FEN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/2g37oCYB"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[White "Gabriel1"]
[Black "Benton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.13"]
[UTCTime "16:40:14"]
[WhiteElo "1401"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🏈"]
[BlackTitle "🏔"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. Nc3?! { (0.27 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qc4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Re1 Re8) 5... Nf6?! { (-0.48 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (5... c5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nd2 g6 8. Nc4 Bg7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Rb8 11. Qd2 O-O 12. b3) 6. O-O?! { (0.45 → -0.31) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (6. d4 Nd7 7. Be3 f6 8. Nd2 Nb6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O a5) 6... Be7?! { (-0.31 → 0.49) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (6... c5 7. d3 h6 8. Nd2 g6 9. Nc4 Bg7 10. Na5 Bd7 11. a3 Rb8 12. b3 O-O 13. Rb1) 7. d3?! { (0.49 → -0.17) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qf3 Re8 11. Bf4 h6 12. h3 c5 13. Nde2 Bc6) 7... O-O 8. Bg5?! { (0.06 → -0.70) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 h6 11. h3 Nh7 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Rad1 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Ng5) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qe1 Bg4 11. Qe3 Re8 12. Rae1 d5 13. exd5?? { (-0.35 → -2.22) Blunder. Na4 was best. } (13. Na4) 13... cxd5 14. a3?? { (-2.03 → -7.54) Blunder. d4 was best. } (14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. h3 Bc8 18. Qd4 Re8 19. Re3 c6 20. Rg3 f6) 14... d4 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. d4 exd4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Qf5 Qe5 22. Qd3 Qe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Rd1 Rxc2 25. h3 c5 26. Rd7 c4 27. Rxa7 c3 28. Rc7? { (-8.99 → Mate in 15) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ra8+ was best. } (28. Ra8+) 28... Rd2? { (Mate in 15 → -8.93) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc1+ was best. } (28... Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Be5+ 30. f4 Bxf4+ 31. g3 Bxc7 32. Kg2 Ra1 33. Kf3 c2 34. Ke4 c1=Q 35. Kd5) 29. a4? { (-8.93 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f4 was best. } (29. f4 c2 30. a4 Bb2 31. a5 c1=Q+ 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. a6 Ra2 34. a7 Bxf4 35. Kf1 Kf8) 29... c2? { (Mate in 10 → -9.07) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rd1+ was best. } (29... Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Be5+ 31. g3 Bxc7 32. Kg2 c2 33. Kf3 c1=Q 34. h4 Qc3+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. f3) 30. a5? { (-9.07 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f4 was best. } (30. f4 Bh4) 30... Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Bxc7 33. a6 Rh1+ 34. Kxh1 c1=Q+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. f3 Qxa6 37. g4 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Bg3 39. h4 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1