CohenChessClub.com

[Event "June Megatournament"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/kdTmfN6x"] [Date "2026.06.14"] [White "Zayn1"] [Black "Benton"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.14"] [UTCTime "18:54:14"] [WhiteElo "1537"] [BlackElo "1979"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "🎩"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+1"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 { C50 Giuoco Piano } 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bg4?! { (0.23 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (6... a6 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Re1) 7. Re1 O-O 8. h4? { (0.51 → -0.84) Mistake. h3 was best. } (8. h3 Be6) 8... Nh5 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nf1 h6 11. N1h2 Be6 12. g4 Nf4? { (0.14 → 1.58) Mistake. Bxc4 was best. } (12... Bxc4 13. dxc4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Kg2 Qf6 16. Qd5 Rae8 17. Qf5 Qe6 18. g5 h5 19. b3) 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Qb3 d5? { (1.59 → 3.49) Mistake. Qe8 was best. } (16... Qe8) 17. Re2 dxe4? { (3.50 → 6.31) Mistake. a5 was best. } (17... a5 18. Rae1) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rxe4 Re8 20. Qf5 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 g6 25. Ng4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nxd8 fxg4 29. Ne6+ Kf6 30. Nxf4 Kf5 31. Ne6 Ne7 32. h5 Kf6 33. Nf8 Kf7 34. Nd7 Ba7 35. h6 Nf5 36. Ne5+ Kg8 37. Nxg4 Kh7 38. Re5 Nh4 39. Re7+ Kh8?! { (12.27 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } (39... Kg8 40. Rxc7) 40. Nf6 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Ng5 42. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0