CohenChessClub.com

[Event "August Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/1elNx5m0"] [Date "2026.08.30"] [White "Benton"] [Black "PJ"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.30"] [UTCTime "19:28:30"] [WhiteElo "1997"] [BlackElo "1940"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [WhiteTitle "🏔"] [BlackTitle "GM🐶"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C61"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 { C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation } 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Ba4 a5?! { (0.58 → 1.12) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (6... Nf6 7. O-O d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. c3 Qb6 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Be7 12. cxd4 Ne6 13. Nb3) 7. a3?! { (1.12 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (7. c3 Bc5 8. Nd2 Ba7 9. Nf3 dxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. d4 O-O 13. O-O d5) 7... b5 8. Bb3 a4 9. Ba2 Bd6? { (0.48 → 1.67) Mistake. d5 was best. } (9... d5 10. Qe2) 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Qe7?? { (1.10 → 3.04) Blunder. Ne7 was best. } (11... Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Bc7 14. Re1 d6 15. d4 Ba5 16. Bd2 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bb1) 12. d4?! { (3.04 → 1.92) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (12. O-O Bb8) 12... b4?! { (1.92 → 2.61) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (12... b4 13. axb4 Ba6 14. e5 Bxb4 15. Qxa4 Nf6 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Qb3 Nc7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6) 13. axb4 Bxb4?! { (2.36 → 3.47) Inaccuracy. Ba6 was best. } (13... Ba6 14. Bb1) 14. O-O Bxc3? { (3.12 → 5.18) Mistake. Nh6 was best. } (14... Nh6 15. Nxa4 Ba6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bc4 Rxb6 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Bd3 c5 21. e5) 15. bxc3 Nf6?! { (4.65 → 7.38) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (15... a3 16. Re1 Nh6 17. h3 O-O 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Re3 f6 20. Qc2 d5 21. Rxa3 Rxa3 22. exd5) 16. Bg5?? { (7.38 → 3.17) Blunder. Ba3 was best. } (16. Ba3 Qxa3 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxa3 Ba6 19. Re1 Bc4 20. e5 Rhb8 21. exf6 Re8 22. fxg7 Rxe1+) 16... h6 17. Bxf6?! { (3.17 → 1.89) Inaccuracy. Bh4 was best. } (17. Bh4 g5) 17... Qxf6 18. Bc4?! { (1.98 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (18. f4 O-O 19. e5 Qe7 20. f5 Qg5 21. f6 d5 22. exd6 gxf6 23. Qc2 Bg4 24. Bb1 f5) 18... Bb7?? { (0.95 → 3.23) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } (18... Qe7 19. Re1 a3 20. Qb3 O-O 21. Bf1 c5 22. Re3 cxd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. h3) 19. Rxa4 O-O-O?? { (3.43 → 10.78) Blunder. O-O was best. } (19... O-O 20. Rxa8) 20. Ba6 Qe6 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7?! { (10.84 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } (21... Kc7) 22. d5?! { (Mate in 5 → 10.22) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb1+ was best. } (22. Qb1+ Qb3 23. Ra7+ Kc8 24. Qxb3 Rde8 25. Qb7+ Kd8 26. Qxd7#) 22... cxd5 23. Qb3+ Kc7 24. Ra7+ Kd6 25. Ra6+ Ke7 26. Rxe6+ dxe6 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Re1 Rg5 29. Qb7+ Kf6 30. Re3 Rd8 31. Rf3+ Ke5 32. h3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 f5 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qc8 e5 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. h4 Rh5? { (9.69 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f4 was best. } (37... f4 38. Qe8+) 38. Qe8+? { (Mate in 10 → 8.74) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg3+ was best. } (38. Rg3+ Rg5 39. Qe8+ Kf6 40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. Qc6+ Kf7 42. Rxg5 Rd8 43. Qb7+ Kf6 44. Rxg7 Rh8+) 38... Kh7 39. Qxh5 g6 40. Qxf5?! { (7.29 → 5.02) Inaccuracy. Rxf5 was best. } (40. Rxf5) 40... gxf5 41. Rxf5 Rd5 42. h5 Rc5 43. g4 Rxc3 44. Rxe5 Kg7 45. Re6 Rf3 46. Kg2 Rf4 47. Kg3 Rf8?! { (4.49 → 6.49) Inaccuracy. Ra4 was best. } (47... Ra4 48. Re7+ Kh8 49. f3 Kg8 50. Rd7 Kh8 51. Rf7 Kg8 52. Re7 Ra5 53. Rd7 Ra8 54. Kf4) 48. f3?! { (6.49 → 4.09) Inaccuracy. Re7+ was best. } (48. Re7+) 48... Rh8? { (4.09 → 7.64) Mistake. Rc8 was best. } (48... Rc8 49. Re7+) 49. f4 Kf7 50. Ra6 Kg7 51. Kh4?! { (8.14 → 4.90) Inaccuracy. Ra7+ was best. } (51. Ra7+) 51... Rd8?! { (4.90 → 7.26) Inaccuracy. Rc8 was best. } (51... Rc8 52. Ra7+) 52. g5 hxg5+ 53. Kxg5?! { (7.23 → 5.24) Inaccuracy. fxg5 was best. } (53. fxg5 Rd4+ 54. Kg3 Kg8 55. h6 Kh7 56. Ra7+ Kg6 57. Rg7+ Kf5 58. h7 Rd1 59. h8=Q Rd5) 53... Rd5+ 54. f5 Kf7?! { (6.07 → 64.93) Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best. } (54... Rd1 55. Ra7+) 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Kg6 Kf8?! { (72.21 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd8 was best. } (56... Rd8 57. f6 Rc8 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. Rh7 Ke8 60. Rh8+ Kd7 61. Rxc8 Kxc8 62. f7 Kd7 63. f8=Q) 57. h6 Rd3 58. h7 Rg3+ 59. Kf6 { Black resigns. } 1-0