FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/junlg5Dq"]
[Date "2026.05.19"]
[White "Ali"]
[Black "Benton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.19"]
[UTCTime "20:50:51"]
[WhiteElo "970"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. e3 Bf5 4. h3?! { (0.68 → 0.12) Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } (4. Bb5 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Be2 Nc8 7. c4 a6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Ba2 g5) 4... f6? { (0.12 → 1.23) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } (4... Nb4 5. Bb5+) 5. g4? { (1.23 → -0.29) Mistake. c4 was best. } (5. c4 e5) 5... Bg6 6. b3 e6 7. c4? { (-0.29 → -1.71) Mistake. a3 was best. } (7. a3 h5 8. Rg1 hxg4 9. hxg4 a6 10. Nbd2 e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Ne5 Nxe5) 7... Bb4+? { (-1.71 → -0.51) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } (7... Nb4 8. Na3 h5 9. gxh5 Rxh5 10. Be2 Qd7 11. h4 Rh8 12. Kf1 Bf5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc3) 8. Ke2?! { (-0.51 → -1.44) Inaccuracy. Bd2 was best. } (8. Bd2) 8... Nge7? { (-1.44 → 0.00) Mistake. h5 was best. } (8... h5 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. Ke1 hxg4 14. hxg4 Kb8 15. Bb2) 9. cxd5?? { (0.00 → -5.47) Blunder. a3 was best. } (9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc4 11. bxa5 Nxa5 12. Nh4 Nb3 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Ra2 c5 15. Bg2 cxd4) 9... exd5?? { (-5.47 → -1.91) Blunder. Qxd5 was best. } (9... Qxd5 10. Bd2 e5 11. Ke1 exd4 12. Bc4 Bxd2+ 13. Nbxd2 Qd6 14. e4 O-O-O 15. b4 h5 16. b5) 10. a3 Ba5?! { (-1.58 → -0.96) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (10... Bd6 11. b4) 11. b4 Bb6 12. b5 Na5 13. a4 O-O 14. h4 Be4 15. Nfd2?? { (-1.61 → -7.96) Blunder. Nbd2 was best. } (15. Nbd2 f5) 15... Bxh1 16. Bh3 Be4 17. f3 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 f5 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bxd4 21. Bg2 Rf2+ 22. Ke1 Rxg2 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Rxb3 dxe4 25. Kf1 Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 e3?! { (Mate in 6 → -16.62) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc3+ was best. } (27... Bc3+ 28. Ke2 Qd3+ 29. Kf2 Rf8+ 30. Bf4 Rxf4+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Rf1#) 28. Bxe3?! { (-16.62 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke2 was best. } (28. Ke2 Nd5) 28... Bxe3+ 29. Rd3 Qxd3+ 30. Ke1 Qd2+ 31. Kf1 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1