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Bakhshian, Sam – Scarpa, Mario

Bakhshian, Sam (1566)
Scarpa, Mario (1455)
Result: 1-0

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Date: 21 July 2026
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: 2026 WC Cup
Round: 1.1.17
Opening: C20 King's Pawn Game
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Published on: 22 July 2026
Categories: game

[Event "2026 WC Cup"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.07.21"]
[Round "1.1.17"]
[White "Bakhshian, Sam"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1455"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe "]
[ECO "C20"]
[EventDate "2026.07.21"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[WhiteTeam "Wallasey "]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 h6 5.Nxd4 Qf6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.O-O Qg6 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Bxc7 Bh3 10.Bg3 Bxg2 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Kxg2 Qxe4+ 13.f3 Qg6 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Qe2 Rhe8 17.Ne4 Nh5 {Black sees the opportunity of Nf4+ forking the Queen while pinning the Bishop. }18.Qc4+ {But White sees it too...}18...Kf8 19.Rad1 b5 {Pressuring the Queen again.}20.Qc3 Nf4+ {Black wants to bring the Knight back to the middle and saves a tempo by checking.}21.Kf1 {At this point, Black decides that a similar opportunity might possibly arise with Nd5 and then Ne3+ forking the Rook. But to achieve that, the other white Rook must leave the e-file. Therefore, an exchange is needed.}21...Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Nd5 23.Qd4 Qf5 24.Kg2 c5 {Black blunders disastrously. The idea was to pressure the Queen away from the range of e3, so that Ne3+ could be implemented gaining a Rook... but the miscalculation appeared obvious as soon as Black moved the pawn, thus taking the protection away from the Knight... This was the turning point that decided the rest of the game in favour of White.}25.Qxd5 Qg6 26.Qb7 Bf6 27.Qxb5 Bd4 28.c3 Rxe4 29.cxd4 Re6 30.Qxc5+ Kg8 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.Qd3 Qxd3 33.Rxd3 Re2+ 34.Bf2 Rxb2 35.Ra3 Rd2 36.Rxa7 Kg6 37.a4 Kf6 38.a5 g5 39.a6 Ra2 40.Ra8 Kf7 41.a7 Ke7 42.Rh8 Kf7 43.a8=Q Rxa8 44.Rxa8 Kg6 45.Re8 Kh5 46.d5 Kg6 47.d6 Kf7 48.d7 Kg6 49.d8=Q Kh5 50.Re6 g4 51.Qd5# 1-0

[Event "2026 WC Cup"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.07.21"]
[Round "1.1.17"]
[White "Bakhshian, Sam"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1455"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe "]
[ECO "C20"]
[EventDate "2026.07.21"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[WhiteTeam "Wallasey "]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 h6 5.Nxd4 Qf6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.O-O Qg6 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Bxc7 Bh3 10.Bg3 Bxg2 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Kxg2 Qxe4+ 13.f3 Qg6 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Qe2 Rhe8 17.Ne4 Nh5 {Black sees the opportunity of Nf4+ forking the Queen while pinning the Bishop. }18.Qc4+ {But White sees it too...}18...Kf8 19.Rad1 b5 {Pressuring the Queen again.}20.Qc3 Nf4+ {Black wants to bring the Knight back to the middle and saves a tempo by checking.}21.Kf1 {At this point, Black decides that a similar opportunity might possibly arise with Nd5 and then Ne3+ forking the Rook. But to achieve that, the other white Rook must leave the e-file. Therefore, an exchange is needed.}21...Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Nd5 23.Qd4 Qf5 24.Kg2 c5 {Black blunders disastrously. The idea was to pressure the Queen away from the range of e3, so that Ne3+ could be implemented gaining a Rook... but the miscalculation appeared obvious as soon as Black moved the pawn, thus taking the protection away from the Knight... This was the turning point that decided the rest of the game in favour of White.}25.Qxd5 Qg6 26.Qb7 Bf6 27.Qxb5 Bd4 28.c3 Rxe4 29.cxd4 Re6 30.Qxc5+ Kg8 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.Qd3 Qxd3 33.Rxd3 Re2+ 34.Bf2 Rxb2 35.Ra3 Rd2 36.Rxa7 Kg6 37.a4 Kf6 38.a5 g5 39.a6 Ra2 40.Ra8 Kf7 41.a7 Ke7 42.Rh8 Kf7 43.a8=Q Rxa8 44.Rxa8 Kg6 45.Re8 Kh5 46.d5 Kg6 47.d6 Kf7 48.d7 Kg6 49.d8=Q Kh5 50.Re6 g4 51.Qd5# 1-0

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