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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/i7pcckaf"] [Date "2026.03.20"] [White "Benton"] [Black "MrCohenOS"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.20"] [UTCTime "20:09:37"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "1998"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [BlackTitle "👀"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [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?! { (0.53 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } (3. Bb5) 3... g6?! { (-0.08 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (3... e6 4. O-O d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Re1+ Be6 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bf1 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be3) 4. c3 Bg7 5. Bb5? { (0.79 → -0.40) Mistake. d4 was best. } (5. d4 Na5 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Nc6 8. h3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Be3 cxd4) 5... e6? { (-0.40 → 0.68) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (5... Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. a4 h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. a5 Bxc4 12. Bxc4) 6. Bxc6 bxc6?! { (0.23 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. dxc6 was best. } (6... dxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 c5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. Nxd4) 7. d4?! { (0.75 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. h4 h6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qc2 Qc7) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf6?? { (-0.57 → 1.00) Blunder. Ba6 was best. } (8... Ba6 9. Nc3) 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nc3? { (0.71 → -0.57) Mistake. O-O was best. } (10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Ne4 fxe5 15. Rb1 a5 16. Bg5 Bb7) 10... Ba6 11. Ne2? { (-0.51 → -1.70) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } (11. Ne4 Bf8) 11... Nb4? { (-1.70 → -0.32) Mistake. Qa5+ was best. } (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2) 12. O-O Nd3 13. b3 Nxc1?! { (-0.28 → 0.68) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (13... c5 14. dxc5 Qa5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Be7 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Rec8 20. Be7) 14. Rxc1 O-O 15. Re1 Qa5? { (0.62 → 1.69) Mistake. Bxe2 was best. } (15... Bxe2 16. Rxe2 a5 17. h4 Rb8 18. h5 Rb4 19. Rc4 Rb5 20. Rc5 Qb6 21. Rxb5 Qxb5 22. Re4) 16. Nc3 Rfc8? { (1.46 → 2.88) Mistake. c5 was best. } (16... c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qb4 19. Qxd7 Bb7 20. Rc4 Qb6 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Qf4 Bd5 23. Rd4) 17. Na4? { (2.88 → 1.37) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } (17. Ne4 c5 18. dxc5 Bb7 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. b4 Qxa2 21. h4 Bd5 22. h5 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Bxb3) 17... Bf8?? { (1.37 → 3.51) Blunder. Rd8 was best. } (17... Rd8) 18. Rc2?? { (3.51 → 1.43) Blunder. Nc5 was best. } (18. Nc5 Bh6) 18... c5 19. dxc5?! { (1.71 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Nxc5 was best. } (19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxd7 Rc8 23. h4 h6 24. Qd2 Bb7 25. Qxh6 Bxf3) 19... Bxc5?! { (0.74 → 1.62) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } (19... Bb5 20. Re4 Qd8 21. g3 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxc5 23. Rd4 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Bg7 25. Rc4 d6 26. exd6) 20. Qxd7?? { (1.62 → -0.76) Blunder. Rxc5 was best. } (20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxd7 h6 23. Qd2 Qf8 24. Rd1 Bb7 25. Qf4 g5 26. Qf6 Bd5) 20... Bb5 21. Qd1 Bxa4?! { (-0.79 → -0.07) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (21... Bb4 22. Re3) 22. bxa4 Rd8?! { (-0.51 → 0.04) Inaccuracy. Bb6 was best. } (22... Bb6) 23. Qc1 Rd5 24. Rc4?! { (0.62 → 0.03) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (24. g3 Rb8 25. Kg2 Be7 26. Re4 Kg7 27. Rec4 h6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Qf4 Rb1 30. Qe4 Qa6) 24... Rad8 25. Qc2?! { (0.50 → -0.42) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (25. h4 Bb4) 25... Bb4?! { (-0.42 → 0.19) Inaccuracy. Bb6 was best. } (25... Bb6) 26. Rb1 Rd3?! { (0.38 → 1.29) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (26... Bc5 27. h4) 27. h3?! { (1.29 → 0.37) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (27. h4 Rc3) 27... Rc3 28. Qe4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Be7 30. Rb5 Qa6 31. Qc7? { (0.38 → -0.96) Mistake. h4 was best. } (31. h4) 31... Qxa4 32. Rb7?? { (-1.09 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb8 was best. } (32. Rb8 Rxb8) 32... Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ { White resigns. } 0-1