FEN
[Event "Rated Correspondence game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/HYqvGEtf"]
[Date "2025.05.24"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Ariella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.05.24"]
[UTCTime "01:53:27"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+11"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-21"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5? { (0.41 → 1.86) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } (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. Nc3? { (1.86 → 0.51) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 Nc6) 3... Nf6?! { (0.51 → 1.48) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (3... d6 4. Na4) 4. Bc4? { (1.48 → -0.04) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5 Bd4) 4... O-O? { (-0.04 → 1.01) Mistake. d6 was best. } (4... d6 5. d3 a5 6. a3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. O-O a4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3 Be6 11. Bxe6) 5. d3?! { (1.01 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (5. Nxe5) 5... Ng4? { (0.16 → 1.45) Mistake. d6 was best. } (5... d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 h6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6) 6. O-O?! { (1.45 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nd5 Qd6 9. Nh4 Nh6 10. Ne3 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. O-O Qa3) 6... c6?? { (0.74 → 2.73) Blunder. d6 was best. } (6... d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. d4 exd4 11. a4 a5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxb6) 7. h3 Nxf2 8. Rxf2 Qb6?? { (3.29 → 7.89) Blunder. Bxf2+ was best. } (8... Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 d6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Kg1 Nd7 15. Qe1) 9. Qe2?! { (7.89 → 4.63) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (9. d4 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nf4 Ne5 15. a4 Bd7) 9... d5?! { (4.63 → 6.88) Inaccuracy. Bxf2+ was best. } (9... Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 11. Kxf2 d6 12. a4 Be6 13. b3 Bxc4 14. bxc4 b6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Nd1) 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qg6 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxg6+ fxg6 15. Ng5 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Bf5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Bc5 Nd4 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nxe5+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Re1 a6 25. Be6 Nh4 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bxh4 h6 28. Bg3 b5 29. b3 a5 30. d4 a4 31. d5 axb3 32. axb3 b4 33. d6 Rb8 34. d7 Rf8+ 35. Kg1 g5 36. Bd6 Ra8?! { (19.84 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ra8 was best. } (36... Ra8 37. Bc7) 37. Bc4 Rd8 38. Bd3 Rxd7 39. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0