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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/5scNVRxK"] [Date "2026.07.19"] [White "Benton"] [Black "MrCohenOS"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.19"] [UTCTime "16:43:11"] [WhiteElo "1978"] [BlackElo "2059"] [WhiteTitle "🎩"] [BlackTitle "👀"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B30 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian } 3. Bc4?! { (0.45 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } (3. Bb5) 3... g6?! { (-0.08 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (3... e6 4. O-O d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Re1+ Be6 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bf1 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be3) 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bf4? { (1.25 → 0.01) Mistake. d5 was best. } (7. d5 Na5) 7... Nf6? { (0.01 → 1.27) Mistake. d5 was best. } (7... d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb5 Bg4 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3) 8. Nc3? { (1.27 → 0.00) Mistake. e5 was best. } (8. e5 Ne4 9. Nc3 d5 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rc1 e5) 8... O-O? { (0.00 → 1.29) Mistake. d5 was best. } (8... d5 9. exd5) 9. Bg5?? { (1.29 → -0.78) Blunder. Bd6 was best. } (9. Bd6 Ne7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Ne8 12. Ba3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Re1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7) 9... Qb6?? { (-0.78 → 1.17) Blunder. d5 was best. } (9... d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Re8+ 12. Kf1 Na5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qa4 Re6 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Be2) 10. Rb1? { (1.17 → -0.21) Mistake. e5 was best. } (10. e5 Ne8) 10... Nh5?? { (-0.21 → 1.83) Blunder. Qb4 was best. } (10... Qb4) 11. e5? { (1.83 → 0.31) Mistake. d5 was best. } (11. d5) 11... d5?! { (0.31 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (11... d6 12. exd6 Qb4 13. Qe2 Qxd6 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qe5 17. h4 Qxe2 18. Bxe2) 12. Bb3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6?! { (0.80 → 1.64) Inaccuracy. Nxf6 was best. } (13... Nxf6 14. O-O Ne8 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Re1 Nxe3 20. fxe3) 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Raf8 18. Ne5?! { (1.37 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (18. Ne5) 18... Qd8 19. Nxd7?! { (0.78 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } (19. Nc5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rf5 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. g4 Rg5 23. h4 Rxe5 24. gxh5 Rf4 25. hxg6 Rxh4) 19... Qxd7 20. Nc5 Qf7 21. f3 Nf4 22. Re1?! { (-0.15 → -0.89) Inaccuracy. Kh1 was best. } (22. Kh1 g5) 22... Na5?? { (-0.89 → 1.37) Blunder. g5 was best. } (22... g5 23. Rc3) 23. Ba4 Nc6?! { (1.53 → 2.37) Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. } (23... Nc4 24. Rc2) 24. Nxb7?? { (2.37 → -1.83) Blunder. Bxc6 was best. } (24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qb7 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Re5 Re8 29. b4 Qb6 30. Rce1 Kf7) 24... Qxb7?? { (-1.83 → 0.02) Blunder. Nxg2 was best. } (24... Nxg2) 25. Rxc6 Qxb2 26. Rc2 Qb4 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. g3 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Ng5 30. h4?? { (0.23 → -6.31) Blunder. Re3 was best. } (30. Re3 Rc3) 30... Nxf3 31. Rf1 Nxd2 32. Rxf6 Qxd4?? { (-7.16 → -0.82) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } (32... Ne4 33. Bd7) 33. Rxe6 Rf8 34. Re2 Rf1?? { (-0.21 → 6.21) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (34... Nf3) 35. Qxd2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Qa1?? { (6.50 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxd2 was best. } (36... Qxd2 37. Rxd2) 37. Qxd5+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kh6 39. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0