Andrea Botez 
-vs-
Dina Belenkaya 

[Event "Mogul Chessboxing Championship"] [Site "Galen Center, Los Angeles, United States"] [Date "2022.12.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Andrea Botez"] [Black "Dina Belenkaya"] [Result "*"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 h6 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 e6 9. e4 Nf4 10. Bxf4 gxf4 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. a4 a5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Qd2 d5 15. Na3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bc2 {Botez did a great job to disrupt Belenkaya's plans early, but after a round of boxing adrenaline may have affected the quality of moves.} 17... e5 {This move screams experience. Although both kings are stuck in the middle, White's is less safe due to the Black queen on e7.} 18. d5 $2 {[%c_effect d5;square;d5;type;Mistake;persistent;true] Just what the WGM was hoping for.} (18. O-O {castling either direction was optimal for White.}) 18... e4 19. O-O $2 {[%c_effect g1;square;g1;type;Mistake;persistent;true] Players who are content with equality can often associate kingside castling with balance. Here, Botez had no choice but to castle queenside.} (19. O-O-O {Any other move leaves Black with an edge.}) (19. dxc6 exf3+ $1 {[%c_effect f3;square;f3;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] A nasty in between check that leaves White writhing.}) 19... Ne5 $1 {[%c_effect e5;square;e5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} (19... exf3 20. dxc6 Bxc6 {White is fine here due to} 21. Rfe1 {And now Black's king is in no man's land.}) 20. Nd4 f3 {A probing move from Belenkaya which is difficult to deal with.} 21. g3 $2 {[%c_effect g3;square;g3;type;Mistake;persistent;true] Swiss cheese around the king opens up now.} (21. gxf3 {White is still worse here but Stockfish claims it is the best move $1}) 21... h5 22. Nab5 Bh6 $2 {[%c_effect h6;square;h6;type;Mistake;persistent;true] Probably unecessary but a clever attempt to drain Botez's time.} (22... O-O-O {White will not be able to deal with Black's pieces on the kingside.}) 23. Qd1 Qg5 24. Nxc7+ {White is in trouble but counterattacks well. For perspective, surviving this bout gave Botez a great chance to knock out Belenkaya in the final round of boxing.} 24... Kf7 $1 {[%c_effect f7;square;f7;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 25. Kh1 Qg4 $3 {[%c_effect g4;square;g4;type;Brilliant;persistent;true] A brilliancy with a clear objective. Infiltrate on the light squares and checkmate on g2.} 26. d6 $2 {[%c_effect d6;square;d6;type;Mistake;persistent;true] Trying to prolong the inevitable with checks. Checkmate in six is now inevitable with best play.} 26... Qh3 27. Bb3+ (27. Nxf3 exf3 28. Rg1 Ng4 29. Qd5+ Kg6 30. Qf7+ Kxf7 31. Bb3+ Kg6 32. Bf7+ Kxf7 33. Nxa8 Qxh2#) 27... Kg6 28. Rg1 Ng4 29. Nxf3 exf3 30. Bf7+ Kh7 31. Bg6+ Kxg6 {White throws away pieces to avoid checkmate but the threat on h2 is completely unavoidable.} 0-1