CohenChessClub.com

[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/sE4NFF20"] [Date "2026.05.31"] [White "James8"] [Black "Sasha"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.31"] [UTCTime "17:28:00"] [WhiteElo "800"] [BlackElo "1600"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackTitle "IM🧁"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 d5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense } 2. Be2?? { (0.79 → -1.39) Blunder. exd5 was best. } (2. exd5 Qxd5) 2... dxe4 3. a4?! { (-1.35 → -2.25) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Bf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 e5 9. Rxb7 e4) 3... Nf6 4. Ra3? { (-2.11 → -3.89) Mistake. d4 was best. } (4. d4 a6 5. Bc4 e5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. Bg5 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h5) 4... e5 5. Rc3 c6?! { (-4.19 → -3.13) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } (5... Bf5 6. Bc4 a6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O Bg6 9. d3 Qd7 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxe4 12. Rf3) 6. Bb5?? { (-3.13 → -9.00) Blunder. Bc4 was best. } (6. Bc4 Nbd7) 6... cxb5 7. Re3 Bg4 8. Rxe4 Nxe4 9. d4 Bxd1 10. Kf1 Bxc2 11. Nc3?! { (-25.14 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne2 was best. } (11. Ne2 Bxb1) 11... Nxc3?! { (Mate in 7 → -24.07) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxd4 was best. } (11... Qxd4 12. Be3 Qd3+ 13. Nge2 Nxc3 14. g3 Qxe2+ 15. Kg1 Be4 16. f3 Qxf3 17. bxc3 Qg2#) 12. bxc3 exd4 13. f4 Qe7 14. Be3?! { (-22.47 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. cxd4 was best. } (14. cxd4 bxa4) 14... Qxe3 15. g4 Bd3+ 16. Kg2 Be4+ 17. Kf1 Bxh1 18. Nh3 Qxh3+ 19. Ke2 Qxh2+ 20. Kd3 dxc3 21. Kd4 c2 22. Ke5 Nc6+ 23. Kf5 O-O-O 24. Kg5 Re8 25. Kf5 Qh6 26. g5 Qg6+ 27. Kg4 h5+ 28. Kh3 Qf5+ 29. Kh4 Qg4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1