FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/Qik1bVXa"]
[Date "2026.08.08"]
[White "James8"]
[Black "Henry6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.08"]
[UTCTime "17:33:32"]
[WhiteElo "734"]
[BlackElo "1345"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 c6 2. d3 { B10 Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation } d5 3. Be3?! { (0.36 → -0.47) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (3. Nf3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 g6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. a4 Bg7 8. Ne1 Nc5 9. f3 Be6) 3... Nf6 4. Nf3? { (-0.58 → -1.86) Mistake. exd5 was best. } (4. exd5) 4... Bg4?? { (-1.86 → 0.20) Blunder. dxe4 was best. } (4... dxe4 5. Ng5) 5. h3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nbd7 7. Rg1?! { (-0.19 → -0.83) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } (7. Nd2) 7... e6 8. Rg3? { (-0.40 → -1.70) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } (8. Nc3 g6) 8... Bd6?? { (-1.70 → 0.10) Blunder. g6 was best. } (8... g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Nd2 e5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nh5 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5) 9. c3?? { (0.10 → -3.05) Blunder. Rxg7 was best. } (9. Rxg7 Nf8) 9... Rg8?? { (-3.05 → -0.19) Blunder. Bxg3 was best. } (9... Bxg3 10. fxg3) 10. b3?? { (-0.19 → -2.77) Blunder. Rg1 was best. } (10. Rg1 Nh5 11. d4 Bh2 12. Rg2 Bf4 13. Qc2 g6 14. Na3 Rh8 15. O-O-O b5 16. Qd2 Bxe3) 10... Bxg3 11. a3?? { (-2.67 → -8.22) Blunder. fxg3 was best. } (11. fxg3) 11... Bf4? { (-8.22 → -4.05) Mistake. Bd6 was best. } (11... Bd6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. a5 Ke7 16. d4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4) 12. Bg2? { (-4.05 → -10.58) Mistake. Bxf4 was best. } (12. Bxf4 Nf8) 12... Bxe3 13. fxe3 dxe4 14. fxe4 Qc7 15. Bf3 Qg3+ 16. Ke2 Qh2+ 17. Ke1 Qg1+ 18. Kd2 Qf2+ 19. Be2 O-O-O 20. Kc1 Qxe3+ 21. Nd2 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qxh3 23. Qd1 Nxb3+ 24. Kb1 Nxa1 25. Kxa1 Ng4 26. Qb1 Ne3 27. Qb3 Qh1+ 28. Ka2 Qg2 29. Nf3 Qxe2+ 30. Ka1 Qxf3 31. Qb1 Qe2 32. e5 Qc2 33. Qa2?! { (-59.36 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxc2 was best. } (33. Qxc2 Nxc2+ 34. Kb2 Ne3 35. d4 c5 36. Kc1 cxd4 37. Kd2 Nc4+ 38. Kc2 Nxe5 39. Kb3 dxc3) 33... Qxc3+?! { (Mate in 3 → -76.66) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc1+ was best. } (33... Qc1+ 34. Qb1 Nc2+ 35. Ka2 Qxa3#) 34. Kb1?! { (-76.66 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qb2 was best. } (34. Qb2 Qxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Rxd3 36. a4 Nc4+ 37. Kc2 Ra3 38. a5 Nxe5 39. Kb2 Rxa5 40. Kb3 Rd5) 34... Rxd3 35. Qh2 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Nc4 37. Qh3 Qd2+ 38. Kb3 Na5+ 39. Ka4 b6 40. Qg4 Qc2+ 41. Kb4 Rb1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1