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[Event "October Chess Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/2fxqGu8Q"] [Date "2025.10.19"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Francis"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.19"] [UTCTime "19:15:30"] [WhiteElo "1966"] [BlackElo "1575"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [BlackTitle "θ"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C46"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3?! { (0.75 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O) 3... Nc6 4. Bc4 { C46 Four Knights Game: Italian Variation } Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bg4 8. Bxc6+?! { (0.60 → 0.09) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 Bd6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. d3 O-O 12. Be3 Kh8 13. g4 f5 14. gxh5 fxe4) 8... bxc6 9. Qe2 f6 10. d3?! { (0.38 → -0.50) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (10. d4) 10... Qe7?! { (-0.50 → 0.48) Inaccuracy. Qd5 was best. } (10... Qd5 11. O-O) 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qe4 Qd7?! { (0.56 → 1.50) Inaccuracy. Bxf3 was best. } (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe6 14. Be3 g5 15. Rae1 h5 16. Qe4 h4 17. h3 Rg8 18. f3 f5 19. Qa4) 13. Be3 a5 14. Nd2 Be2? { (1.77 → 3.20) Mistake. Bb4 was best. } (14... Bb4 15. a3) 15. Rfe1 Bh5 16. Nb3 Bb4?! { (2.93 → 3.81) Inaccuracy. Bf7 was best. } (16... Bf7 17. Qa4) 17. c3? { (3.81 → 2.22) Mistake. a3 was best. } (17. a3 Bxe1) 17... Bg6 18. Qf3 a4?! { (2.09 → 2.80) Inaccuracy. Bf8 was best. } (18... Bf8 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qd5 21. Qe2 Qb5 22. c4 Qa6 23. Bc5 Bd6 24. Qg4+ Kb8 25. Bxd6) 19. Nc5?? { (2.80 → -0.65) Blunder. cxb4 was best. } (19. cxb4 axb3 20. axb3 Qd5 21. Qg4+ f5 22. Qg5 Rhe8 23. Bc5 Qf7 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 19... Bxc5 20. Bxc5 a3? { (-0.79 → 0.67) Mistake. Bxd3 was best. } (20... Bxd3 21. c4 Qe6 22. Rac1 Bxc4 23. Qc3 Bd5 24. h3 Kd7 25. f4 e4 26. Be3 Ke7 27. Qa5) 21. Bxa3 Bxd3 22. Qe3 h5?! { (0.50 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. Qd5 was best. } (22... Qd5 23. Bc5 Rhe8 24. b3 Bg6 25. c4 Qd2 26. a4 Rd3 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. a5) 23. Qa7 Qf5?? { (1.13 → 3.30) Blunder. Qg4 was best. } (23... Qg4 24. Re3) 24. Rad1?! { (3.30 → 2.37) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (24. Be7 Rde8) 24... e4?? { (2.37 → 14.16) Blunder. Rhe8 was best. } (24... Rhe8 25. f3) 25. Re3?? { (14.16 → 0.92) Blunder. Qa8+ was best. } (25. Qa8+) 25... Qe5 26. f3 Qf4?? { (1.12 → 13.17) Blunder. Qb5 was best. } (26... Qb5 27. fxe4 Bc2 28. Qa8+ Qb8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxc6 Qa7 31. Bc5 Qxa2 32. e5 Qa4 33. Qxa4) 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 Kd7?! { (13.17 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c5 was best. } (28... c5 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Rxd3+ Ke6 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Ke5 33. Bxc5 Kxe4 34. Kf2 c6 35. b4) 29. Rxd3+ Ke6 30. Rxd8?! { (Mate in 5 → 69.61) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc7 was best. } (30. Qxc7 c5 31. Bxc5 Rd6 32. Rxd6+ Ke5 33. Rd4+ Ke6 34. Qe7#) 30... Rxd8 31. h3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ke5 33. Qxc7+ Kxe4 34. Qxc6+ Ke5 35. Qe8+ Kf5 36. Qxh5+ Ke6 37. Qxd1 Kf7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 { Black resigns. } 1-0