[Event "Prague Festival Masters 2026"] [White "Niemann,Hans Moke"] [Black "Aravindh,Chithambaram VR"] [Site "Prague"] [Round "2.4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "106"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 15,105,42,49,35,27,12,20,31,36,28,36,23,20,28,31,25,38,25,24,0,11,10,0,0,0,-37,15,-12,0,0,0,0,0,10,53,55,45,63,82,83,84,29,131,146,121,133,118,-118,-118,-116,-85,-212,-189,-237,-238,-435,-227,-255,-256,-256,-267,-260,-243,-271,-255,-328,-328,-325,-283,-335,-356,-370,-370,-370,-279,-603,-597,-599,-603,-597,-547,-589,-575,-551,-522,-685,-648,-795,-768,-643,-601,-1787]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:0:42]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:29]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:1:2][%cal Yb8d7,Yd7e5,Ye5g6][%mdl 32]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:1:56]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:1:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:24]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:56] 7.a4 gains popularity.} exd4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:1:56]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 9. Bf1 {[%emt 0:0:9] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} Re8 {[%emt 0:1:30]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:1:26]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 11. Bg3 {[%emt 0:0:35] The position is equal.} Bf8 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:4:27]} a6 $146 {[%emt 0:3:55]} ({Predecessor:} 12... c6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. a4 a5 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Bc4 h6 18. Bb3 Bc8 {1-0 Coicev,M (2287)-Dragomirescu,A (2104) Brasov ROM GP 2025 (2)} )13. a4 {[%emt 0:2:56]} b6 {[%emt 0:2:28]} 14. Nc6 {[%emt 0:6:28]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 15. Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} c6 {[%emt 0:14:34]} 16. Nd3 {[%emt 0:12:12]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 17. Nf4 {[%emt 0:8:3]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 18. axb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} axb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 19. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:12:27]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0:4:29][%cal Yf4d3,Yd3e5,Ye5g6][%mdl 32]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} ({Better is} 20... c5 $15 )21. b4 Qa7 {[%emt 0:5:51]} 22. Qa1 {[%emt 0:8:13]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:9:2]} 23. e5 {[%emt 0:0:45]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:1:17]} 24. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:15:47]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:15:12]} 25. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:23:24]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:4:15]} 26. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (26. Qxa8+ $2 Re8 27. Na4 bxa4 28. Qxa4 fxg6 $19 )Qc5 {[%emt 0:2:44] Wards off Ne7+} 27. Qa1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:9:18]} 28. Nb1 {[%emt 0:5:32]} (28. Na2 fxg6 29. Nxb4 Qxb4 $11 )({White should play} 28. Be5 $16 fxg6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Ne4 Qxc2 31. Nxf6+ Kf7 32. Ng4 )Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:57]} (28... Qxc2 $11 29. Ne5 Ne4 )29. c3 $16 {[%emt 0:10:42]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:2:7]} 30. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:0:49] [#]} 31. Bd3 {[%emt 0:2:9]} fxg6 $17 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 32. Qa2+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 33. Qe6 {[%emt 0:0:0] This costs White the game.} (33. Qf7 $17 Nf5 (33... Qxc3 34. Bxg6+ Kh8 35. Qf8# )34. Nxb5 )Nf5 $19 {[%emt 0:0:44][%cal Yg3f5,Yf5h4,Yh4f3][%mdl 32]} 34. g4 {[%emt 0:4:3]} (34. Ne4 $142 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Nxe7 36. Kf1 )Nh4 {[%emt 0:2:18]} 35. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (35. Ne4 {might work better.} Qd4 36. Qd6 )Qe5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 36. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:0] Intending Bxg6+ and mate.} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:0][%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN. Black is two pawns up.} 38. Be4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} b4 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 39. Nc1 {[%emt 0:3:8]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 40. Nb3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 41. Bd3 {[%emt 0:1:59]} c5+ {[%emt 0:2:38]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:14:14]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:16:14]} 43. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 44. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:0:0] KB-KN. Black is a pawn up.} Bd5 {[%emt 0:7:30]} 45. f4 $2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (45. Nd3 b3 46. Kf4 )b3 {[%emt 0:6:24] Black is clearly winning.} 46. Na4 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 47. Nb2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:2:4]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 49. Ke3 {[%emt 0:1:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 50. Kd4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:1:32]} 51. Nd3 {[%emt 0:2:40]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 52. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 53. g5+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:0:0] Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.19 (very precise) Mistake: White=6 Black=3 Inaccurate: White=3 Black=1 OK: White=8 Black=7} 0-1