FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/9pqK70N1"]
[Date "2026.06.28"]
[White "Matthew12"]
[Black "Rishi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.06.28"]
[UTCTime "17:23:04"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+14"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-9"]
[WhiteTitle "GM⍩"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 { C41 Philidor Defense } Nc6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Ne2 Qf6?! { (1.23 → 2.02) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (6... d5 7. exd5 Bc5 8. O-O Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ng3 Qg6 13. Ne4) 7. d3 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Bd2?! { (1.65 → 0.95) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. Qa4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Qxa7 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Bg5 Nf6) 10... d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bf4?! { (1.45 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (12. Nf4 Nh6 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Qf3 Nh6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Re6 Qf7 17. Rae1 Rdf8 18. g3 g5) 12... Bd6?! { (0.68 → 1.45) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (12... g5) 13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. c3? { (1.02 → -0.42) Mistake. Qd2 was best. } (14. Qd2) 14... dxc3 15. Nxc3 d4?? { (-0.57 → 7.00) Blunder. Ne7 was best. } (15... Ne7 16. Rc1) 16. Ne4 Qe6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Qxg7 Rc8 { Black offers draw } 21. Re7 Ng8 22. Re4 Nf6 23. Re2 Rg8? { (7.63 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a6 was best. } (23... a6 24. g3) 24. Qf7? { (Mate in 3 → 7.40) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxg8+ was best. } (24. Qxg8+ Nxg8 25. Re8+ Qd8 26. Rxd8#) 24... Qc6 25. f3 Qd6? { (7.44 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a5 was best. } (25... a5 26. Rae1) 26. Rae1? { (Mate in 3 → 7.99) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxg8+ was best. } (26. Qxg8+ Nxg8 27. Re8+ Qd8 28. Rxd8#) 26... Qc6? { (7.99 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf8 was best. } (26... Qf8 27. Qc4 a6 28. Re6 Qg7 29. g3 Rd8 30. Re7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Nd5 32. Rxh7 Kc8 33. Kf2) 27. Qxg8+ Nxg8 28. Re8+ Qxe8 29. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0