FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/YW8MrGZB"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Armaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.01"]
[UTCTime "23:49:50"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1299"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal } 5. Bg5?! { (0.36 → -0.24) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Re1 d6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. a4 Ne7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8) 5... h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 h5?? { (-0.29 → 2.33) Blunder. d6 was best. } (7... d6 8. c3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Nc4 Ba7 14. b5) 8. Bxe5?? { (2.33 → -3.14) Blunder. h4 was best. } (8. h4 d5) 8... Nxe5?? { (-3.14 → 0.74) Blunder. g4 was best. } (8... g4 9. Bc3 gxf3 10. Qxf3 Bd4 11. O-O Kf8 12. h3 d6 13. Qf4 Rg8 14. Kh1 Rg6 15. Qd2) 9. Nxe5 Ng4?? { (0.77 → 2.80) Blunder. d5 was best. } (9... d5 10. exd5 Bd4 11. O-O Bxb2 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Re1 Bc3 14. Rb1 Re8 15. d4 g4 16. d6) 10. Nxg4 hxg4 11. Qxg4?? { (2.11 → -2.01) Blunder. d4 was best. } (11. d4 Bb6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qd3 d6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. d5 Qe7 16. e5 O-O-O 17. dxc6 Bxc6) 11... Qf6?? { (-2.01 → 1.75) Blunder. d5 was best. } (11... d5 12. Qg3) 12. Qf5 Qd4?? { (1.83 → 6.41) Blunder. Qxf5 was best. } (12... Qxf5 13. exf5 c6 14. g4 a5 15. a4 d5 16. Bb3 Rh3 17. Nd2 Bb4 18. c3 Bd6 19. Bd1) 13. Nc3?? { (6.41 → -1.33) Blunder. Qxf7+ was best. } (13. Qxf7+ Kd8) 13... Qxf2+?? { (-1.33 → 8.59) Blunder. d5 was best. } (13... d5 14. Qxd5) 14. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 O-O 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 c6?! { (10.36 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d6 was best. } (17... d6) 18. Re1?! { (Mate in 2 → 10.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg4+ was best. } (18. Rg4+ Kh7 19. Rh1#) 18... d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Bxe6 fxe6+ 23. Kg1 Rf7 24. Rxe6 Raf8? { (9.75 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf6 was best. } (24... Rf6 25. Ree4 Re8 26. a4 Kf7 27. Rh7+ Kf8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Nd5+ Kf7 31. Re7+) 25. Re1? { (Mate in 1 → 9.23) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg6# was best. } (25. Rg6#) 25... Re8 26. Nf5+ Rxf5 27. Rxe8 Rg5 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7 a5 30. Rh6+ Kf5 31. Rb5+ Kg4 32. Rxg5+ Kxg5 33. Ra6 a4?! { (75.20 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf5 was best. } (33... Kf5 34. Rxa5+ Kf4 35. Rc5 Ke3 36. b4 Kd4 37. g4 Ke3 38. g5 Kd4 39. g6 Ke3 40. g7) 34. Re6 a3 35. b3 Kf5 36. Re4 Kf6 37. b4 Kf5 38. b5 Kf6 39. b6 Kf5 40. b7 Kf6 41. b8=R Kf5 42. Rf8+ Kg5 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Rg4+ Kh5 45. Rg3 Kh4 46. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0