FEN
[Event "February-March Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/gR6VAMft"]
[Date "2026.03.01"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.03.01"]
[UTCTime "21:37:25"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "GM⚜"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B30 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian } 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3?! { (0.50 → -0.09) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Bd7 9. Bb3 b5 10. a3 Na5 11. O-O-O Rc8) 5... g6 6. Bb5?! { (0.21 → -0.34) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (6. O-O) 6... a6?! { (-0.34 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } (6... Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. a4 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. a5 b5 13. axb6) 7. Ba4? { (0.64 → -0.82) Mistake. Bxc6+ was best. } (7. Bxc6+) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nd5 Bg4 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. h3 Bd7?! { (-0.48 → 0.12) Inaccuracy. Bxf3 was best. } (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. c3 Bg7 14. h4 h5 15. Bd5 Qd7 16. Qh3 e6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. g4) 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O Bc8?! { (0.08 → 0.83) Inaccuracy. Bg7 was best. } (13... Bg7 14. Be3) 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Re1 e5 16. Bg3?! { (0.85 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Bh6 was best. } (16. Bh6 Bg7) 16... Re8 17. c4? { (0.37 → -1.05) Mistake. a3 was best. } (17. a3) 17... b4 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Ba4 Qa5 22. b3?! { (-0.64 → -1.16) Inaccuracy. Bh4 was best. } (22. Bh4 Bg7 23. Nh2 Rf8 24. Ng4 f6 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Ne3 Qa2 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Qe2 h5) 22... Bb7 23. Bh4 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 Re7?! { (-0.78 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Ra8 was best. } (24... Ra8) 25. Qg4 Re6?! { (-0.14 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (25... Nd4 26. Nf5) 26. Nf5 Nd8?? { (0.75 → 3.14) Blunder. h5 was best. } (26... h5 27. Qg3) 27. Ne3?? { (3.14 → 0.59) Blunder. Bd7 was best. } (27. Bd7) 27... Nc6?! { (0.59 → 1.27) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (27... Qc7 28. Ra1) 28. Bb5?? { (1.27 → -0.93) Blunder. Bxc6 was best. } (28. Bxc6) 28... h5?? { (-0.93 → 0.69) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } (28... Nd4 29. Bd7) 29. Qg5 Nd4?? { (0.75 → 3.75) Blunder. Qd8 was best. } (29... Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Ra1 Kf8 32. Nd5 Nc6 33. Bxc6 Bxc6 34. Ra6 Bb7 35. Rb6 Bxd5 36. cxd5) 30. Nf5?? { (3.75 → 1.12) Blunder. Bd7 was best. } (30. Bd7) 30... Nxf5?? { (1.12 → 8.15) Blunder. Qc7 was best. } (30... Qc7 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Ra1 Kg7 33. f4 f6 34. Qh4 Qf7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Qh1) 31. exf5 Re8 32. fxg6 fxg6? { (9.77 → Mate in 19) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re6 was best. } (32... Re6 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qxb7 Re7 37. Qd5 Kg7 38. Re3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2) 33. Qxg6+?! { (Mate in 19 → 14.41) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxg6+ was best. } (33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Be8 Qd8 39. Qxh5+ Kg8) 33... Kf8 34. Bxe8 Qc7 35. Bb5 h4 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxh4 Bc6 38. Bxc6 Qxc6?! { (68.56 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxc6 was best. } (38... Qxc6) 39. Re4?! { (Mate in 6 → 77.14) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe7 was best. } (39. Qe7 Qc8 40. Re3 Qg4 41. hxg4 e4 42. dxe4 d5 43. Rf3 Kh8 44. Rf8#) 39... Qd7 40. Rg4+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Qh6+ Kf5 44. Rg5+ Kf4 45. Qh4+ Qg4 46. Qxg4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0