Event: 2025 Tim Just Winter Open
Site: Schaumburg, IL, United States
Date: 2025-01-04
White: Zheng, Marcus
WhiteElo: 1994
Black: Fei, Irene
BlackTitle: WCM
BlackElo: 2011
Result: 0-1
ECO: B12
Opening: Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90 minutes with a 30 second increment

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:27:10] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:30:45] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:27:21] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:31:03] } 3. e5 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:27:35] } 3... Bf5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:31:18] } 4. h4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:27:34] } 4... h5 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:31:25] } 5. Bd3 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:27:27] } 5... Bxd3 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:31:29] } 6. Qxd3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:27:50] } 6... Qa5+ { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:31:28] } 7. Nd2 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:27:45] } 7... e6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:31:40] } 8. Nf3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:26:53] } 8... Qa6 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:30:51] } 9. c4 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:26:26] } 9... Nh6 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:29:07] } 10. O-O { [%eval 0.49] [%clk 1:24:29] } 10... Nf5 { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 1:26:00] } 11. b3 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 1:17:56] } 11... Be7 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:22:35] } 12. g3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:14:48] } 12... Nd7 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:20:02] } 13. a4 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:02:43] } 13... b6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:08:21] } 14. Ba3 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:58:26] } 14... Bxa3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:04:06] } 15. Rxa3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:56:39] } 15... O-O { [%eval 0.55] [%clk 0:57:32] } 16. b4 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 0:39:04] } 16... Qb7 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 0:51:10] } 17. Rc1 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:34:07] } 17... a5 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 0:44:54] } 18. cxd5 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:25:34] } 18... cxd5 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 0:43:39] } 19. Rac3 { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 0:24:56] } 19... Rfc8 { [%eval 0.71] [%clk 0:41:47] } 20. Rxc8+?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%clk 0:24:13] } 20... Rxc8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:42:03] } 21. Rxc8+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:24:23] } 21... Qxc8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:42:26] } 22. bxa5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:24:40] } 22... bxa5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:42:45] } 23. Qb5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:24:52] } 23... Qc7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:41:11] } 24. Nb3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:54] } 24... Qc3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:31] } 25. Kg2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:19:38] } 25... Nf8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:42] } 26. Qb7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:58] } 26... Qc2 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:21:18] } 27. Ng5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:05:42] } 27... Nh6 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:21:15] } 28. Nxa5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:04:46] } 28... f6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:03] } 29. exf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:04:17] } 29... gxf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:26] } 30. Nf3?? { [%eval #-11] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe7 was best. } { [%clk 0:04:03] } 30... Ng4 { [%eval -9.16] [%clk 0:20:35] } 31. Qb3 { [%eval -9.06] [%clk 0:03:32] } 31... Qxf2+ { [%eval -8.83] [%clk 0:20:58] } 32. Kh1 { [%eval -8.56] [%clk 0:03:47] } 32... Ne3 { [%eval -8.03] [%clk 0:20:22] } 0-1