FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/J6e5RtfJ"]
[Date "2026.03.22"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.03.22"]
[UTCTime "17:42:17"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1047"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation } 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bf4?! { (1.32 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Bc4 was best. } (6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. a3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3) 6... Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5?! { (1.48 → 0.86) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Be4 f5 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5?! { (1.02 → 0.43) Inaccuracy. Bxe5 was best. } (11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Bf1 Nd5 15. Bh6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf8) 11... Ne8?? { (0.43 → 2.80) Blunder. Qxd1 was best. } (11... Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Ne4 c5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bc6 17. Bd3 h6 18. Ne4) 12. Qxd8? { (2.80 → 1.20) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } (12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Be5 Bc5 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rad1 b5 17. h3 Bb6 18. a3 a5) 12... Bxd8 13. Rad1?! { (1.39 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (13. Ne4) 13... h6?? { (0.79 → 9.35) Blunder. Nc7 was best. } (13... Nc7) 14. Rxd8 Nc7 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Rd1 Kg8 17. Rd6 Na6 18. Bd3 Nc5? { (9.68 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } (18... Kf8) 19. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0