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[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/19NUpSZF"] [Date "2026.06.14"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Wali"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.14"] [UTCTime "19:14:52"] [WhiteElo "1965"] [BlackElo "1875"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [WhiteTitle "GM🏹"] [BlackTitle "GM🥉"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C53"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 { C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation } d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nf6?? { (1.02 → 5.09) Blunder. Bxd2+ was best. } (7... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2) 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Nc3?? { (4.93 → 0.86) Blunder. Qa4+ was best. } (9. Qa4+ Nc6) 9... O-O 10. O-O?! { (0.70 → -0.01) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (10. a3 Nc6) 10... c6? { (-0.01 → 1.08) Mistake. Nxe4 was best. } (10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Qd2 dxe4 13. Ng5 Nd5 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfe1) 11. a3 d5 12. e5?! { (0.91 → 0.15) Inaccuracy. axb4 was best. } (12. axb4 dxc4 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Qa4 Re8 15. Qa5 b6 16. Qa3 Qd6 17. b5 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 cxb5) 12... dxc4 13. exf6 Nd3 14. fxg7 Kxg7? { (-0.52 → 0.91) Mistake. Re8 was best. } (14... Re8) 15. b3 Be6 16. Ne4?? { (1.26 → -0.53) Blunder. bxc4 was best. } (16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Nf4 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. Re1 Bf5 22. Ne4 Bxe4) 16... h6?? { (-0.53 → 1.52) Blunder. b5 was best. } (16... b5 17. Ng3 Kh8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Qd2 f6 20. Ne1 Qxd4 21. Nxd3 cxd3 22. Rae1 Qd5 23. Re3) 17. b4?? { (1.52 → -1.22) Blunder. bxc4 was best. } (17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qc2 b5 19. Ng3 Qd5 20. Rfd1 Nf4 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Nxh5+ Qxh5) 17... Qd5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 Kh8?? { (-1.48 → 0.43) Blunder. Bg4 was best. } (19... Bg4 20. Rc1 b5 21. cxb6 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 axb6 23. Qe2 b5 24. Rc3 Rfe8 25. Rg3+ Kh7 26. Qc2+) 20. Qd2?! { (0.43 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (20. Re1 Rg8 21. Re5 Qd8 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qc1 b5 24. Rh5 Kh7 25. Ne5 Rae8 26. Qc2+ Kh8) 20... Kh7 21. Rfe1?! { (-0.75 → -1.42) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (21. Ne5 Rg8 22. f3 b6 23. Rae1 bxc5 24. Re4 Rg5 25. Rfe1 Rag8 26. g3 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc5) 21... Rg8 22. Qc2+ Bf5 23. Qc3 Be4? { (-1.26 → 0.04) Mistake. Bh3 was best. } (23... Bh3 24. Re5 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rg6 26. Rxd5 Bg2+ 27. Kg1 Bxf3+ 28. Kf1 Bg2+ 29. Ke2 Bxd5 30. Re1) 24. Rxe4?? { (0.04 → -2.97) Blunder. g3 was best. } (24. g3) 24... Qxe4 25. Re1? { (-2.70 → -4.51) Mistake. g3 was best. } (25. g3) 25... Qd5?? { (-4.51 → -0.64) Blunder. Qd3 was best. } (25... Qd3) 26. Kf1?? { (-0.64 → -3.10) Blunder. Re5 was best. } (26. Re5 Qd7) 26... Rae8 27. Qc2+? { (-3.39 → -5.54) Mistake. Rc1 was best. } (27. Rc1) 27... Kh8 28. Qd2 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qh5?! { (-6.54 → -4.79) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (29... b6) 30. Qe5+?! { (-4.79 → -7.08) Inaccuracy. Qc1 was best. } (30. Qc1 b5 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Qxc4 Qb5 33. Qxb5 cxb5 34. Ke2 Ra8 35. Ne5 Kg7 36. Kd2 Rxa3) 30... Qxe5 31. Nxe5 c3 32. Ke2 Rxg2 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 34. Nd6 c2 35. Kd2 Rxf2+ 36. Kc1 Rxh2 37. Nxb7 Rf2 38. Nd8 h5 39. Nxc6 h4 40. Ne5 h3 41. Ng4 Rg2 42. Nh2? { (-9.59 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne3 was best. } (42. Ne3 Rg1+) 42... Rxh2 43. c6 Re2 44. c7 h2 45. c8=Q h1=Q+ 46. Kb2 Qb1+ 47. Kc3 c1=Q# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1