FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/mP9f38ar"]
[Date "2025.11.28"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Kristofer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.11.28"]
[UTCTime "21:37:44"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+2"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-3"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "GM😈"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Scotch Gambit Declined"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Nf6 { C55 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit Declined } 5. dxe5?! { (0.92 → 0.19) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd4 7. c3 Nf5 8. d6 Nh6 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. dxc7 Qxc7 11. O-O Bc5) 5... Nxe5?? { (0.19 → 2.65) Blunder. dxe5 was best. } (5... dxe5 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Nc3 b5 12. Bd5) 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+?? { (2.86 → 0.91) Blunder. Bxf7+ was best. } (7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. f3 Bc5 10. a4 Ke7 11. Bb3 Rd8 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Nc4 Kf6) 7... Kxd8 8. Bg5 Ke7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bxf6+?! { (0.49 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bc5+ Ke8 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Rd2 Nf6 15. a4 a5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd1 Nc5) 11... gxf6 12. f3?! { (-0.15 → -1.13) Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. } (12. Rd3 h5) 12... Be6? { (-1.13 → 0.03) Mistake. h5 was best. } (12... h5 13. Kb1 Bh6 14. a4 Rg8 15. Rhg1 Rb8 16. Rde1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. g3 Rbd8 19. Rd1) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rhf1 h5 15. f4?? { (-0.82 → -2.81) Blunder. Rd3 was best. } (15. Rd3 Bh6+) 15... Bh6? { (-2.81 → -1.50) Mistake. exf4 was best. } (15... exf4 16. g3) 16. g3 h4 17. Kb1?! { (-1.40 → -1.96) Inaccuracy. Rf2 was best. } (17. Rf2 Rag8) 17... exf4 18. gxf4 Rhg8 19. f5?! { (-1.55 → -2.55) Inaccuracy. Rf2 was best. } (19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Rdf1 Rd4 21. a3 Rg4 22. h3 Rg8 23. e5 f5 24. b3 a5 25. Ne2 Re4) 19... e5 20. a3 Rg2 21. h3?! { (-2.37 → -3.50) Inaccuracy. Rf3 was best. } (21. Rf3 Rd8) 21... Be3 22. Rf3?! { (-3.11 → -4.25) Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. } (22. Rd3 Bd4) 22... Bd4?! { (-4.25 → -3.34) Inaccuracy. Rg3 was best. } (22... Rg3) 23. Na2 Rag8? { (-3.39 → -1.82) Mistake. Rg3 was best. } (23... Rg3) 24. Rfd3? { (-1.82 → -3.60) Mistake. Rb3 was best. } (24. Rb3) 24... Rg1 25. c3?! { (-3.43 → -4.51) Inaccuracy. Kc1 was best. } (25. Kc1 R1g3) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bb6 27. Rd3 Rg1+ 28. Kc2 Rg3?! { (-4.44 → -3.19) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (28... Re1 29. Kd2 Rxe4 30. Rf3 c5 31. b4 c4 32. a4 Kd6 33. Nc1 a5 34. Ne2 Kd5 35. bxa5) 29. Rd2?? { (-3.19 → -7.15) Blunder. b4 was best. } (29. b4 a6) 29... Rxh3 30. Kb3 Rf3 31. Rh2 h3 32. Nb4 Bg1 33. Rh1 h2 34. a4 a5 35. Nc2 Kd6 36. Na3 Kc5 37. Nc4 Re3?? { (-8.13 → 6.50) Blunder. b6 was best. } (37... b6 38. Nd2 Rf2 39. Kc2 b5 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Kd3 a4 42. Kc2 Re2 43. Kd3 Re3+ 44. Kc2) 38. Nxe3 Bxe3 39. Rxh2 b5 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Rh8 a4+ 42. Kc2 Kb6 43. Rf8 Bg5 44. Re8 Kc5 45. b3 axb3+ 46. Kxb3 Kb6 47. Kb4 Bh4 48. Re6+ Ka7 49. Kxb5 Kb7 50. Re7+ Kc8 51. c4 Kd8 52. Rh7 Kc8?! { (13.16 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be1 was best. } (52... Be1 53. Kc6) 53. Kc6 Kb8 54. c5?! { (Mate in 3 → 54.97) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxh4 was best. } (54. Rxh4 Ka8 55. Kb6 Kb8 56. Rh8#) 54... Ka8?! { (54.97 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf2 was best. } (54... Bf2 55. Kd6 Be1 56. c6 Ba5 57. Kd7 Ka7 58. Rh3 Ka6 59. Rb3 Ka7 60. Ra3 Kb8 61. Rh3) 55. Kb6 Kb8 56. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0