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[Event "April Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/iCHEQgDb"] [Date "2025.04.27"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Francis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2025.04.27"] [UTCTime "20:14:44"] [WhiteElo "1979"] [BlackElo "1279"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [BlackTitle "θ"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 c6 { B10 Caro-Kann Defense } 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6? { (0.24 → 1.50) Mistake. cxd5 was best. } (3... cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. b4) 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nc3?! { (1.62 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } (5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Ba4 Bg4 7. O-O Qa6 8. Nc3 e6 9. d4 Bb4 10. Qe2 Qxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxf3) 5... e5 6. Bb5 e4? { (0.88 → 2.39) Mistake. Bd6 was best. } (6... Bd6) 7. Ne5? { (2.39 → 1.00) Mistake. Qe2 was best. } (7. Qe2 Bd6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. O-O-O Qe7) 7... Bd7? { (1.00 → 2.71) Mistake. Qc7 was best. } (7... Qc7 8. d4 Bb4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Rfe1) 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O a6?! { (2.48 → 3.17) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (9... O-O-O 10. d3) 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. d3 Rd8?! { (2.85 → 3.64) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (11... Bc5 12. Re1) 12. Re1?? { (3.64 → 1.62) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (12. Nxe4 Nxe4) 12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxe4 Rfe8?? { (1.35 → 4.70) Blunder. Qxb2 was best. } (16... Qxb2) 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. c3 Qe6 19. h3?! { (4.69 → 3.57) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (19. a4) 19... Qe2 20. Qxe2 Rxe2 21. Rb1 f5 22. d4 Kf7 23. f3?! { (3.51 → 2.60) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (23. a4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. h4 Ke6 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. g3 Kd5 28. Kg2 Kc4 29. Rd1 Kd5) 23... g5 24. Kf1?! { (2.52 → 1.65) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. b4 Rc2 27. Re1 Rxc3 28. Re5 Kg6 29. Rxb5 Rc4 30. d5 Rd4) 24... Rd2 25. g4?! { (2.11 → 1.14) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (25. a4 h5 26. Kg1 b5 27. h4 gxh4 28. Kh2 Kf6 29. Kh3 bxa4 30. Ra1 Rxb2 31. Rxa4 Kg5) 25... Kg6?! { (1.14 → 1.90) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (25... f4 26. Ke1) 26. a4 Kf6 27. b4? { (2.33 → 0.76) Mistake. a5 was best. } (27. a5 Rh2 28. Re1 Rxb2 29. Re5 f4 30. Rf5+ Kg6 31. Ke1 Rc2 32. d5 Rxc3 33. Kd2 Rc5) 27... Rd3 28. Ke2 Rxc3 29. b5 Ke6?? { (0.92 → 3.80) Blunder. a5 was best. } (29... a5 30. b6) 30. bxa6 bxa6 31. Rb6+ Kd5 32. Rxa6?? { (3.53 → 0.24) Blunder. gxf5 was best. } (32. gxf5) 32... fxg4?? { (0.24 → 1.90) Blunder. f4 was best. } (32... f4 33. Ra7 Ra3 34. Rxh7 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 Rxa4 37. Rd7+ Kc4 38. d5 Ra2+ 39. Kc1) 33. hxg4 Ra3? { (2.09 → 4.24) Mistake. Kxd4 was best. } (33... Kxd4 34. Kf2 Ke5 35. Ra5+ Kf6 36. Rb5 Ra3 37. a5 Rc3 38. Ke2 Ra3 39. Kd2 Kg6 40. Rb6+) 34. Ra8?? { (4.24 → 0.81) Blunder. Ra5+ was best. } (34. Ra5+) 34... Kxd4 35. Rd8+ Kc5 36. Rg8 Rxa4?? { (1.01 → 3.74) Blunder. h6 was best. } (36... h6 37. Ra8 Kd6 38. Ra6+ Ke7 39. a5 Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kg6 41. Ra8 Kg7 42. a6 Kh7 43. a7) 37. Rxg5+ Kd4 38. Rh5?? { (4.58 → 0.00) Blunder. Kf2 was best. } (38. Kf2 Ra6 39. Kg3 h6 40. Rh5 Rb6 41. Rh1 Kd5 42. Re1 Rf6 43. Re7 Rc6 44. Rh7 Rb6) 38... Ra2+ 39. Kd1 Ke3 40. Rxh7 Ra1+ 41. Kc2 Kxf3 42. g5 Rg1 43. g6 Rxg6 44. Kc3 Rc6+ 45. Kd4 Rg6 46. Ke5 Rb6 47. Rf7+ Ke2 48. Kd4 Kd1 49. Re7 Rh6 50. Kc3 Rh3+ 51. Kb2 Rh6 52. Rd7+ Ke2 53. Kc3 Re6 54. Rd2+ Ke3 55. Rd3+ Kf2 56. Kc4 Re4+ 57. Kd5 Re8 58. Ra3 Re7 { Black offers draw } 59. Kd4 Re2 60. Ra8 Kg3 61. Rf8 Rf2 62. Rg8+ Kf4 63. Rf8+ Kg3 64. Rh8 Rf4+ 65. Ke5 Rh4 66. Rf8 Rg4 67. Kd5 Rg5+ 68. Ke4 Rb5 69. Rf3+ Kg2 70. Rf8 Kg3 71. Rg8+ Kh4 72. Kf4 Rd5 73. Rh8+ Rh5 74. Rg8 Rh6 75. Rg1 Rf6+ 76. Ke5 Rf8 77. Rh1+ Kg5 { Black offers draw } 78. Ke4 Re8+ 79. Kf3 Re6 80. Rg1+ Kh6 81. Kf4 Rb6 82. Rh1+ Kg6 83. Rd1 Rb7 84. Rd6+ Kh7 85. Kg5 Rb1 86. Rd7+ Kh8 87. Kg6 Rg1+ 88. Kh6 Rh1+ 89. Kg5 Rc1 90. Rd8+ Kg7 91. Rd7+ Kh8 92. Kf6 Rc8 93. Kg6 Kg8 { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2