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[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/pUKDGAt6"] [Date "2026.07.01"] [White "Benton"] [Black "AppleBotHaley"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.01"] [UTCTime "23:14:43"] [WhiteElo "1988"] [BlackElo "1791"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [WhiteTitle "🏠"] [BlackTitle "GM🍎"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal } 5. O-O d6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 Qd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4? { (0.40 → -0.69) Mistake. Bxf6 was best. } (10. Bxf6 gxf6) 10... a6?? { (-0.69 → 1.15) Blunder. g5 was best. } (10... g5 11. Bg3 a5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. d4 h5 15. Qb3 h4 16. Nxg5 O-O-O 17. Nxf7) 11. Nbd2?! { (1.15 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. Bxf6 was best. } (11. Bxf6 gxf6) 11... Nh5?! { (0.39 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. a5 Ba7 14. b5 axb5 15. Bxb5 O-O 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. a6 Qd8 18. Nc4) 12. Qb3?! { (0.98 → 0.11) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (12. a5 Ba7) 12... Nf4?! { (0.11 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (12... O-O 13. Bg3) 13. Bg3 Nh5?! { (0.75 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. Ne2+ was best. } (13... Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Nxg3+ 15. fxg3 O-O 16. a5 Ba7 17. h3 Be6 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxb5) 14. b5?? { (1.37 → -1.23) Blunder. a5 was best. } (14. a5 Ba7 15. b5 axb5 16. Bxb5 O-O 17. a6 Qc8 18. Qd5 Bd7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf4) 14... Nxg3? { (-1.23 → 0.01) Mistake. Na5 was best. } (14... Na5 15. Qb4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc5 17. Qb2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe6 19. b6 Bxb6 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Qxb6) 15. bxc6 bxc6?? { (-0.14 → 7.62) Blunder. Ne2+ was best. } (15... Ne2+) 16. hxg3 O-O 17. Kh2 Rab8 18. Qc2 a5 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Bb5 Qd6 23. Qc6 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Ne5 Bxd4 26. Rae1 Bc3 27. Nxg4 Bxd2 28. Re7 c5 29. Rd1 Bg5 30. Rc7 Rbc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxd5 c4 33. Bd7 Rc7 34. Be6+ Kh7 35. Rxa5 c3 36. Ra8 h5? { (7.07 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc5 was best. } (36... Rc5 37. Bg8+ Kh8 38. Bb3+ Kh7 39. Bc2 h5 40. f4 hxg4 41. fxg5 Rxg5 42. Rc8 Re5 43. Rc6) 37. Ne5?? { (Mate in 5 → 6.78) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg8+ was best. } (37. Bg8+ Kh8 38. Ne5 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Bd8 40. Rxd8 c2 41. Nxg6#) 37... c2 38. Bf7 Bf6?! { (12.51 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd8 was best. } (38... Bd8 39. Bxg6+) 39. Bxg6+ Kh6 40. Rh8+ Kg5 41. f4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0