[Event "40th European Club Cup 2025"] [White "Gledura,Benjamin"] [Black "Maghsoodloo,Parham"] [Site "Rhodes"] [Round "7.3"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten, Petronijevic,Zoran"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.10.25"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "163"] {[%evp 0,163,33,19,44,48,82,57,56,26,33,25,48,35,39,12,3,27,24,35,24,24,63,41,55,17,9,-4,4,4,4,5,-9,-8,7,8,-6,7,18,0,22,22,35,52,53,31,23,23,23,11,1,10,14,0,-26,-16,8,7,89,61,70,49,65,68,178,127,156,109,90,88,199,182,183,121,120,124,129,134,134,132,125,128,132,133,133,101,101,98,119,104,108,115,123,121,129,122,122,122,117,116,121,128,121,121,121,129,117,120,117,117,126,117,118,114,122,125,134,134,131,131,160,134,131,129,144,149,170,118,217,222,234,247,213,188,289,288,652,456,352,361,361,363,555,992,992,372,364,372,373,319,326,368,376,374,374,379,372,380,383,382,1016,1022,1032,1461,1708,2524]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nd5 a5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. a4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bc3 Qg6 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Qe1 b6 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Nc4 Qh5 21. b3 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Ne3 Rdd8 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Bc5 26. f3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28. Qe2 {[#]} f6 $2 ({ZP Till now, the position was even. White makes weak light squares.} 28... Qf5 $11 {was enough for an even play.} )29. Nxb6 Bxb6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 $2 ({ ZP After better} 30... Qf7 31. Qxc6 Qc7 32. Qxc7 Bxc7 $14 {White only has a symbolic advantage.} )31. Qxc6 Be3 32. Qc7 ({ZP Stronger was} 32. Bxa5 { , and after} Bf4 33. h3 Qg6 34. g4 Qg5 35. Be1 $18 {, White wins.} )Re8 ({ZP} 32... Rd5 {was a bit stronger, although after a proper play, Black should be lost.} )33. Qd7 $2 ({ZP} 33. Bxa5 {was a winning move.} )Bf4 34. h3 e4 ({ZP} 34... Qg6 {was a bit better.} )35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Bxf6 $2 ({ZP A mistake that throws away all his advantage. After a quiet} 36. Re1 $18 {Black is lost.} )gxf6 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. Qxf4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qxc2 {White only has a symbolic advantage in the endgame.} 42. Qg4+ (42. Qc4 $6 Qd2 )Kh7 43. Qc4 Qf5 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qc7 Qd5 46. b4 axb4 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Qxb4 Qe5+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Qc1+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 52. Kg3 Qc7+ 53. Qf4 Qa5 54. Qg4+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kg7 56. Qc6 Qe5+ 57. Kf3 {[#]} f5 $2 ({ZP An interesting mistake in the Queen endgame. After a proper} 57... h5 $11 {the position would be even.} )58. Qc4 ({ZP White had a win after} 58. Qb7+ {, for instance:} Kg6 59. Qb6+ Kf7 60. Qb4 Qd5+ 61. Kf2 Qa2+ 62. Kg3 Qe6 63. Qf4 Qe1+ 64. Kh2 { White should find a safe square for his king. After that, a pawn will decide.} Qa5 65. g4 $1 Qc3 66. Qxf5+ Kg7 67. Qd7+ Kf6 68. Qd8+ Kg7 69. Qe7+ Kg8 70. Qe8+ Kg7 71. Qe4 $18 )Kf6 59. Qb4 Kg5 60. Qd2+ Kg6 61. Qb4 Kg5 62. h4+ Kg6 63. g4 $2 ({ZP A mistake, after which Black can keep an equality. After better} 63. a5 $18 {Black is lost.} )Qd5+ $1 64. Kf4 h5 65. Qb6+ Kf7 66. Qc7+ { The rain of queen checks This is an important defensive method in queen endings:} Kg6 $2 {This runs into a refutation.} (66... Ke6 $1 {defends as White's king can not really hide, e.g.} 67. Qb6+ (67. Qc8+ Ke7 68. Qxf5 Qd2+ 69. Kg3 Qe1+ 70. Qf2 Qe5+ 71. Qf4 Qe1+ $11 )Kf7 68. gxf5 Qd2+ 69. Ke5 (69. Qe3 Qd6+ 70. Qe5 Qd2+ $11 )Qe2+ 70. Kd6 Qd1+ (70... Qd3+ $2 71. Kc7 Qxf5 72. a5 $18 )71. Kc7 Qxa4 $11 )67. gxh5+ Kh6 68. Qe5 $1 {Strong centralisation.} Qc4+ 69. Kxf5 Qc2+ (69... Kxh5 $6 70. Qh8# )70. Kf6 Qf2+ 71. Ke6 Qb6+ 72. Kf7 Qg6+ $5 73. Ke7 $1 {White's king will find a hiding place.} ({ Of course neither} 73. Kf8 $4 Qf5+ 74. Qxf5 {stalemate.} )({nor} 73. hxg6 $4 { stalemate} )Qh7+ 74. Kd6 Qd3+ 75. Ke7 Qh7+ 76. Kd8 Qg8+ 77. Kd7 Qf7+ 78. Kd6 Qf8+ 79. Kc7 Qa8 $6 {This allows a forced queen exchange. But Black is lost in any case.} 80. Qg5+ Kh7 81. Qf5+ Kg7 82. Qd7+ (82. Qd7+ {and Black resigend as the queens will be exchanged:} Kh6 (82... Kh8 83. Qd8+ $18 )83. Qc6+ $18 )1-0