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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/2Y5iPcu5"] [Date "2026.08.14"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Shiloh"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.14"] [UTCTime "19:11:17"] [WhiteElo "1978"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteTitle "🏔"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. b3 d5 { A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation } 2. d4 e5?? { (-0.39 → 1.17) Blunder. c5 was best. } (2... c5) 3. dxe5 Qe7? { (0.92 → 2.24) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. Bb2 f6 5. e4 Nxe5 6. Ne2 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nbc3 Bd7 9. Nxe4 c6 10. O-O-O) 4. Bb2?! { (2.24 → 1.56) Inaccuracy. Qxd5 was best. } (4. Qxd5 Nc6) 4... f5?? { (1.56 → 3.64) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (4... Nc6 5. e3) 5. exf6?? { (3.64 → 1.46) Blunder. e3 was best. } (5. e3 Nc6) 5... gxf6?? { (1.46 → 5.71) Blunder. Nxf6 was best. } (5... Nxf6 6. e3) 6. Qxd5 Bg4?! { (5.23 → 8.87) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (6... h5 7. Nc3) 7. Nf3?! { (8.87 → 4.90) Inaccuracy. Qxb7 was best. } (7. Qxb7) 7... Bh6? { (4.90 → 10.70) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (7... Nc6 8. Nd4) 8. Qxb7 Qc5 9. Qxa8 Qxc2 10. Qxb8+ Kf7 11. Ba3 Ne7 12. Qxh8 Nd5 13. e3 Nc3?! { (20.38 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bg7 was best. } (13... Bg7 14. Qd8 c6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nd4 Qe4 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nc3 f5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5) 14. Nxc3?! { (Mate in 7 → 16.07) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc4+ was best. } (14. Bc4+ Nd5 15. Bxd5+ Be6 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Qe8+ Kf5 18. g4+ Kxg4 19. Rg1+ Kxf3 20. Rg3#) 14... Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Bf5 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. Qd8 Bc2 18. Qd5+ Kg6 19. Nh4+ Kh6 20. Nf5+ Kg6 21. Ne7+ Kh6 22. Rd4 Bb1 23. Rh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0