Ward Al-Tarboush FM

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Daily 1052 27W 27L 0D

Rapid 2240 194W 147L 27D

Blitz 2746 2528W 2205L 284D

Bullet 2648 481W 502L 61D

Ward Al-Tarboush (FM) vs Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (GM)

Game 6 of 7

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Moves

1. Nf3 Nf6

2. c4 b6

3. Nc3 Bb7

4. d4 e6

5. e3 Be7

6. Bd3 O-O

7. e4 d5

8. cxd5 exd5

9. e5 Ne4

10. Qc2 c5

11. Nxe4 dxe4

12. Bxe4 Nc6

13. Bxh7+ Kh8

14. Qf5 g5

15. h4 Nxd4

16. Nxd4 Qxd4

17. hxg5 Kg7

18. g6 Bh4

19. Rxh4 Qxh4

20. Bg5 Qh1+

21. Ke2 Ba6+

22. Ke3 Qh5

23. Qf6#

Players

Ward Al-Tarboush (FM)

Black

2661

-226

Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (GM)

White

2887

Game Details

Date

Jan 1, 1970

Start Time

00:00 UTC

Duration

20347 days 15 hours 40 minutes

Time Control

5m

Time Class

Blitz

Rated

Yes

Moves

45

Result

Loss

Termination

Opening

E14 Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation

Actions

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[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.09.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMKrikor"]
[Black "Lion-Al-Messi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Tournament "https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/titled-tuesday-blitz-september-16-2025-5925403"]
[CurrentPosition "r4r2/p4pkB/bp3QP1/2p1P1Bq/8/4K3/PP3PP1/R7 b - - 7 23"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "E14"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Queens-Indian-Defense-Spassky-System-4...Bb7-5.Bd3-Be7-6.Nc3"]
[UTCDate "2025.09.16"]
[UTCTime "15:33:02"]
[WhiteElo "2887"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[TimeControl "300"]
[Termination "GMKrikor won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "15:33:02"]
[EndDate "2025.09.16"]
[EndTime "15:40:48"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/152350678915"]

1. Nf3 {[%clk 0:04:59.9]} 1... Nf6 {[%clk 0:04:58.5]} 2. c4 {[%clk 0:04:55.5]} 2... b6 {[%clk 0:04:57.4]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 0:04:54.3]} 3... Bb7 {[%clk 0:04:56.8]} 4. d4 {[%clk 0:04:54]} 4... e6 {[%clk 0:04:54.2]} 5. e3 {[%clk 0:04:53.5]} 5... Be7 {[%clk 0:04:53.7]} 6. Bd3 {[%clk 0:04:49.4]} 6... O-O {[%clk 0:04:52.8]} 7. e4 {[%clk 0:04:48.4]} 7... d5 {[%clk 0:04:51]} 8. cxd5 {[%clk 0:04:43]} 8... exd5 {[%clk 0:04:50]} 9. e5 {[%clk 0:04:42.7]} 9... Ne4 {[%clk 0:04:49.4]} 10. Qc2 {[%clk 0:04:01.5]} 10... c5 {[%clk 0:04:46.7]} 11. Nxe4 {[%clk 0:03:52.9]} 11... dxe4 {[%clk 0:04:42.9]} 12. Bxe4 {[%clk 0:03:52.8]} 12... Nc6 {[%clk 0:04:14.4]} 13. Bxh7+ {[%clk 0:02:38.6]} 13... Kh8 {[%clk 0:04:13.5]} 14. Qf5 {[%clk 0:02:38.3]} 14... g5 {[%clk 0:04:12.9]} 15. h4 {[%clk 0:01:53.3]} 15... Nxd4 {[%clk 0:03:59]} 16. Nxd4 {[%clk 0:01:37.2]} 16... Qxd4 {[%clk 0:03:58.9]} 17. hxg5 {[%clk 0:01:33.4]} 17... Kg7 {[%clk 0:03:56.3]} 18. g6 {[%clk 0:01:08.8]} 18... Bh4 {[%clk 0:03:04]} 19. Rxh4 {[%clk 0:00:21.4]} 19... Qxh4 {[%clk 0:03:01.3]} 20. Bg5 {[%clk 0:00:18.3]} 20... Qh1+ {[%clk 0:02:55.6]} 21. Ke2 {[%clk 0:00:15.2]} 21... Ba6+ {[%clk 0:02:54.3]} 22. Ke3 {[%clk 0:00:13.8]} 22... Qh5 {[%clk 0:02:21.4]} 23. Qf6# {[%clk 0:00:11.4]} 1-0