FEN
[Event "March Chess Megatournament"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/hg2oo9Ez"]
[Date "2026.03.15"]
[White "Maxim"]
[Black "Benton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.03.15"]
[UTCTime "19:52:29"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-3"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+3"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🧂"]
[BlackTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo } d6 5. Nc3 Bg4?! { (0.06 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. Na5 was best. } (5... Na5 6. Bb3 Ne7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Qf3) 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be3?! { (0.60 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (7. a3) 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O?! { (0.99 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (10. g4 Bg6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nd7 15. Bd5 Nc5 16. Qe3 Rhe8) 10... Nd4? { (0.07 → 1.48) Mistake. O-O was best. } (10... O-O) 11. Bg5?? { (1.48 → -1.86) Blunder. g4 was best. } (11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ng4 16. Qe2 c6 17. f4 Qb6+) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Kg2 Bg6?! { (-0.70 → -0.04) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (16... O-O-O 17. Rb1) 17. Rb1?! { (-0.04 → -0.73) Inaccuracy. Qb1 was best. } (17. Qb1 c6) 17... Rb8 18. d4 h5?? { (-0.20 → 5.46) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } (18... Qe7) 19. d5?? { (5.46 → -1.79) Blunder. dxe5 was best. } (19. dxe5 h4 20. Bh2 Nh5 21. Qd4 Rg8 22. exd6 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Kh2 Qxd6 25. Qxa7 Rd8) 19... h4?? { (-1.79 → 4.70) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } (19... Qe7 20. h4) 20. Bh2?? { (4.70 → -2.54) Blunder. Bb5 was best. } (20. Bb5 hxg3) 20... Nh5?? { (-2.54 → 6.62) Blunder. O-O was best. } (20... O-O 21. Re1 Nh5 22. Qd2 f6 23. Bd3 b6 24. c4 a5 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Ra1 Qe7 27. a4) 21. Qe2?? { (6.62 → -2.19) Blunder. Bb5 was best. } (21. Bb5 Nf4+ 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Kh2 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 Bh5 25. Ra5 a6 26. c4 f6 27. Qd3 Rg8) 21... Nf4+?? { (-2.19 → 6.69) Blunder. O-O was best. } (21... O-O 22. Bb5 Qe7 23. Kh1 f6 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Rg4 Rg8 27. Rbg1 Rbf8 28. Bb5) 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Bb5 c6 24. dxc6?? { (7.84 → 2.50) Blunder. Bxc6 was best. } (24. Bxc6) 24... Qc7 25. cxb7+?! { (2.00 → 1.41) Inaccuracy. cxb7+ was best. } (25. cxb7+) 25... Ke7?! { (1.41 → 2.07) Inaccuracy. Ke7 was best. } (25... Ke7 26. Ba6) 26. a4?? { (2.07 → 0.06) Blunder. Ba6 was best. } (26. Ba6) 26... Rxb7 27. Rfd1 Rg8 28. Kh2 Qxc3? { (0.12 → 1.23) Mistake. Bh5 was best. } (28... Bh5 29. c4 Rg6 30. Rb3 Kf8 31. Rg1 Rxg1 32. Kxg1 Qc5 33. Rd3 Rb8 34. Kh2 f6 35. Rd5) 29. Ba6?? { (1.23 → -1.45) Blunder. Rb3 was best. } (29. Rb3 Qa5 30. Rd5 Rbb8 31. Rbd3 Rgd8 32. c4 a6 33. Bd7 Qc7 34. Bg4 Qxc4 35. Rxe5+ Kf8) 29... Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Bh5 31. Rb3 Qa1 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Qc4 Qg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1