FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/ZJAhNAkw"]
[Date "2025.11.14"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Eli4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.11.14"]
[UTCTime "21:17:08"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "781"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 { C41 Philidor Defense } Nf6 4. d3 Nc6?! { (0.29 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (4... Be7) 5. Bg5? { (1.03 → -0.11) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 b5 7. Bxb5 Qxd5 8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Re1 O-O) 5... Be7 6. Bxf6?! { (0.09 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (6. a4 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Rb1 e4) 6... Be6?? { (-0.43 → 8.48) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } (6... Bxf6 7. a4 Ne7 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Qf3) 7. Nc3?? { (8.48 → -0.01) Blunder. Bxe7 was best. } (7. Bxe7 Qxe7) 7... Qd7?? { (-0.01 → 9.08) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } (7... Bxf6 8. Nd5) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bxe6 O-O 10. Bh3 Kh8 11. O-O g5 12. Bf5 Qf6 13. Nd5 Qxf5 14. exf5 f6 15. Nxc7 Rfc8 16. Nxa8 Rc7 17. Nxc7 Kg7 18. Ne6+ Kh6?! { (25.43 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf7 was best. } (18... Kf7 19. c3 Ke7 20. Nd2 h6 21. Qh5 Nd8 22. Nc7 Nf7 23. Nd5+ Kf8 24. g4 b5 25. Qxf7+) 19. d4?! { (Mate in 3 → 27.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nfxg5 was best. } (19. Nfxg5 fxg5 20. Qc1 Kh5 21. Qxg5#) 19... g4?! { (27.38 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a6 was best. } (19... a6 20. Qd3) 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. f6 Kg6 22. Nh4+ Kxf6 23. Qxg4?! { (Mate in 5 → 24.96) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxd6 was best. } (23. Qxd6 Nd4 24. Nxd4+ Kf7 25. Ndf5 h5 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qg7#) 23... Ke7 24. Rad1 Kf6?! { (25.43 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd4 was best. } (24... Nd4 25. Ng5) 25. Qf5+ Ke7 26. Qxh7+ Kxe6 27. Qg6+ Kd7 28. Rxd6+ Kc7 29. Qf7+?! { (Mate in 7 → 72.57) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe6 was best. } (29. Qe6 Kb6 30. Rd7 Kc5 31. a4 a6 32. Qd5+ Kb6 33. b4 a5 34. Qb5+ Ka7 35. Qxb7#) 29... Kxd6?! { (72.57 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb6 was best. } (29... Kb6 30. Qd5) 30. Rd1+?! { (Mate in 9 → 17.02) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf5+ was best. } (30. Nf5+ Kc5 31. Qxb7 e4 32. a4 a6 33. Qxa6 Kd5 34. Rd1+ Ke6 35. Qxc6+ Kxf5 36. Rd5+ Kf4) 30... Kc5?! { (17.02 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd4 was best. } (30... Nd4 31. Qxb7) 31. Nf5 Ne7 32. Qxe7+ Kc6 33. Rd6+ Kb5 34. Qxe5+ Kc4 35. b3+ Kb4 36. Rd4+ Kc3 37. Rc4+ Kd2 38. Qc3+ Ke2 39. Ng3+ Kd1 40. Rd4+ Kc1 41. Ne2+ Kb1 42. Rd1+ Kxa2 43. Qa5+ Kb2 44. Qc3+ Ka3 45. Ra1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0