FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/1P0B8htl"]
[Date "2025.03.26"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Ioana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.03.26"]
[UTCTime "20:29:34"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "842"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3?! { (0.75 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O) 3... Bd6? { (0.10 → 1.32) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6) 4. Bc4?! { (1.32 → 0.55) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5 Bxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6. e5 Bb4 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O c6 10. Re1+ Be6) 4... O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3?! { (0.14 → -0.39) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (9. a4 Nd4) 9... f6?? { (-0.39 → 7.00) Blunder. Na5 was best. } (9... Na5) 10. d4?? { (7.00 → 1.60) Blunder. Nxc7+ was best. } (10. Nxc7+ Kh8 11. Nxa8 b5 12. Bxb5 Ne7 13. d4 Bb8 14. d5 Bb7 15. d6 Ng6 16. Nc7 Bxe4) 10... exd4?? { (1.60 → 5.77) Blunder. Kh7 was best. } (10... Kh7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Ne3 a5 13. Qd3 c6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nh4 b5 16. Bb3 a4 17. Bc2) 11. cxd4?? { (5.77 → 1.67) Blunder. Nxc7+ was best. } (11. Nxc7+ Kh8 12. Nxa8 f5 13. exf5 b5 14. Be2 Rxf5 15. O-O Bb7 16. cxd4 Bxa8 17. g3 Qf6) 11... Re8?? { (1.67 → 6.89) Blunder. Na5 was best. } (11... Na5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. O-O d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nh4 Nc4 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3) 12. Nxf6+?! { (6.89 → 4.76) Inaccuracy. Nxc7+ was best. } (12. Nxc7+ Kh8) 12... Kf8?! { (4.76 → 8.07) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (12... Kh8 13. Nxe8 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qxe8 15. Qe2 d6 16. h3 Qh5 17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Kg1) 13. Nxe8 Qxe8 14. e5 Be7 15. O-O g6 16. Re1 d6 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rxe8+ Kxe8 19. d5 Nd8 20. Qe2+ Kd7 21. Rc1 c6 22. dxc6+ bxc6 23. Ne5+ Bxe5?! { (10.33 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } (23... Kc7 24. Rd1) 24. Qxe5 Rb8 25. b3 h5 26. Bd3?! { (Mate in 1 → 16.15) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rd1# was best. } (26. Rd1#) 26... h4?! { (16.15 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c5 was best. } (26... c5 27. Qxb8) 27. Bxg6 Ba6 28. Bf5+ Ne6 29. Bxe6+ Ke7 30. Bf5+ Kf7 31. Qxb8 c5 32. Rxc5 Kf6 33. Bh3 Kg6 34. Qf8 Bc4 35. Bf5+ Kg5 36. Qg7+ Kf4 37. Qg4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0