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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/brMdTNTz"] [Date "2026.01.16"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Garyd"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.16"] [UTCTime "18:33:00"] [WhiteElo "1993"] [BlackElo "1623"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [BlackTitle "GM🙌"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 { D30 Queen's Gambit Declined } 3. c5?! { (0.22 → -0.40) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (3. Nc3 c5) 3... Nf6 4. Bf4?! { (-0.12 → -0.86) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (4. a3 b6 5. b4 a5 6. Bb2 axb4 7. axb4 Rxa1 8. Bxa1 e5 9. e3 e4 10. Ne2 Ba6) 4... b6 5. b4? { (-0.80 → -1.92) Mistake. cxb6 was best. } (5. cxb6 axb6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bxd6 Nxd6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qxc5 Ba6) 5... Bd7 6. Nc3 a6?? { (-1.73 → 1.15) Blunder. a5 was best. } (6... a5 7. a3) 7. Nf3?! { (1.15 → 0.48) Inaccuracy. e3 was best. } (7. e3 a5 8. a3 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Be5 axb4 12. axb4 Nc6 13. Rb1 f6) 7... Nc6 8. a3 a5? { (1.06 → 2.33) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 f5 11. e3 Qf6 12. Nh3 h6 13. Rc1 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ra7 15. Be2) 9. b5 Na7? { (2.25 → 3.74) Mistake. Ne7 was best. } (9... Ne7 10. c6 Bc8 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. e3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Bxg6) 10. c6 Bc8 11. a4? { (3.54 → 1.86) Mistake. e3 was best. } (11. e3) 11... Bb4?! { (1.86 → 2.73) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (11... Ne4 12. Bd2) 12. Qc2? { (2.73 → 1.12) Mistake. Bd2 was best. } (12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nc4 e5 17. d5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Rxa1) 12... Ne4 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O?! { (1.20 → 2.11) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (14... f6 15. e3 Qd6 16. Qc2 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 O-O-O 21. Nxe5) 15. e3 Qf6?! { (2.21 → 3.33) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (15... f6 16. Be2 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Be6 19. O-O Qf6 20. f4 Nc8 21. Qd3 Ne7 22. Bf3) 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Bd3?? { (3.24 → -0.25) Blunder. Be2 was best. } (17. Be2) 17... f6 18. Ng4?? { (-0.45 → -3.74) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (18. Nf3 e5) 18... Re8?? { (-3.74 → -0.31) Blunder. e5 was best. } (18... e5 19. Be2) 19. h3 h5? { (-0.63 → 0.54) Mistake. e5 was best. } (19... e5) 20. Nh2 e5 21. O-O? { (0.73 → -0.62) Mistake. Bg6 was best. } (21. Bg6 Be6) 21... exd4?? { (-0.62 → 1.58) Blunder. e4 was best. } (21... e4 22. Bb1 Be6 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. f3 Nc8 25. fxe4 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 dxe4 27. Qc2 Nd6 28. Rf2) 22. exd4 Qd6? { (1.50 → 3.21) Mistake. Be6 was best. } (22... Be6 23. Qc2 Nc8 24. Nf3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nd6 26. Rfe1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Qb4 29. Qxb4) 23. Qc2?! { (3.21 → 1.99) Inaccuracy. Bg6 was best. } (23. Bg6 Be6 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Qd3 Qf8 26. Na2 Bd6 27. Rfe1 Nc8 28. Re3 Bf7 29. Rxe8 Qxe8) 23... Be6 24. Rfe1? { (2.14 → 0.67) Mistake. Na2 was best. } (24. Na2) 24... Qd8?? { (0.67 → 4.14) Blunder. Bf7 was best. } (24... Bf7 25. Nf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nc8 27. h4 Qf8 28. Re3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nd6 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Qe2) 25. Re3?? { (4.14 → 1.66) Blunder. Bg6 was best. } (25. Bg6) 25... Bd6?? { (1.66 → 4.98) Blunder. Bf7 was best. } (25... Bf7) 26. Bg6 Bf7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Nxd5?? { (6.01 → -5.02) Blunder. Nf1 was best. } (28. Nf1 Nc8 29. Nxd5 Ne7 30. Rae1 g6 31. g3 f5 32. Nd2 Nxd5 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8) 28... Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxd5 30. Rg3 Qd6?? { (-4.94 → 14.00) Blunder. Kg8 was best. } (30... Kg8 31. Raa3) 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd8 33. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0