[Event "96th German-ch Kandidaten 2025"] [White "Steffens,Olaf"] [Black "Braun,Georg"] [Site "Munich"] [Round "1.9"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.05.17"] [WhiteElo "2150"] [BlackElo "2385"] [PlyCount "96"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. b4 {[%emt 0:5:36]} c6 {[%emt 0:2:40]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:1:6]} 3. Bb2 {[%emt 0:2:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:0:50]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:3:12]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:2:37]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 6. b5 {[%emt 0:1:45]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:9:21]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:5:51]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:4:30]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:10:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:1:25]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:4:35]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:3:2]} 10. gxf3 {[%emt 0:1:7]} e5 {[%emt 0:12:20]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:14:56]} exd4 {[%emt 0:13:23]} 12. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Be5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:1:44]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:2:46]} 14. c5 {[%emt 0:8:47]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:6:58]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:2:1]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:2:1]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:1:11]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 17. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:1:54]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:15:4]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:4:50]} 19. Kf1 {[%emt 0:1:50]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:5:41]} 20. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:57]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 21. Rg5 {[%emt 0:5:51]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:8:50]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:4:3]} h6 {[%emt 0:4:29]} 23. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:50]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:1:54]} 24. h5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:0:43]} 25. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:3:6]} 26. Be2 {[%emt 0:1:18]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:1:28]} 27. hxg6 {[%emt 0:3:47]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 28. g7 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 29. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:1:45]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 30. Qc3 {[%emt 0:0:38]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:2:24]} 31. Bd1 {[%emt 0:0:57]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:2:38]} 32. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 33. Qc5 {[%emt 0:0:47]} a6 {[%emt 0:1:20]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:53]} 35. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:30]} h4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:30]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 37. bxa6 {[%emt 0:0:25]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 38. Kh2+ {[%emt 0:0:31]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:1:19]} 39. Qa7+ {[%emt 0:0:49]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 40. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Qe5+ {[%emt 0:1:1]} 41. Kh1 {[%emt 0:2:59]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:1:12]} 42. Bf1 {[%emt 0:9:15]} Qxf2 {[%emt 0:5:27]} 43. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:5:20]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:0:59]} 44. Bg2 {[%emt 0:1:19]} f5 {[%emt 0:6:8]} 45. Qe8 {[%emt 0:3:4]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:1:43]} 46. Qf8 {[%emt 0:0:30]} h3 {[%emt 0:1:51]} 47. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:1:45]} hxg2+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 48. Kh2 {[%emt 0:0:52]} Qg3# {[%emt 0:0:5]} 0-1