[Event "2025 Zabasajja Memorial Championship 20"] [White "Balewa Jimmy"] [Black "Mukisa Joshua"] [Site "SOM arena"] [Round "5"] [Annotator ""] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.08"] [WhiteElo "1889"] [BlackElo "1770"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 $6 {the second person in the same event to play this weird move} 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Ne5 c6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nfd7 12. Bg5 Ba6 (12... h6 )13. Bh5 h6 14. Bh4 g6 15. Bf3 g5 16. Bg3 c5 17. Rd6 Ke7 18. Rad1 (18. Nd5+ )Rc8 19. Nd5+ $5 {I took time to actualise the move and realised it defies the logic of the rooks on an open file as well as closing down the bishops.. it made more sense to play it after definitely defying that logic} exd5 20. exd5 Rh8 (20... Rh8 )(20... f6 )21. h4 c4 (21... Bb7 22. Re1 h5 23. hxg5 h4 24. Bf4 Na6 25. g6 f5 (25... fxg6 26. Bg5+ Ke8 27. Re6+ Kf8 28. Re7 )26. exf6+ Kf8 27. Rxd7 )22. e6 Nc5 (22... f5 23. exd7 Nxd7 (23... f4 24. d8=Q+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8 (25. Rxh6 fxg3 26. d6+ Kd7 27. Rh7+ Ke6 28. hxg5 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rf8 30. Re7+ Kf5 31. Bxa8 Kxg5+ 32. Ke3 )Kxd8 26. d6 )24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Be5 )(22... Nf6 23. Re1 g4 24. Bd1 Bb7 25. Ba4 a6 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Be5 Nxd5 (27... Nbd7 28. Bxd7 Ke7 29. Bf5 ))23. exf7 Nbd7 24. Re1+ Kxf7 (24... Kd8 25. Bh5 )25. Bh5+ Kf8 26. Rg6 Nb7 27. Rge6 Bb5 28. Re7 Kg8 29. Bf7+ Kf8 30. Bg6 Nd8 31. Bd6 Kg8 32. h5 Nf8 33. Rc7 Rh7 34. Bxh7+ Nxh7 35. Ree7 Nf6 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Be5 Rc8 38. Bxf6 (38. Rh7+ {I missed a forced mate} Kg8 39. Rcg7+ Kf8 40. Bd6+ Ke8 41. Rh8+ Ng8 42. Rhxg8# )Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kg8 40. Bxd8 1-0