FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/bFgw4ZRl"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "David3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.09"]
[UTCTime "21:04:09"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1507"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "IM🔱"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { B13 Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation } cxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3?! { (0.64 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qa4 Rc8) 5... e6 6. Bf4?! { (0.19 → -0.38) Inaccuracy. Bb5+ was best. } (6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Ne7 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Nxg6 Nxg6 11. h5 Ne7 12. Be3 a6) 6... Nf6? { (-0.38 → 0.84) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Re1 Bf5 13. c3) 7. Bd3? { (0.84 → -0.28) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } (7. Nb5 Na6) 7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rfe1 Re8 12. Ne5 Qc7?? { (-0.29 → 6.61) Blunder. h6 was best. } (12... h6 13. Bh4) 13. Nxc6?? { (6.61 → -0.03) Blunder. Nb5 was best. } (13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg3+ Kf8 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Qxd6 hxg6 19. c3 a6) 13... Qxc6?! { (-0.03 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. bxc6 was best. } (13... bxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. g3 Rac8 16. Ne2 c5 17. c3 Qb6 18. Qf3 cxd4 19. Qxf6 Bf8 20. Qxd4) 14. Qb5?? { (0.60 → -0.94) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 f5 16. Qh5 Qd7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Re3 Qd8 20. Nxd5 Bb8) 14... Qc7?! { (-0.94 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (14... Nd7) 15. h3 h6?? { (-0.50 → 1.16) Blunder. Nd7 was best. } (15... Nd7 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. Ne2 b5 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. c3 a5 20. a3 Nb6 21. Nc1 b4 22. axb4) 16. Bd2?? { (1.16 → -1.17) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } (16. Bxf6 a6) 16... a6 17. Qb3 e5? { (-1.22 → 0.15) Mistake. b5 was best. } (17... b5 18. Ne2) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 exd4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. c3 Rd8 22. Qf3 Bh2+ 23. Kf1 Re8?? { (-0.28 → 3.50) Blunder. dxc3 was best. } (23... dxc3 24. Bxc3 Be5 25. g3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Rd3 28. Rb1 Rxc3 29. Rxb7 Ra3 30. Rb2) 24. g3 Re6 25. Kg2 Qc6? { (3.81 → 7.31) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } (25... Qb6 26. Re1 Qxb2 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qd3 Bxg3 29. Kxg3 Qxa2 30. Qxd4 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Kf4) 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Kxh2 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Re6 29. Kg2 Re2 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Rd7 b5 32. a3 Re2 33. Rd6 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Ke4 g6 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. Kc5 Kd7 39. Kb6 Kd6 40. Kxa6 Kc5 41. Bg7 h5 42. Be5 Kc6 43. b4 g5 44. f4 g4 45. h4 Kd5 46. Kxb5 Ke4 47. a4 Kf3 48. f5 exf5?! { (75.50 → Mate in 20) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke4 was best. } (48... Ke4 49. fxe6 Kxe5 50. e7 Kf6 51. e8=Q Kg7 52. Qxh5 Kf8 53. Qg6 Ke7 54. Qxg4 Ke8 55. a5) 49. Bf4 Kg2 50. a5 Kf3 51. a6 Ke4 52. a7 Kd5 53. a8=Q+ Kd4 54. Qd8+ Ke4 55. Qe7+ Kf3 56. Qe3+ Kg2 57. Qc3 Kf2 58. Qd2+ Kf3 59. Qe3+ Kg2 60. Qe2+ Kh3 61. Qe5 Kg2 62. Qxf5 Kh3 63. Qxh5 Kg2 64. Qxg4 Kh2 65. h5 Kg2 66. Qe2+ Kh3 67. g4 Kh4 68. Qh2+ Kxg4 69. Qg3+ Kxh5 70. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0