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[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/UyxGJQCP"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [White "Garyd"] [Black "Benton"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.24"] [UTCTime "21:32:30"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "2024"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [WhiteTitle "GM🙌"] [BlackTitle "GM☾"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ng5?! { (0.48 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (10. O-O O-O) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd2 c6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ne4?! { (-0.16 → 0.36) Inaccuracy. Rfe8 was best. } (18... Rfe8 19. Nf3 Qe4 20. Rd4 Qe7 21. Red1 a6 22. Qc2 b5 23. R4d3 Rd6 24. Nd4 g6 25. Ne2) 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Rd4 c5?! { (-0.01 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (22... Kf8 23. Red1 Ke7 24. Kf1 Rd6 25. Ke2 Ree6 26. Ra4 a6 27. b3 Re5 28. c4 dxc4 29. Rxd6) 23. Rd2 Kf8?! { (0.89 → 1.87) Inaccuracy. Re6 was best. } (23... Re6 24. Red1) 24. Red1 Re5 25. c4 d4 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4?? { (1.90 → 0.00) Blunder. Kf1 was best. } (27. Kf1 Re4) 27... Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Re2 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rb8? { (0.52 → -0.79) Mistake. Ra8 was best. } (30. Ra8 Rxb2 31. Rxa7 Kd6 32. Ra8 Ke6 33. Rb8 Rxa2 34. Rxb7 Rc2 35. Rc7 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2) 30... Rxb2 31. c5 Kd7 32. Rf8? { (-0.62 → -1.82) Mistake. a4 was best. } (32. a4 Rb4 33. a5 Kc6 34. Rc8+ Kb5 35. Rc7 Kxa5 36. Rxf7 g5 37. g4 Ka4 38. f4 a5) 32... Ke7? { (-1.82 → -0.40) Mistake. f6 was best. } (32... f6 33. g4) 33. Rb8 f6?? { (-0.43 → 1.14) Blunder. Kd7 was best. } (33... Kd7 34. a4) 34. c6 Rc2?? { (1.33 → 7.30) Blunder. Kd6 was best. } (34... Kd6 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 36. Rxg7 Kxc6 37. Rh7 a5 38. Rxh6 Kb5 39. Rxf6 a4 40. g4 a3 41. Rf8) 35. cxb7 Rc7 36. Re8+ Kxe8 37. b8=Q+ Kd7 38. Qg8 Kc6 39. Qc4+ Kb7 40. Qb4+ Kc8 41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Qb4+ Kc8 43. a4 Rb7 44. Qf8+ Kc7 45. Qe7+ Kb6 46. Qd6+ Ka5 47. Qc5+ Kxa4 48. Qc6+ Rb5 49. Qd7 a5 50. Qxg7 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 Ka3 52. Qxf6 a4 53. Qc3+ Rb3 54. Qa1+ Kb4 55. Qe1+ Ka3 56. f4 Ka2 57. f5 a3 58. f6 Rb1?! { (20.77 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb8 was best. } (58... Rb8 59. Qe6+) 59. Qe2+?! { (Mate in 9 → 73.02) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe6+ was best. } (59. Qe6+ Ka1 60. Qe5+ Ka2 61. f7 Rf1 62. Qe2+ Kb3 63. Qxf1 a2 64. Qd3+ Kb2 65. Qd2+ Kb3) 59... Rb2 60. Qe6+ Rb3?! { (67.12 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb1 was best. } (60... Kb1 61. f7) 61. f7 Kb2 62. Qxb3+?! { (Mate in 5 → 73.02) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe2+ was best. } (62. Qe2+ Kb1 63. f8=Q Ka1 64. Qc5 Rb2 65. Qxa3+ Ra2 66. Qexa2#) 62... Kxb3 63. f8=Q a2 64. Qf7+ Kb2 65. Qf6+ Kb1 66. Qf5+ Kb2 67. Qe5+ Kb1 68. Qe4+ Kb2 69. Qd4+ Kb1 70. Qd3+ Kb2 71. Qd2+ Kb1 72. Qb4+ Ka1 73. Qc3+ Kb1 74. Qb3+ Ka1?! { (73.94 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc1 was best. } (74... Kc1 75. Qxa2 h5 76. Qd5 h4 77. Qg5+ Kb2 78. Qxh4 Kb3 79. g4 Kc4 80. g5+ Kd5 81. Qh6) 75. Qe3?! { (Mate in 2 → 61.88) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc2 was best. } (75. Qc2 h5 76. Qc1#) 75... Kb2 76. Qxh6 a1=Q 77. Qg7+ Ka2 78. Qxa1+ Kxa1 79. g4 Kb2 80. Kg3 Kc3 81. Kf4 Kd4 82. g5 Kd5 83. Kf5 Kd6 84. Kf6 Kd7 85. Kf7 Kd6 86. g6 Ke5 87. g7 Kf4 88. g8=Q Kf5 89. Qg7 Kf4 90. h4 Kf5 91. h5 Ke4 92. h6 Kd5 93. h7 Kd6 94. h8=Q Kd7 95. Qe8+ Kd6 96. Qf6+ Kc7 97. Kg8 Kb7 98. Qee7+ Kc8 99. Qff8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0