CohenChessClub.com

[Event "October Chess Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/Z9bSi4I8"] [Date "2026.10.25"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Maxim"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.25"] [UTCTime "18:29:28"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "1630"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [WhiteTitle "GM🏆"] [BlackTitle "🔥"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation } 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6?! { (0.71 → 1.40) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (5... a6 6. d4 b5 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Bf3 Qc8 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Re1) 6. d4 Bg4?? { (1.11 → 4.26) Blunder. e6 was best. } (6... e6 7. a4 Be7 8. Qe2 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Ne4 Ba6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxa6) 7. Be3?? { (4.26 → 0.23) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } (7. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 7... Bxf3? { (0.23 → 1.46) Mistake. e6 was best. } (7... e6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bd2 b5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Bxg6) 8. Qxf3 e6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Rhe1?! { (1.25 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. Kb1 was best. } (10. Kb1 Nb6 11. Be2 h5 12. Bc1 Be7 13. h3 h4 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Na2 b5 16. g4 a5) 10... Be7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. c3 a5 14. Bg5 Qb6?! { (0.00 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (14... Nd5) 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kc2?! { (0.63 → -0.02) Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best. } (17. Qe4) 17... Rfd8 18. Re3 Rxd4?? { (-0.65 → 5.20) Blunder. Rab8 was best. } (18... Rab8 19. g3 Qc7 20. Qe4 g6 21. Rf3 Kg7 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Qe4 c5 24. dxc5) 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Re4 Qxb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1