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[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/Y3Xe6fgl"] [Date "2026.09.16"] [White "Benton"] [Black "AppleBotHaley"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.16"] [UTCTime "23:28:43"] [WhiteElo "2035"] [BlackElo "1835"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [WhiteTitle "GM🏆"] [BlackTitle "GM🍎"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C53"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 { C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bg5?! { (0.10 → -0.41) Inaccuracy. Bxc6 was best. } (8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. b4 Bb6 10. c4 Bd7 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 O-O 13. Nc3 Be6 14. O-O Nd7) 8... a6 9. Ba4 Ne7?! { (-0.49 → 0.40) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (9... h6) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bb3? { (0.04 → -1.04) Mistake. Nbd2 was best. } (11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. g3 c6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. d4 Ba7 15. Bb3 Rg7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8) 11... Be6? { (-1.04 → 0.37) Mistake. Ng6 was best. } (11... Ng6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. h4 h5 15. d4 Ba7 16. Qc2 exd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. O-O-O) 12. Bxe6?! { (0.37 → -0.40) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (12. d4 Ba7 13. Nbd2 Rg8 14. g3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Qf3 Rg6 18. O-O-O dxe4) 12... fxe6 13. d4?! { (-0.11 → -0.73) Inaccuracy. Qb3 was best. } (13. Qb3) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O d5 18. e5 f5?! { (-0.52 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Rhf8 was best. } (18... Rhf8 19. exf6) 19. Kb1 Rhg8 20. g3 Nc6?! { (-0.13 → 0.49) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (20... c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qc2 Qc6 23. Rhf1 Ba7 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Ne2 Qd7 26. Qb3 Rc8 27. Nfd4) 21. Rc1 Qg7?! { (0.26 → 1.00) Inaccuracy. Kb8 was best. } (21... Kb8 22. Ne2) 22. Na4 Ba7?! { (0.96 → 1.92) Inaccuracy. Kb8 was best. } (22... Kb8 23. Rxc6) 23. Nc5?! { (1.92 → 1.24) Inaccuracy. Rxc6 was best. } (23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 f4 25. g4 Kb7 26. Qc3 Qg6+ 27. Ka1 Qe8 28. Ne1 c5 29. Nxc5+ Bxc5) 23... Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qg6 25. Ka1 Rdf8? { (1.58 → 2.82) Mistake. f4 was best. } (25... f4 26. g4) 26. Rhc1 f4 27. g4 h5 28. g5 Qf5 29. h4 Qh3 30. Qd3 Rg7 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Qxa6+?! { (2.90 → 2.21) Inaccuracy. Qxa6+ was best. } (32. Qxa6+ Kd8 33. Qxc6 Re8 34. Qc3 Ke7 35. g6 Kf8 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. Ng5 Qxh4 38. Qc6 Rge7) 32... Kd7?? { (2.21 → 16.77) Blunder. Kd8 was best. } (32... Kd8) 33. Qxc6+ Kd8 34. Qb7?? { (15.99 → 2.40) Blunder. Qa8+ was best. } (34. Qa8+) 34... Qxf3?? { (2.40 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best. } (34... Re8) 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Rxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0