FEN
[Event "Hodges"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/0DtrDHFc"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "TITLedKnIGHt1357"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2024.08.21"]
[UTCTime "23:51:00"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-3"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+5"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "EM🥉"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 { C50 Giuoco Piano } 4. Nc3 d6 5. O-O h6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 Bb6?! { (-0.27 → 0.24) Inaccuracy. Bxe3 was best. } (7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. h3 c6 12. Ne2 a5 13. Ng3 c5 14. Rf2) 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxb6?? { (0.29 → -8.65) Blunder. Bxd5 was best. } (9. Bxd5 O-O) 9... Nxb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Qf6 14. a5 Nd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. b4 Qg6 20. f4 Ng4 21. f5 Qg5 22. h3 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Qxb7 Rab8 27. Qxc7 Rfd8 28. e5 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Re8 30. Qc3 Qxf5 31. g4? { (-7.45 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc5 was best. } (31. Qc5 Qf7 32. b5 Rec8 33. Qxc8+ Rxc8 34. b6 Qd5 35. bxa7 Ra8 36. Rb1 Kh7 37. a6 Rxa7) 31... Qe4+?! { (Mate in 8 → -10.87) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd5+ was best. } (31... Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Qg3 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Rc2 35. Qxb8+ Kh7 36. Qg3 Qf6+ 37. Kg1 Qxa1+ 38. Qe1) 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Kg2 Rbe8 35. Rf1 Re2+ 36. Kg3 R8e3+ 37. Kh4? { (-8.36 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf3 was best. } (37. Rf3 Rxf3+) 37... Kh7 38. Kh5 Rxh3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1