FEN
[Event "March Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/bYfbua2Q"]
[Date "2026.03.15"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Levi2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.03.15"]
[UTCTime "19:00:00"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1414"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "IM🎷"]
[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 Qe6+?! { (0.79 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } (3... Qd8 4. Nf3) 4. Be2 Nc6?! { (1.45 → 2.51) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (4... g6 5. Nf3) 5. Nf3?! { (2.51 → 1.84) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (5. d4 Qd7) 5... Ne5 6. Nxe5 Qxe5 7. d4?! { (2.92 → 1.99) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (7. d4 Qa5) 7... Qe6?? { (1.99 → 7.22) Blunder. Qa5 was best. } (7... Qa5) 8. O-O? { (7.22 → 3.49) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } (8. Nb5 Kd8) 8... Qg6? { (3.49 → 6.84) Mistake. Bd7 was best. } (8... Bd7 9. d5 Qe5 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Ba6 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 c5 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bf4) 9. Bd3?? { (6.84 → 3.14) Blunder. Nd5 was best. } (9. Nd5 Qd6 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 Qd8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rd1 cxd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. d6 Be6) 9... f5?? { (3.14 → 8.66) Blunder. Bf5 was best. } (9... Bf5 10. Bf4) 10. Qf3? { (8.66 → 4.21) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } (10. Nb5 Kd8) 10... e6? { (4.21 → 7.46) Mistake. Bd7 was best. } (10... Bd7 11. Bf4) 11. Bf4? { (7.46 → 3.62) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } (11. Nb5 Bd6 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. h3 Nf6) 11... Nf6? { (3.62 → 7.32) Mistake. c6 was best. } (11... c6 12. Rfe1) 12. Bxc7?! { (7.32 → 4.77) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } (12. Nb5 Nd5) 12... Nd5? { (4.77 → 10.22) Mistake. Bb4 was best. } (12... Bb4 13. Bb5+) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rfe1+ Be7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qg5 17. Bd6 b6?! { (12.53 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd7 was best. } (17... Bd7) 18. Rxe7+ Kd8 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Qxa8+ Bc8 21. Bc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0