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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/7KVNhMph"] [Date "2026.01.24"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Kristofer"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.24"] [UTCTime "18:05:10"] [WhiteElo "2008"] [BlackElo "1654"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [BlackTitle "GM😈"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Modern Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. d4 g6 { A40 Modern Defense } 2. d5?! { (0.75 → 0.17) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4) 2... Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. e4 e5? { (-0.50 → 0.92) Mistake. b5 was best. } (6... b5) 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6?! { (0.35 → 1.38) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (8... h6 9. Qd3 d6 10. Bb3 Kh7 11. Rd1 Ne8 12. Nb5 f5 13. Nxd6 Nxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6) 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Bb5?! { (1.35 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (13. Ne3 Rb8) 13... Bb7 14. Qe2 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Rad1 Nxb3 18. axb3 d6 19. b4 Bxd5? { (0.41 → 1.60) Mistake. Rc8 was best. } (19... Rc8 20. h4) 20. Rxd5?! { (1.60 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Rxd5 was best. } (20. Rxd5 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. c3 Bf8 23. Nd2 Rab8 24. Ra1 Rb6 25. h4 h5 26. Rd1 Rc6) 20... Qb6?! { (1.03 → 1.61) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (20... Re8 21. Red1 Re6 22. h4 h5 23. g3 Qc7 24. Nh2 Bf8 25. c3 Rf6 26. R1d3 Qb6 27. Nf3) 21. c3 Rfd8 22. Qe3?! { (1.47 → 0.53) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (22. h4 h5) 22... Qc6?! { (0.53 → 1.43) Inaccuracy. Qxe3 was best. } (22... Qxe3 23. Rxe3 f6 24. Red3 Bf8 25. g3 Kf7 26. Ne1 Ke6 27. f4 Be7 28. Nf3 Rdc8 29. Kf2) 23. Qd3 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Nd2 Bf8 26. Nb3?! { (1.58 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (26. Nf3 Bg7) 26... Qc7?? { (0.94 → 5.34) Blunder. h5 was best. } (26... h5 27. g3 Re8 28. Kg2 Rc7 29. Na1 Re6 30. Nc2 Bh6 31. Ne1 Qb7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6) 27. Na5?? { (5.34 → 1.32) Blunder. Nc5 was best. } (27. Nc5 Re7) 27... Rc8 28. h3 Be7?? { (0.96 → 3.66) Blunder. Rdd8 was best. } (28... Rdd8 29. g3 Re8 30. Kg2 h5 31. Nb3 Re6 32. h4 Qb7 33. Na1 Rc6 34. Nc2 Bh6 35. Qf3) 29. Nb3?? { (3.66 → 1.46) Blunder. Rxe5 was best. } (29. Rxe5) 29... Qb8?! { (1.46 → 2.36) Inaccuracy. Qc4 was best. } (29... Qc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxe5 Rdc7 32. Red5 Rxe4 33. Kf1 f5 34. R5d3 Kf7 35. g3 Rb7 36. Nd4) 30. Nc5?! { (2.36 → 1.61) Inaccuracy. Rxe5 was best. } (30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Qxd7 Rd8 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qe2 Qa8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qd2 Qxd2 36. Nxd2 f5) 30... Ra7 31. Nb3 Rc6 32. Na5 Rb6 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. R5d2 Qc7 35. Qd3 Ra8 36. Qd5 Rd8 37. Rd3 f6 38. f3 Rd7 39. Qe6?? { (1.48 → -0.37) Blunder. g4 was best. } (39. g4 Qc8 40. Kf2 Rc7 41. Rg1 Qg8 42. Ke2 Rb8 43. h4 Rbc8 44. h5 Qxd5 45. exd5 gxh5) 39... Rb8?? { (-0.37 → 1.38) Blunder. d5 was best. } (39... d5 40. Qg4 d4 41. Nb3 h5 42. Qg3 Qc4 43. cxd4 Bxb4 44. f4 exf4 45. Qxf4 Re7 46. Re3) 40. Nb3 Rdd8 41. Nd2 Kf8 42. Nf1 a5 43. Ne3 Qa7?! { (1.96 → 2.73) Inaccuracy. axb4 was best. } (43... axb4 44. cxb4 Rb7 45. Qd5 Qd7 46. Ra3 Ra7 47. Qd2 Rxa3 48. bxa3 Rc8 49. Kh2 Kg7 50. Nd5) 44. Kf1?! { (2.73 → 1.90) Inaccuracy. bxa5 was best. } (44. bxa5 Qxa5 45. Kh1 Qa7 46. Qg4 Qd7 47. Qg3 Kg7 48. R3d2 Rb7 49. Nd5 Qe6 50. Qe1 Qf7) 44... Rb7?? { (1.90 → 6.23) Blunder. axb4 was best. } (44... axb4 45. cxb4) 45. Nd5 axb4 46. Nxe7 Rxe7 47. Qxf6+ Kg8 48. Rxd6 Rxd6 49. Rxd6 Qa1+?! { (4.73 → 7.37) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (49... Re8 50. Rd1) 50. Kf2 Qxb2+?? { (6.84 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qa7+ was best. } (50... Qa7+ 51. Kg3) 51. Kg3 Re8 52. Rd7 Qb3 53. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0