Reviewed games / Chess.com blitz

Hikaru vs Sina-Movahed: game review

Sina-Movahed won on 31 October 2026, in the Sicilian Defense: French Variation. Stockfish 19 reviewed every move of both players at depth 18, double-checked the sharp moments deeper, and labelled each one from Brilliant to Blunder.

The board after 16…Re4, with both players' accuracy
Hikaru 344389.6
Sina-Movahed 330995.5
HikaruLabelSina-Movahed
0!Great1
18Best18
3Excellent6
3Good1
8Book7
1??Blunder0
Step through every moveReview your own game

Key moments

The Brilliant and Great moves, and the costliest mistakes, as the review explains them.

16.Be3: Blunder

16.Be3 is a blunder: White's winning chances go from 51% to 13%.

  • Black answers 16…Re4, which attacks the queen.
  • After Re4, Black wins 6 points of material within 4 moves.
  • Better was 16.Rxe8+ (+0.06), which takes the rook on e8.

Better: 16.Rxe8+ trades rooks. Engine line: 16…Qxe8 17.Bd2 Bg6 18.Re1 Qb5 19.b4 (+0.06).

16…Re4: Great

16…Re4! The only good move here: every alternative is clearly worse.

  • Attacks the queen.
  • Takes d4 and b4 away from the White queen on f4.
  • The next best move, 16…Ba3, would drop Black's winning chances from 87% to 50% (−0.04).
  • 16…Re4 wins the queen for a bishop, picking it up with 17…Rxf4.
  • Sets up a sequence and wins the queen for a bishop once the captures settle, picking it up with 17…Rxf4.
  • It threatens …Rxf4, winning the queen, so White has to spend the next move on it.

The opening

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40)

  • Both sides followed opening theory up to 8.Nbd2: 15 moves in all, 8 by White and 7 by Black.
  • Theory runs out after 8.Nbd2: too few games between strong players reached this position to go further.

Every move

The moves from Chess.com (the game), each with its label. Step through them on the board for the engine lines and an explanation of every move.

  1. 1.e4c5
  2. 2.Nf3e6
  3. 3.g3Nc6
  4. 4.Bg2d5
  5. 5.exd5exd5
  6. 6.d4cxd4
  7. 7.O-ONf6
  8. 8.Nbd2Be7
  9. 9.Nb3Bg4
  10. 10.h3Bh5
  11. 11.Nbxd4O-O
  12. 12.Re1Rc8
  13. 13.c3Nxd4
  14. 14.Qxd4Bc5
  15. 15.Qf4Re8
  16. 16.??Be3!Re4
  17. 17.Qxe4dxe4
  18. 18.Nd4Bxd4
  19. 19.Bxd4Bf3
  20. 20.Bxf3exf3
  21. 21.Re3h6
  22. 22.Rxf3Rc6
  23. 23.Re1Qd5
  24. 24.Rf4Re6
  25. 25.Rxe6Qxe6
  26. 26.Bxf6gxf6
  27. 27.a3a5
  28. 28.b4a4
  29. 29.c4Qe1+
  30. 30.Kg2Qc3
  31. 31.Rf3Qxc4
  32. 32.Rxf6Qd5+
  33. 33.Kg1Qd3

More reviewed games

Every reviewed game, newest first.

See your own games like this.

Enter a Chess.com or Lichess username or paste a PGN: free, no account, no daily limit.

Review a game