CohenChessClub.com

[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/pl4pPCIj"] [Date "2026.07.25"] [White "Benton"] [Black "James8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.25"] [UTCTime "17:43:12"] [WhiteElo "2040"] [BlackElo "803"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [WhiteTitle "🏔"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6?! { (0.48 → 1.10) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } (2... e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 Bb6 9. d4) 3. d4 Be7 4. Nc3 e5?? { (1.02 → 3.30) Blunder. d6 was best. } (4... d6 5. g4 h6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Rg1 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Ne2 Ng5 10. Nd2 f6 11. f4) 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 a5? { (3.26 → 5.69) Mistake. d6 was best. } (6... d6 7. Ng4 Nd7 8. Ne3 Bf6 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b6 12. f4 Nc5 13. O-O) 7. Be3?! { (5.69 → 4.20) Inaccuracy. Qh5 was best. } (7. Qh5 g6 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Bh6 d6 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. O-O-O c6 13. dxc6 bxc6) 7... Ra6? { (4.20 → 8.18) Mistake. d6 was best. } (7... d6) 8. Qf3 Rf6 9. Qg3 b6?! { (6.45 → 10.62) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (9... Kf8 10. f4) 10. Qxg7 h6 11. Qxh8 Nc6 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Qxg8+ Bf8 14. Rd1 b5?! { (18.74 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe7 was best. } (14... Qe7 15. f4) 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0