FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/JsA1ZIX6"]
[Date "2026.09.30"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Walker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.09.30"]
[UTCTime "23:43:58"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🏆"]
[BlackTitle "GM🥈"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal } 5. Bg5?! { (0.39 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (5. c3) 5... h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ne2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 d5?? { (0.35 → 2.95) Blunder. b5 was best. } (12... b5 13. Bb3) 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Qxe5+ Qe7 15. Bb5+ Nd7?? { (3.04 → 11.73) Blunder. Kf8 was best. } (15... Kf8) 16. Qxe7+?? { (11.73 → 2.91) Blunder. Bxe7 was best. } (16. Bxe7) 16... Bxe7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. O-O g5? { (2.88 → 5.56) Mistake. Nb6 was best. } (18... Nb6 19. d4 Rac8 20. Rfe1+ Kd6 21. c3 a6 22. Bd3 Na4 23. Rab1 b5 24. Re3 Rc7 25. Rg3) 19. Bxd7?! { (5.56 → 3.85) Inaccuracy. Rae1+ was best. } (19. Rae1+ Kd6) 19... Kxd7 20. c4?? { (4.15 → 1.81) Blunder. f4 was best. } (20. f4 g4) 20... dxc4?! { (1.81 → 2.50) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (20... h5 21. Rfc1 Rae8 22. Kf1 g4 23. Re1 Kd6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Re1 Rc8 27. b3) 21. dxc4 f5? { (2.43 → 3.93) Mistake. Rad8 was best. } (21... Rad8 22. f4) 22. Rad1+ Kc7 23. b4?? { (3.71 → 0.97) Blunder. f4 was best. } (23. f4 Raf8 24. Kh2 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Re8 26. Rd2 Rhf8 27. Rdf2 Re5 28. g4 Kd6 29. gxf5 Ke7) 23... h5?? { (0.97 → 4.35) Blunder. a5 was best. } (23... a5) 24. Rfe1 g4 25. h4 f4 26. g3?? { (5.03 → 2.43) Blunder. Re7+ was best. } (26. Re7+) 26... fxg3 27. fxg3 Rh7 28. Re5 Rf7?? { (2.87 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } (28... Rf8 29. Rf1 Rd8 30. Rff5 b6 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. Rxh5 Rd3 33. Kf2 Rf3+ 34. Kg2 Ra3 35. Rg5) 29. Kg2?? { (Mate in 2 → 2.15) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc5+ was best. } (29. Rc5+ Kb6 30. Rd6#) 29... Rf3?? { (2.15 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Raf8 was best. } (29... Raf8 30. Rc5+) 30. Rxh5?? { (Mate in 2 → 4.81) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rc5+ was best. } (30. Rc5+ Kb6 31. Rd6#) 30... Raf8 31. Rd2 b6?! { (5.37 → 7.46) Inaccuracy. Rc3 was best. } (31... Rc3 32. Rc5+) 32. b5 Kb7 33. Rh7+ Kc8 34. Rxa7 Kb8 35. Rg7 Rc3 36. Rxg4 Kb7 37. Rd7+ Kc8 38. Re7 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Rf1? { (8.53 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc1 was best. } (39... Rc1 40. Rgg7 Rxc4 41. Ra7 Kb8 42. Rgb7+ Kc8 43. Rxb6 Rc1 44. Rg7 Rh1+ 45. Kg4 Rc1 46. Rgg6) 40. Rg8+ Rf8 41. Rxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0