[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2026.05.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Edison_Lau"] [Black "jdk_24"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "WqffrbbX"] [WhiteElo "2189"] [BlackElo "2120"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "10800+0"] [ECO "E21"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Korchnoi Variation"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "live.chess-online.com"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 { E21 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Korchnoi Variation } exd5 6. cxd5 Qa5?! { (0.01 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (6... d6 7. a3) 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e4 Re8 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bxc4 Nxe4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bd3? { (1.49 → 0.21) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (15. Ng5 f6 16. Ne6 Na6 17. Qf4 Bxe6 18. dxe6 d5 19. Bb3 Nc5 20. Bxd5 Nd3) 15... Na6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Re3 Nc5?? { (0.45 → 3.49) Blunder. Kf8 was best. } (18... Kf8) 19. Nf6+ gxf6?! { (3.46 → 5.27) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (19... Kf8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Bf1 Qg5 24. Qd4 Bd7 25. Re3) 20. Rg3+ Kf8 21. Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Qxf6+ Kc8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Bf5+ Nd7?! { (5.03 → 6.87) Inaccuracy. Kb8 was best. } (25... Kb8 26. Rg8 a6 27. Rxe8+ Ka7 28. Rxa8+ Kxa8 29. g3 Qa5 30. Qxd6 Qxc3 31. Kg2) 26. Rg8 Qd8 27. Qxd6 b6? { (7.10 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (27... f6 28. h4 a5 29. h5 Ra6 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. h6 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5 33. Qxe5) 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29. Bxd7 a5 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Bxe8 Ka7 32. Qb5? { (Mate in 4 → 9.55) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc7+ was best. } (32. Qc7+ Ka6 33. Bc6 Rb8 34. Qxb8 f6 35. Qb7#) 32... Rc8 33. Bc6 Rc7?! { (10.16 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd8 was best. } (33... Rd8 34. f4 Rd6 35. Kf2 Kb8 36. Qxb6+ Kc8 37. Qb7+ Kd8 38. Ke2 f5 39. Kd2) 34. c4 Re7 35. Kf1 f6 36. c5 Kb8 37. Qxb6+ Kc8 38. d6 Rg7 39. Qa6+ Kd8 40. Qa8# { White wins. } 1-0