:02:28] } 0-1