FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/3QeSM036"]
[Date "2026.09.17"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Shiloh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.09.17"]
[UTCTime "16:57:36"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🏆"]
[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. Bb2 Nc6 3. d4 e5?! { (0.11 → 0.84) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } (3... Bf5 4. a3) 4. dxe5 Qe7?! { (1.11 → 1.76) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } (4... Bg4 5. h3) 5. Nf3 f6?! { (1.46 → 2.09) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } (5... Bf5 6. Qxd5 Nb4 7. Qxb7 Nxc2+ 8. Kd1 Rd8+ 9. Nbd2 Nxa1 10. e4 Bd7 11. Bxa1 Qc5 12. Bc4) 6. exf6?! { (2.09 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. e3 was best. } (6. e3 Bd7) 6... gxf6?? { (1.06 → 3.88) Blunder. Nxf6 was best. } (6... Nxf6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. e3 O-O-O 9. Be2 h5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd4 Kb8 13. O-O) 7. Qxd5 Be6 8. Qd3 f5?? { (2.62 → 7.46) Blunder. Nb4 was best. } (8... Nb4 9. Qc3 O-O-O 10. a3 Nd5 11. Qa5 Bg7 12. Qxa7 f5 13. Nd4 Nb6 14. Nxe6 Bxb2 15. Nxd8) 9. e3?? { (7.46 → 3.12) Blunder. Bxh8 was best. } (9. Bxh8) 9... Qd6?? { (3.12 → 9.27) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } (9... Nf6 10. Nc3) 10. Qxd6 Bxd6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nc3?! { (9.28 → 5.62) Inaccuracy. Bxh8 was best. } (13. Bxh8) 13... a6?! { (5.62 → 7.84) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (13... Nf6 14. Bc4) 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. Nd5 Ng4?! { (5.77 → 8.21) Inaccuracy. Nxd5 was best. } (15... Nxd5) 16. Bxh8 Bxh2+ 17. Nxh2 Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Rxh8 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Ne5 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rfd1 Ka7 25. Bb5+ Kb7 26. c4 Re8 27. Ba6+ Ka7 28. b4 Rb8?! { (15.54 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re4 was best. } (28... Re4 29. Bc8+) 29. b5?! { (Mate in 2 → 19.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc8+ was best. } (29. Bc8+ Na5 30. Rxa5#) 29... Nd8?! { (19.38 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } (29... Rf8 30. Bc8+) 30. Bc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0