FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/Ncpa3iWJ"]
[Date "2025.05.30"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Nolen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.05.30"]
[UTCTime "23:25:14"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1007"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3?! { (0.75 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O) 3... Bb4?! { (0.07 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Ba4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bb3 a5 10. Kh1) 4. d3? { (0.74 → -0.37) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5 O-O) 4... Bxc3+?! { (-0.37 → 0.46) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (4... d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Be2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Qb1 b6 11. O-O) 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. d4?! { (0.26 → -0.61) Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (7. Be2 Re8 8. c4 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. a4 Ng6 12. Bg3 a5 13. O-O b6) 7... Bg4?? { (-0.61 → 1.21) Blunder. h6 was best. } (7... h6 8. Bh4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Nxd4 11. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Rxd8 13. Bd3 Kf8 14. Rg1) 8. dxe5 dxe5? { (0.98 → 2.68) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O a5 13. Rd5 a4 14. Bc4 a3 15. Bb3) 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Be2?? { (2.65 → -0.87) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (10. Nxe5) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rd7?! { (-0.89 → -0.18) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (11... h6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. g4 Nb6 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. Rxb7 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rab8 17. Rxa7 Rb2 18. Rxc7) 12. Bxf6 Rd6?? { (-0.36 → 7.82) Blunder. gxf6 was best. } (12... gxf6 13. Bg4) 13. Bxe5 Re6 14. Bd4 Na6 15. O-O c5 16. Be3 c4 17. Rfd1 Ree8 18. Rd7 Nb8 19. Rxb7 Na6 20. Bd4 Nb8 21. e5 Na6 22. Re1 Rab8 23. Rxa7 f6 24. e6 Kf8 25. Rxa6 Ke7?! { (15.73 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } (25... h6 26. Bc6) 26. Ra7+?! { (Mate in 5 → 24.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc5+ was best. } (26. Bc5+ Kd8 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Rc6+ Kb7 29. Rb1+ Ka8 30. Ra6#) 26... Kf8 27. Bc5+ Kg8 28. Bd5 Kh8 29. Rf7 Kg8?! { (18.68 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } (29... h5 30. e7) 30. e7?! { (Mate in 9 → 20.85) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rf8+ was best. } (30. Rf8+ Rxf8 31. e7+ Kh8 32. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8 h5 34. Re7 Kh7 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. h4 f5) 30... Kh8?! { (20.85 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } (30... h5 31. Rf8+) 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. exf8=R+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8 g6 34. Re8 h6 35. Bf7 Kh7 36. f4 g5 37. f5 Kh8 38. Bg6 h5 39. Bh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0