FEN
[Event "April Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/YEwqTRfx"]
[Date "2026.04.26"]
[White "Matthew12"]
[Black "James8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.26"]
[UTCTime "20:44:17"]
[WhiteElo "1423"]
[BlackElo "746"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+3"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM⍩"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 d5?! { (0.33 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { B01 Scandinavian Defense } (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Nxf6+) 2. Nc3? { (0.96 → -0.50) Mistake. exd5 was best. } (2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2 cxd4) 2... dxe4?! { (-0.50 → 0.08) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (2... d4 3. Nb1 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. d3 g5 9. Re1) 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Ng3 Be4?? { (-0.03 → 8.98) Blunder. Bg6 was best. } (4... Bg6 5. d4 e6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4) 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. d4 a5 7. Qf3 Ra6 8. Ng5 Re6+ 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Ngf6 11. Bxe6 Ne4?! { (10.34 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qa8 was best. } (11... Qa8 12. Nh3 Qa6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nf7 Qe6+ 16. Ne5+ Kc8) 12. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0