FEN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/V5kR6ZJ6"]
[Date "2025.11.20"]
[White "Walker"]
[Black "Benton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.11.20"]
[UTCTime "17:25:18"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[WhiteTitle "⚡"]
[BlackTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo } d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Bg5?! { (0.18 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (8. a4 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Kh1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 h6 14. f4 Re8) 8... h6 9. Bxf6?! { (-0.20 → -0.76) Inaccuracy. Bc1 was best. } (9. Bc1 O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Ne2 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nxe4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. O-O Re8) 9... Qxf6 10. O-O c6 11. Rb1 Qg6?! { (-1.22 → -0.44) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (11... a5 12. a4) 12. Qf3? { (-0.44 → -1.62) Mistake. Kh1 was best. } (12. Kh1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qf3 Rf8 15. Qe2 Kf7 16. Nd1 a5 17. c3 Bc5 18. a4 Kg8) 12... O-O?! { (-1.62 → -0.91) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (12... f5 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. b4 Rf8 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. Nxg3 f4 17. Ne2 f3 18. Ng3 g6 19. a4) 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. Nh5?? { (-1.17 → -4.20) Blunder. Nf5 was best. } (15. Nf5 Bd7 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 d5 18. c3 Rad8 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. Qh5 Be6 21. d4 Bc7) 15... f5 16. exf5? { (-4.46 → -9.38) Mistake. Ng3 was best. } (16. Ng3 Bd7) 16... Rxf5 17. Qg4 Rg5 18. Qf3 Qxh5?? { (-9.42 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (18... d5 19. Qf8+) 19. Qf8+ Kh7 20. Bg8+ Kh8 21. Bf7+ Kh7 22. Bxh5?? { (Mate in 1 → 5.84) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg8# was best. } (22. Qg8#) 22... Bxh3?! { (5.84 → 10.05) Inaccuracy. Rxh5 was best. } (22... Rxh5 23. Kh1 Rg5 24. Qxd6 Bf5 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Rf8 27. g4 Bxd3 28. Qxf8 Be4+ 29. Kh2) 23. Qxa8 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rg5?! { (11.38 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } (24... g6 25. Bf3 Rg5 26. Qxb7+ Kh8 27. Rfc1 Be6 28. c4 Bxf2 29. Qxc6 Be3 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qxe6) 25. Bf3?! { (Mate in 10 → 10.66) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bf7 was best. } (25. Bf7 Bg2+ 26. Kh2 Rh5+ 27. Kxg2 Rg5+ 28. Kh1 Rh5+ 29. Bxh5 Bd8 30. Qxb7 Bc7 31. Qxc7 e4) 25... Bxf1 26. Rxf1 h5 27. Qxb7 h4?! { (11.53 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh6 was best. } (27... Kh6 28. Qb8 d5 29. Qh8+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxc6 e4 32. dxe4 dxe4 33. Bxe4+ g6 34. Qd7+) 28. Rg1?! { (Mate in 9 → 12.01) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Be4+ was best. } (28. Be4+ Kg8 29. Qe7 g6 30. Qxg5 d5 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qh7 Ke8 33. Rg1 Bc5 34. Rg8+ Bf8) 28... Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Kh6?! { (12.03 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (29... d5 30. Qxc6) 30. Qe7?! { (Mate in 5 → 11.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf7 was best. } (30. Qf7 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Kg5 32. Be4 h3 33. Kg3 h2 34. Qg6#) 30... g5?! { (11.76 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (30... d5 31. Qxe5 g6 32. Qf6 h3 33. Qxc6 Bd4 34. b3 Bb6 35. Qd6 Ba5 36. Qxd5 Be1 37. Qd4) 31. Qf8+ Kg6 32. Be4+ Kh5 33. Qf7+ Kg4 34. Bf3+ Kh3 35. Qf5+ g4 36. Qxg4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0