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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/e7p4xpVn"] [Date "2026.01.24"] [White "Wali"] [Black "Benton"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.24"] [UTCTime "22:48:16"] [WhiteElo "1769"] [BlackElo "2008"] [WhiteTitle "GM🏆"] [BlackTitle "GM☾"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch Game: Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 { C45 Scotch Game: Classical Variation } 5. Nf5?! { (0.35 → -0.49) Inaccuracy. Nb3 was best. } (5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 a5 7. a4 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4) 5... Qf6?! { (-0.49 → 0.23) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (5... d5 6. Nxg7+ Kf8 7. Nh5 Qh4 8. Ng3 Nf6 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. O-O h5 12. Be3) 6. Qd5?? { (0.23 → -2.59) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } (6. Nc3 Nge7) 6... d6 7. Bb5?! { (-2.73 → -3.51) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (7. Ne3 Bxe3) 7... Bd7?? { (-3.51 → -0.85) Blunder. Ne7 was best. } (7... Ne7 8. Qd2 Nxf5 9. exf5 Qe5+ 10. Kd1 Qxf5 11. f3 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1) 8. O-O a6 9. Bc4?? { (-0.69 → -6.01) Blunder. Bxc6 was best. } (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Qd3 O-O-O 11. Nc3 g6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rhe8 15. Rb1 Qd4) 9... Bxf5?? { (-6.01 → -0.20) Blunder. Be6 was best. } (9... Be6) 10. exf5?? { (-0.20 → -2.37) Blunder. Qxf5 was best. } (10. Qxf5 Qxf5 11. exf5 Ne5 12. Bb3 Ne7 13. f6 gxf6 14. Nc3 f5 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. Rae1 Bxc3) 10... Nge7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qf3?! { (-2.86 → -3.90) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (12. Qd2) 12... Qxf5?? { (-3.90 → -1.82) Blunder. Ne5 was best. } (12... Ne5 13. Qf4) 13. Qg3?? { (-1.82 → -4.59) Blunder. Qxf5 was best. } (13. Qxf5) 13... Ng6? { (-4.59 → -2.79) Mistake. Qxc2 was best. } (13... Qxc2) 14. Bd3 Qf6? { (-2.99 → -1.56) Mistake. Rae8 was best. } (14... Rae8 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Ngxe5 17. Nc3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Re5 19. Bf4 Rh5 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Rad1) 15. Nc3 Nce5 16. Ne4 Qe6 17. Nxc5?? { (-1.32 → -5.75) Blunder. Bf1 was best. } (17. Bf1 Bd4 18. c3 Bb6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rae8 21. c4 Qf5 22. h3 Nf4 23. Qb3 h5) 17... dxc5?? { (-5.75 → 5.86) Blunder. Nf3+ was best. } (17... Nf3+) 18. f4 c4 19. Bf1 Qb6+ 20. Be3 Qxb2 21. fxe5 Qxc2 22. Rac1 Qxa2 23. Bxc4 Qa4 24. Bd3 c6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Bc5 Rfe8 27. e6 Qb5 28. Qd6 b6 29. Ba3 Rad8 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Rd3 32. Bd6 Rb3 33. e7 Kf7 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Bg3+ Kd5 36. Rd6+ Kc5 37. Rc1+ Kb5 38. Rd5+ Kb4? { (8.59 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka4 was best. } (38... Ka4 39. Bd6) 39. Bd6+ Ka4 40. Ra1+ Ra3 41. Rxa3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0