FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/qOagOAkD"]
[Date "2026.06.19"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Lucas1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.06.19"]
[UTCTime "20:39:42"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1255"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🎩"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bb4? { (0.24 → 1.48) Mistake. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. Re1) 3. a3 Ba5?! { (1.06 → 2.03) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (3... Be7 4. d4 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Bd7 7. Bd3 c4 8. Bc2 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nbd2) 4. b4 Bb6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5?! { (1.35 → 0.49) Inaccuracy. Nbd2 was best. } (6. Nbd2 a5) 6... exd5 7. Nc3?! { (0.83 → 0.04) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (7. c4 dxc4) 7... Bxd4?? { (0.04 → 8.75) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } (7... Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bg5 c6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Nxb6) 8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qxg7 Nf6 10. Qxh8+ Ke7 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Bxf6+ Ke8 14. Nxd5 Bxc2 15. Kd2 Ba4 16. Re1+ Kd7 17. Bc4 Nc6 18. b5 Re8 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. Re1+ Ne7?! { (23.80 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } (20... Kd7 21. bxc6+) 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. Nc7 Bxb5 23. Bxf7 c4 24. Ne6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0