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[Event "Summer Bowl Arena Mega"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/8Sp8bSHI"] [Date "2025.07.27"] [White "Benton"] [Black "snakeywaters"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.27"] [UTCTime "20:43:16"] [WhiteElo "1973"] [BlackElo "1788"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [BlackTitle "㎝"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 d5?! { (0.33 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { B01 Scandinavian Defense } (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Nxf6+) 2. e5? { (0.96 → -0.29) Mistake. exd5 was best. } (2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2 cxd4) 2... c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4?! { (0.00 → -0.74) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } (4. Bb5) 4... Bf5? { (-0.74 → 0.69) Mistake. cxd4 was best. } (4... cxd4 5. h3) 5. Bb5?! { (0.69 → -0.05) Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. } (5. dxc5 e6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Bb5 Ne7 8. c3 a6 9. Ba4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qa5 11. Qd1 Qc7) 5... e6 6. c3 Ne7? { (-0.14 → 0.99) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } (6... Qb6 7. Ba4 Bg4 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Re1) 7. Bf4?? { (0.99 → -1.27) Blunder. dxc5 was best. } (7. dxc5 Qc7) 7... cxd4? { (-1.27 → -0.12) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } (7... Qb6 8. a4) 8. cxd4? { (-0.12 → -1.54) Mistake. Nxd4 was best. } (8. Nxd4) 8... a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Bg6?! { (-1.00 → -0.17) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } (10... Bg4 11. Nc3) 11. Bxg6 hxg6?! { (-0.33 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. Nxg6 was best. } (11... Nxg6 12. Be3 Bb4+ 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. a3 Be7 15. b3 b4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. h4 h5 18. Kf1) 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Qd3?! { (0.45 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (13. O-O Be7 14. h3 Qb6 15. Ne2 a5 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Rxh4 18. Kg2 a4 19. Qd2 Na5) 13... Qb6?! { (-0.43 → 0.31) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } (13... Nh4) 14. Be3 Be7 15. Ne2?! { (-0.12 → -0.69) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (15. O-O Rc8) 15... Bb4+?! { (-0.69 → 0.27) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (15... g5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rd1 Rh4 21. g3 Nc2+ 22. Kd2) 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Rc8?! { (-0.08 → 0.86) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } (17... Nh4 18. Nxh4 Rxh4 19. f4 Qa5 20. Rc1 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Kd7 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. h3 Na5 24. Rxc8) 18. Rc1 Kd7?! { (0.68 → 1.30) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (18... O-O 19. O-O) 19. Qc3?? { (1.30 → -5.55) Blunder. O-O was best. } (19. O-O Qa5 20. Rc3 b4 21. Rc5 Qb6 22. Rcc1 b3 23. axb3 Na5 24. Rc3 Nxb3 25. Qf4 Rxc3) 19... Rc7?? { (-5.55 → 0.45) Blunder. Ncxd4 was best. } (19... Ncxd4 20. Qd2) 20. a3?? { (0.45 → -1.98) Blunder. O-O was best. } (20. O-O Qa5) 20... Rhc8?! { (-1.98 → -0.95) Inaccuracy. Rcc8 was best. } (20... Rcc8 21. Qd2) 21. Qc5?? { (-0.95 → -5.23) Blunder. Qd2 was best. } (21. Qd2) 21... Qa7?? { (-5.23 → -0.18) Blunder. Qb7 was best. } (21... Qb7) 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. O-O Rac7 24. g4 Nh6 25. h3 Ng8 26. Rc2 Nge7 27. Rfc1 Kd8? { (-0.37 → 0.69) Mistake. Na5 was best. } (27... Na5) 28. g5?? { (0.69 → -4.07) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (28. Ng5 Ke8 29. Nf4 Rb7 30. Nd3 Rbb8 31. Nf3 Na5 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Nxc8 34. Nc5 Nc4) 28... Kd7?? { (-4.07 → -1.05) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (28... Nxe5) 29. h4 Nf5 30. Kg2 Rh8 31. Kh3 Rhc8 32. Kg4 Rh8? { (-1.38 → -0.32) Mistake. b4 was best. } (32... b4) 33. Ng3 Nfe7 34. h5?! { (0.00 → -0.93) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (34. h5 b4 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Nh5 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rg8 38. a4 Rcc8 39. Rc3 Rc7) 34... Rhc8? { (-0.93 → 0.11) Mistake. gxh5+ was best. } (34... gxh5+) 35. hxg6?! { (0.11 → -0.81) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (35. h6 Rh8) 35... Nxg6 36. Rh1?? { (-0.69 → -7.67) Blunder. Rc3 was best. } (36. Rc3 b4 37. axb4 Nxb4 38. Rxc7+ Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Nh5 Nd3 41. Nxg7 Nxb2 42. Ne8+ Kd7) 36... Nge7?? { (-7.67 → 0.69) Blunder. Ncxe5+ was best. } (36... Ncxe5+ 37. Nxe5+) 37. Rh7?! { (0.69 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Rh7 was best. } (37. Rh7) 37... Rg8 38. Nh5 g6?? { (0.11 → 7.12) Blunder. Kc8 was best. } (38... Kc8 39. Nxg7 Nxe5+ 40. Nxe5 Rxc2 41. Nxf7 Rxf2 42. Nxe6 Rxb2 43. Ne5 Re8 44. Rf7 Rb1 45. g6) 39. Nf6+ Kd8 40. Nxg8 Nxg8 41. Rh8 Ne7 42. Rxc7 Kxc7 43. b4 Kb6 44. Rh7 Nf5 45. Rxf7 Nge7 46. Rf6 Nc6 47. Rxe6 Kc7 48. Rxg6 Ncxd4 49. Nxd4 Nxd4 50. Kf4 Kd7 51. Rxa6 Ne6+ 52. Kf5 Nd4+ 53. Kf6 Nc6 54. g6 Kc7?! { (21.56 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd4 was best. } (54... Nd4 55. e6+) 55. g7?! { (Mate in 10 → 21.87) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxc6+ was best. } (55. Rxc6+ Kxc6 56. e6 d4 57. g7 Kd5 58. e7 Kc4 59. g8=Q+ Kd3 60. e8=Q Kc3 61. Qxb5 Kb2) 55... Kd7?! { (21.87 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd4 was best. } (55... Nd4 56. e6) 56. Rxc6 Kxc6 57. g8=Q Kb6 58. Qxd5 Ka6 59. Qc6+ Ka7 60. Qxb5 Ka8 61. Ke7 Ka7 62. Kd7 Ka8 63. Kc7 Ka7 64. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0