FEN
[Event "Chigorin"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/MHhZjwps"]
[Date "2025.12.04"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Beckett2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.12.04"]
[UTCTime "00:06:01"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+2"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-3"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "GM🍏"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts Defense } 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4?! { (0.73 → 1.56) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } (5... c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. h4 Nd5 11. h5 Nxc3 12. bxc3) 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne4 Qb4+ 11. Qd2?! { (0.79 → 0.13) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (11. c3 Qxb2) 11... Qxb2?? { (0.13 → 2.12) Blunder. Qxd2+ was best. } (11... Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Bxe2 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Kxe2 Nd7 15. a4 h5 16. g3 O-O-O 17. a5 Nf8 18. c3) 12. Nxf6+?! { (2.12 → 1.42) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (12. O-O) 12... gxf6 13. O-O Bxf3?? { (1.51 → 3.50) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (13... Nc6 14. Rfb1 Qa3 15. Rxb7 O-O 16. Rb5 Bg6 17. h4 Qd6 18. c3 Ne7 19. h5 Be4 20. Rc5) 14. Bxf3 c6? { (3.97 → 7.09) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (14... Nc6 15. Rab1) 15. Rfb1 Qa3 16. Rxb7 Rg8 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. R1xb4 Na6 20. Bxc6+ Kd8 21. Rd7+ Kc8 22. Rbb7 Rg5 23. Rxf7 e5?! { (10.69 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg8 was best. } (23... Rg8 24. Bf3 h5 25. Kh2 Rb8 26. Rxa7 f5 27. a4 Kd8 28. Rfd7+ Kc8 29. a5) 24. Rf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0