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[Event "June Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/TurN6PeF"] [Date "2026.06.14"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Ellie2"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.14"] [UTCTime "18:34:53"] [WhiteElo "1978"] [BlackElo "1532"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "🎩"] [BlackTitle "GM🏆"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 { C41 Philidor Defense } h6?! { (0.37 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4) 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a6?! { (0.46 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (6... Be7) 7. O-O Bd7 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd5?! { (1.23 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (11. e5 dxe5) 11... b5?? { (0.63 → 3.36) Blunder. Bxd5 was best. } (11... Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc8 14. e5 c6 15. Qd1 d5 16. e6 O-O 17. Qg4 fxe6 18. Bxh6) 12. Bb3?? { (3.36 → 0.77) Blunder. Nxe7 was best. } (12. Nxe7) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Qd7?? { (0.62 → 3.23) Blunder. O-O was best. } (13... O-O) 14. Qe2 Ng8 15. c4 Rb8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. a4 g5 18. Bg3?! { (4.13 → 3.20) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (18. Be3 Kf8 19. a5 Bf6 20. a6 Ne7 21. Bc2 Nxd5 22. a7 Ra8 23. Be4 c6 24. Bxd5 cxd5) 18... f5? { (3.20 → 5.12) Mistake. Kf8 was best. } (18... Kf8 19. a5) 19. f3 f4?! { (5.00 → 6.63) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (19... Kf8) 20. Bf2 Rh7 21. axb5?! { (8.53 → 5.03) Inaccuracy. Bc2 was best. } (21. Bc2) 21... Rxb5?! { (5.03 → 12.54) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (21... Kf8 22. Bc2) 22. Qxb5? { (12.54 → 4.59) Mistake. Ra8+ was best. } (22. Ra8+ Kf7) 22... Qxb5 23. Ba4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Nf6 25. Rd4?! { (5.46 → 4.01) Inaccuracy. Ra5 was best. } (25. Ra5) 25... Kd7 26. b4 c5? { (3.87 → 7.52) Mistake. Rh8 was best. } (26... Rh8 27. Ra1 Rb8 28. Ra7 Ng8 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Rc4 Bd8 31. Ra5 Bf6 32. Ba7 Re8 33. Bd4) 27. dxc6+ Kxc6 28. h3 Nd5 29. Rc1+ Kb5 30. Rxd5+ Kxb4?! { (11.75 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka4 was best. } (30... Ka4 31. Rb1) 31. Be1+ Kb3 32. Rb5+ Ka2 33. Bc3 Ka3 34. Ra1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0