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[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/FTXLAjKu"] [Date "2026.06.07"] [White "Matthew12"] [Black "James8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.07"] [UTCTime "17:15:53"] [WhiteElo "1433"] [BlackElo "817"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [WhiteTitle "GM⍩"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6?? { (0.41 → 2.36) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Bb3) 3. Bc4?! { (2.36 → 1.68) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 Qe7) 3... Be7?! { (1.68 → 2.73) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } (3... c6) 4. Nc3 Nh6?! { (2.75 → 4.18) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (4... d6 5. d4) 5. d3?? { (4.18 → 1.17) Blunder. d4 was best. } (5. d4 Nf7 6. dxe5 Nc6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+ Kf8 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. O-O d6 11. Qc4 Qe8) 5... Nf5?? { (1.17 → 10.65) Blunder. Nf7 was best. } (5... Nf7 6. Nh4 c6 7. Nf5 Bf8 8. Ng3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb3 Na6 11. Kh1 Nc7 12. f4) 6. exf5 g6 7. fxg6 hxg6 8. d4 Rh5 9. g4 f5 10. gxh5 Bf8 11. Nxe5 Nc6?! { (16.62 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (11... d5 12. Bxd5) 12. Nxc6?! { (Mate in 3 → 14.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bf7+ was best. } (12. Bf7+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ Kd6 14. Nb5#) 12... dxc6 13. Qe2+ Be6 14. Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bg5+ Kd6 17. hxg6 Be7 18. Bxe7+ Kxe7 19. Rg1 Kd6 20. g7 a5 21. O-O-O Ra6?! { (25.78 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } (21... Kd7 22. g8=R) 22. g8=Q Rb6 23. Qe6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0