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[Event "October Chess Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/P0pAz1Zx"] [Date "2026.10.25"] [White "Benton"] [Black "xavi"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.25"] [UTCTime "19:21:36"] [WhiteElo "2014"] [BlackElo "1760"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "GM🏆"] [BlackTitle "GM🥀"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C48"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3?! { (0.79 → 0.14) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 Nc6 9. a3 O-O) 3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 { C48 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation } 5. d3?! { (0.46 → -0.18) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (5. O-O O-O) 5... h6?! { (-0.18 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (5... Nd4 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. a4 d6 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. h3) 6. O-O O-O?! { (0.48 → 1.50) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (6... d6 7. Na4) 7. Be3? { (1.50 → 0.00) Mistake. Bxc6 was best. } (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 Bf8 10. Re1 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 Nb6 13. b3 c5) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 d6 9. a3 a6 10. Ba4 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Ng6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. d5 Bd7 16. Qd3 Nf4 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. Rae1 Nh5 20. Nf5?! { (-0.53 → -1.16) Inaccuracy. Bc4 was best. } (20. Bc4 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Rae8 23. Be2 Nhf4 24. Bc4 Re7 25. Bd3 f5 26. a4 fxe4) 20... Qe5? { (-1.16 → -0.02) Mistake. Qg5 was best. } (20... Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bc4 Rae8 23. Be2 Nf6 24. Ng3 Re5 25. a4 Rfe8 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Nh5) 21. Qd4? { (-0.02 → -1.04) Mistake. Re3 was best. } (21. Re3 Nf6 22. Qf2 Nh7 23. Bc4 Rae8 24. Rg3 Nf6 25. Bd3 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nh4 27. Qf4 Qxf4) 21... Bxf5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxf5?! { (-0.63 → -1.60) Inaccuracy. exf5 was best. } (23. exf5) 23... Ng3 24. Rf2 f5?! { (-1.08 → -0.39) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (24... h5 25. Re3 h4 26. Ne2 Nxe2+ 27. Rfxe2 g6 28. Rf2 Kg7 29. Rc3 Rac8 30. Rf4 g5 31. Rf5) 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Nxf5 27. Ne4 Rf8 28. Kh2?! { (-0.78 → -1.44) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } (28. Nd2 b5 29. a4 g6 30. Re4 h5 31. Rb4 g5 32. Kh2 g4 33. Ne4 bxa4 34. Bc4 Ne3) 28... Nd4 29. Re3 Nxb3 30. cxb3 Rf1 31. Rc3 Rf7 32. a4 a5?! { (-1.10 → -0.47) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } { Black offers draw } (32... Kf8 33. b4 Rf4 34. Nd2 Rd4 35. Nf3 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Rxb4 37. Rxc7 Rxb2+ 38. Kg3 Rb4 39. f4) 33. Rc2? { (-0.47 → -1.52) Mistake. b4 was best. } (33. b4) 33... Kf8 34. Rc3 Ke7?? { (-1.47 → 3.64) Blunder. Ke8 was best. } (34... Ke8 35. Kg3 Kd7 36. Nd2 Rf5 37. Nc4 Ng6 38. Ne3 Rg5+ 39. Kf3 Nh4+ 40. Kf2 Nf5 41. Nc4) 35. Rxc7+ Kd8 36. Rxf7 Nxf7 37. g4? { (3.98 → 2.14) Mistake. Kg3 was best. } (37. Kg3) 37... Kd7?! { (2.14 → 2.98) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (37... g5 38. Kg2 Kc7 39. Kf3 Ne5+ 40. Ke3 Ng6 41. Kd4 Nf4 42. Ng3 Nxh3 43. Nf5 Nf2 44. Nxh6) 38. Kg3 Ne5 39. Nf2?! { (2.84 → 1.93) Inaccuracy. Kf4 was best. } (39. Kf4 g6) 39... Ke7?! { (1.93 → 2.70) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (39... g5 40. Ne4 Kc7 41. h4 Nf7 42. h5 b5 43. Nf6 bxa4 44. bxa4 Kd8 45. Ne4 Ke7 46. b3) 40. Kf4 Kf6?! { (2.75 → 3.97) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (40... Nd7 41. Ne4) 41. Ne4+ Ke7 42. Ke3 g5 43. Nc3 Ng6 44. Ne2 Kf6 45. Ke4 Ne5 46. Nd4 Ng6?! { (4.34 → 6.92) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (46... Nd7 47. Nf5) 47. Nf5 Nf4 48. Nxd6 Nxh3 49. Nxb7 Nf2+ 50. Kf3 Nd3 51. Nxa5 Nxb2?! { (5.16 → 8.30) Inaccuracy. Ke5 was best. } (51... Ke5) 52. Nc4 Nd3 53. a5 Nb4 54. d6 Ke6 55. Ke4 Na6 56. Kd4 h5 57. gxh5 g4 58. Ke3 Nc5 59. b4 Na6 60. b5 Nc5 61. a6 Nd7 62. a7 Nb6 63. Nxb6 g3 64. a8=Q g2 65. Qxg2 Kxd6 66. Qd5+ Kc7 67. Qc6+ Kd8 68. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0