FEN
[Event "March Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/Z2t997r5"]
[Date "2026.03.15"]
[White "Ioana"]
[Black "BENJAMIN4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.03.15"]
[UTCTime "19:52:29"]
[WhiteElo "771"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackTitle "🌊"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 d5?! { (0.33 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Nxf6+) 2. exd5 Qxd5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation } 3. c3? { (0.85 → -0.47) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } (3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Qf3 e6 9. Bf4 Qd8) 3... Nf6?! { (-0.47 → 0.06) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (3... e5) 4. d3?! { (0.06 → -0.74) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (4. Nf3) 4... c6? { (-0.74 → 0.38) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (4... Nc6 5. Nd2 e5 6. Nc4 Bc5 7. Ne3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 e4 9. d4 h5 10. Qb3 Qg5 11. Ne2) 5. d4 Bf5 6. c4? { (0.38 → -0.88) Mistake. Nd2 was best. } (6. Nd2 e6 7. Nc4 Qd8 8. Nf3 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 a5) 6... Qa5+ 7. Ke2?? { (-1.06 → -4.80) Blunder. Bd2 was best. } (7. Bd2 Qb6) 7... Bg4+?? { (-4.80 → -1.20) Blunder. e5 was best. } (7... e5) 8. Ke3?? { (-1.20 → -13.94) Blunder. f3 was best. } (8. f3 Bf5) 8... Bxd1 9. Nc3 Ng4+ 10. Kd2 Qg5+ 11. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 12. Ke2 Qxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxh1 14. Nf3 e6 15. Ke3 Nd7 16. Kf4 Bd6+ 17. Kg4 Nf2+ 18. Kh4 O-O-O 19. Ne1? { (-8.55 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc2 was best. } (19. Rc2 Be7+) 19... Bf4?! { (Mate in 5 → -13.93) Lost forced checkmate sequence. g5+ was best. } (19... g5+ 20. Kh5 Nf6+ 21. Kxg5 Rdg8+ 22. Kxf6 Rg6+ 23. Kxf7 Rf8#) 20. Rd1?! { (-13.93 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne4 was best. } (20. Ne4 Nxe4) 20... Nxd1?! { (Mate in 4 → -10.85) Lost forced checkmate sequence. g5+ was best. } (20... g5+ 21. Kh5 Nf6+ 22. Kh6 Rdg8 23. Nf3 Rg6#) 21. Nf3 g5+ 22. Nxg5 Bxg5+ 23. Kxg5 Rhg8+ 24. Kh5 Nf6+ 25. Kh6 Rg6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1