FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/nfNB6DyP"]
[Date "2026.01.11"]
[White "James8"]
[Black "Grayson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.11"]
[UTCTime "18:29:58"]
[WhiteElo "763"]
[BlackElo "1168"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+20"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. f4 { A02 Bird Opening } c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Ne5?! { (-0.12 → -0.74) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (3. e4 Bg7 4. Be2 d5 5. d3 Nh6 6. a4 b6 7. exd5 Bb7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bxd5) 3... Bg7 4. Ng4? { (-0.62 → -1.97) Mistake. e4 was best. } (4. e4 e6 5. d3 Ne7 6. c3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbc6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Nd2 d5 10. e5 f6) 4... d5 5. g3?? { (-1.90 → -9.47) Blunder. Nf2 was best. } (5. Nf2 Nc6) 5... Bxg4 6. h3 Bc8 7. Rh2 Nf6 8. Rf2 O-O 9. Nc3 e6 10. Na4 b6 11. Nc3 c4 12. f5 gxf5 13. Rf4 b5 14. Rf2 a6 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxf5 Bxf5 18. Bf1 Ne4 19. b4?! { (-17.56 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d3 was best. } (19. d3 Nxg3) 19... Nxb4?! { (Mate in 3 → -23.48) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd6 was best. } (19... Qd6 20. e3 Qxg3+ 21. Ke2 Qf2#) 20. Rb1?! { (-23.48 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e3 was best. } (20. e3 Bxa1) 20... Nxa2?! { (Mate in 4 → -19.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd6 was best. } (20... Qd6 21. Rb3 cxb3 22. e3 Qxg3+ 23. Ke2 Qf2#) 21. Rb4?! { (-19.76 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e3 was best. } (21. e3 Qg5 22. Qf3 Qxg3+ 23. Qxg3 Nxg3 24. Bb2 Bxc2 25. Bxg7 Bxb1 26. Bf6 a5 27. Be2 Nb4) 21... Nxg3?! { (Mate in 5 → -25.83) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg5 was best. } (21... Qg5 22. Rb3 cxb3 23. e3 Qxg3+ 24. Ke2 Qf2+ 25. Kd3 Nc5#) 22. Rb3?! { (-25.83 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf2 was best. } (22. Kf2 Ne4+) 22... Nxf1?! { (Mate in 4 → -24.43) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne4 was best. } (22... Ne4 23. Rg3 Qh4 24. e3 Qxg3+ 25. Ke2 Qf2#) 23. Rg3 Nxg3 24. d4?! { (-35.39 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e3 was best. } (24. e3 Nxc1) 24... Bxh3?! { (Mate in 7 → -70.73) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne4 was best. } (24... Ne4 25. Qd2 Qh4+ 26. Kd1 Nac3+ 27. Qxc3 Nxc3+ 28. Kd2 Qxd4+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Ne4#) 25. Qd3?! { (-70.73 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd2 was best. } (25. Qd2 Nxc1 26. c3 Qe8 27. e3 Nb3 28. Qf2 Nf5 29. Qg1 Qxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Ke2) 25... cxd3 26. exd3 Qa5+ 27. Bd2 Qa3 28. Ba5 Qxa5+ 29. Kf2 Nh1+ 30. Kf3 { White resigns. } 0-1