FEN
[Event "April Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/8tBkp6FP"]
[Date "2026.04.26"]
[White "Maxim"]
[Black "Benton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.26"]
[UTCTime "20:44:17"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+15"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-12"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🧂"]
[BlackTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 { C50 Giuoco Piano } 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Bg4?! { (-0.12 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Na5 was best. } (5... Na5 6. Bb3 Nxb3 7. axb3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. Be3) 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O?! { (0.60 → -0.07) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (7. a3) 7... Nd4?! { (-0.07 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Na5 was best. } (7... Na5 8. Bg5) 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qf3?! { (0.61 → -0.30) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f6 15. Qf3 Bf7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7) 10... Nf6? { (-0.30 → 0.93) Mistake. h5 was best. } (10... h5 11. g5) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Kh2?! { (1.32 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (14. Nd5 Kd8 15. c3 Bb6 16. Kg2 c6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 b5 20. Bb3 h5) 14... h5 15. gxh5? { (0.86 → -0.20) Mistake. Nd5 was best. } (15. Nd5 Kf8 16. gxh5 Bxh5 17. c3 Bb6 18. Nxf6 Be2 19. Rfe1 Kg7 20. Ne8+ Raxe8 21. Rxe2 Kf8) 15... Bxh5 16. f4?? { (0.00 → -5.28) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } (16. Nd5 O-O-O) 16... Be3?? { (-5.28 → 0.09) Blunder. c6 was best. } (16... c6) 17. fxe5? { (0.09 → -1.40) Mistake. Nd5 was best. } (17. Nd5 exf4) 17... fxe5?? { (-1.40 → 3.49) Blunder. c6 was best. } (17... c6 18. exf6) 18. Nd5 Bb6?! { (3.62 → 4.81) Inaccuracy. Bf4+ was best. } (18... Bf4+ 19. Rxf4) 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Nxh5 Rxh5?! { (4.81 → 7.00) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (20... d5 21. Bxd5 Rxh5 22. Rxf7+ Kd6 23. Raf1 Rah8 24. R1f6+ Kc5 25. Be6 c6 26. Bg4 R5h7 27. Rxh7) 21. Rxf7+ Kd8 22. Raf1 Rh8 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kd7 25. Rxa8 a6 26. Rh8 Be3 27. h4 b5 28. Bd5 Bf4+ 29. Kh3 c5 30. h5 a5 31. h6 c4?! { (13.25 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c4 was best. } (31... c4 32. Kg4) 32. dxc4?! { (Mate in 9 → 11.72) Lost forced checkmate sequence. h7 was best. } (32. h7 Bg5 33. Rf8 cxd3 34. Rf7+ Be7 35. cxd3 b4 36. h8=Q b3 37. Qb8 bxa2 38. Qa7+ Kd8) 32... Bxh6 33. Rxh6 bxc4 34. Rh7+ Kd8 35. Kg4 a4 36. Kf5 c3 37. b3 axb3 38. axb3 Ke8 39. Ke6 Kf8 40. Ba8 Kg8 41. Rb7 d5 42. Kf6 dxe4 43. Re7 e3 44. Rxe5 e2 45. Rxe2 Kh7 46. Rg2 Kh8 47. Kf7 Kh7 48. Rh2# { White wins on time. } 1-0