FEN
[Event "Najer"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/EC4Esl8F"]
[Date "2026.01.22"]
[White "Wali"]
[Black "Benton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.22"]
[UTCTime "00:04:01"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-2"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+3"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🏆"]
[BlackTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch Game: Classical Variation"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 { C45 Scotch Game: Classical Variation } 5. Be3 Qe7?! { (0.36 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. Qf6 was best. } (5... Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd4) 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3?! { (1.30 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (7. Bd3 d6) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Bxc3?! { (-0.12 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (8... Ne5 9. Qe2) 9. bxc3?? { (0.75 → -1.46) Blunder. Qxc3 was best. } (9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Qc4 Nd6 11. Qc5 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Rhe1 b6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Qc3 Qd7) 9... Nxd4?? { (-1.46 → 1.00) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (9... Nxe4 10. Re1) 10. Bxd4 d6 11. Re1? { (1.01 → -0.09) Mistake. Qb5+ was best. } (11. Qb5+ Bd7) 11... O-O?! { (-0.09 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (11... c5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Qxb7 Rd8 15. Bb5 Qxc3 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qb2 Qxb2+ 18. Kxb2) 12. Be2?? { (0.75 → -1.14) Blunder. c4 was best. } (12. c4) 12... c5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rhf1 Rd8 15. f4 Qh6 16. e5 b6?! { (0.09 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (16... d5 17. Kb1) 17. exd6 Qxd6?? { (0.53 → 7.38) Blunder. Bb7 was best. } (17... Bb7) 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Bf3 Rf6 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 g6 24. g3 Re6 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Rd7 Re3 27. Bc6 a5 28. Kd2 Re6 29. Bd5 Rf6 30. Ke3 h5 31. h3 Kf8 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ke8 34. Rb7 Rd6 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bb3 Ke8 37. Ba4+ Kd8 38. Rg7 Re6+ 39. Kf3 Rd6 40. Kg3 Rd2 41. Rxg6 Re2 42. Kf3 Rh2 43. Kg3 Re2 44. Rxb6 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Rxc3 46. f5 Rc4 47. Bb3 Rxg4 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kd5 Rf1 51. Kxc5 Rxf5+ 52. Kc4 Kc7 53. Rb5 Rf4+ 54. Kc3 a4 55. Bc4 Kc6 56. Rb4 Rf3+ 57. Kb2 a3+ 58. Kc1 Kc5 59. Ra4 Rg3 60. Bd3 Rg1+ 61. Kd2 Rg2+ 62. Kc3 Rg3 63. Rxa3 Rg4 64. Rb3 Rh4 65. a3 Rf4 66. Rb5+ Kd6 67. Rb4 Rf7 68. a4 Rc7+ 69. Rc4 Ra7 70. Kb4 Rb7+ 71. Ka3 Kd5 72. Rb4 Rc7 73. a5 Rc3+ 74. Kb2 Rc7 75. a6 Ke5 76. Rb7 Rc5?! { (55.25 → Mate in 25) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc8 was best. } (76... Rc8 77. a7) 77. a7 Ra5 78. Rb6?? { (Mate in 12 → 5.66) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rb5+ was best. } (78. Rb5+ Rxb5+ 79. Bxb5 Ke6 80. a8=Q Ke5 81. c4 Kd4 82. Qd5+ Ke3 83. c5 Kf2 84. c6 Ke3) 78... Rxa7 79. c4 Kd4 { Black wins on time. } 0-1