[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "2-3"]
[White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"]
[Black "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv 48)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qb3 d6 {Out of book} 6.Be2 {Out of book} 6...O-O 7.d3 Nd7 8.Qc2 Qf6 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc5 11.e4 Bg4 12.Bg5 Qg6 13.Be3 b6 14.Nh4 Qf6 15.Bxg4 Qxh4 16.f3 a5 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nb4 19.Qb1 Ne6 20.a3 Na6 21.Qb5 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 Qf6 23.Rac1 Kh8 24.Rc2 Kg8 25.Bf5 g6 26.Bh3 Kh8 27.d5 Ng5 $2 {Ng7 would have offered better safety for the King (aligned with the Queen on the main diagonal!)} 28.Bc8 Rexc8 29.Bd4 $1 {Black Queen is lost...} 29...Qxd4+ 30.Rxd4 f6 31.f4 Nf7 32.Qd7 Kg7 33.Re2 Re8 34.Rd1 Rac8 35.Qh3 Nc5 36.Rde1 a4 37.Qc3 Rb8 38.Qc2 b5 39.cxb5 Rxb5 40.Re3 Rb3 41.Rc3 Reb8 42.Qd2 Rb1 43.Qe3 R1b2 44.e5 fxe5 45.fxe5 Nh6 46.exd6 cxd6 47.Qe7+ Kg8 48.Qxd6 Rb1 49.Rcc1 Nf5 50.Qxc5 R1b6 51.d6 Rxd6 52.Re7 Rbd8 53.Qc4+ Kh8 54.Ra7 Rd1+ 55.Rxd1 {King Performance announces mate in 10} 55...Rxd1+ 56.Kf2 Rd2+ 57.Ke1 Rd1+ 58.Ke2 Rd8 59.Qf7 Ne7 60.Rxe7 Rd2+ 61.Kxd2 h6 62.Re8# 1-0

[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "2-3"]
[White "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv 48)"]
[Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bf4 g5 {Out of book} 7.Bg3 Nh5 {Back in book} 8.e3 Bg7 9.Bd3 c5 {Out of book} 10.O-O Nxg3 11.hxg3 cxd4 12.exd4 g4 13.Nh4 Bxd4 14.Re1 Ne5 15.Nf5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 e6 17.Nd4 a6 18.a4 h5 19.Rb1 h4 20.Re3 hxg3 21.Rxg3 $6 Qh4 22.Kf1 Qxg3 $1 23.fxg3 Rh1+ 24.Ke2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ke7 26.Rb1 Nxd3 27.Kxd3 e5 28.Re1 Bd7 29.Nc2 Bxa4 30.Ne3 Bc6 31.Nd5+ Kf8 32.Rh1 Kg7 33.Rh5 f6 34.Rh4 f5 35.Rh5 Rf8 36.Ke2 a5 37.Ne7 Be4 38.Ke3 a4 39.Kf2 Re8 40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.cxd5 Rh8 $1 {to get rid of the last defender} 42.Rxf5 Kg6 43.Rxe5 dxe5 44.c4 a3 45.Ke3 a2 46.d6 a1=Q {King Performance announces mate in 6} 47.Ke2 Qd4 48.d7 Rf8 49.d8=Q Rf2+ 50.Ke1 Qe3+ 51.Kd1 Qe2+ 52.Kc1 Qc2# 0-1