FEN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/sqJmcAIq"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[White "Kristofer"]
[Black "Benton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.24"]
[UTCTime "19:21:37"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[WhiteTitle "GM😈"]
[BlackTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+8"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack } 3. d3 d6 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. e4 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Be2?! { (0.45 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (9. Nd5 Bg4 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. Be2 Nd8 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne6 15. a4 Qd7) 9... Nd4 10. a4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bd4 12. Rc1 O-O?! { (0.35 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (12... a6 13. a5 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Qe1 c6 16. Ne2 Ba7 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. h3 Qe7 19. Be3) 13. Ne2 c5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. O-O Qd7? { (0.71 → 2.00) Mistake. a5 was best. } (15... a5 16. bxa5 Nd7 17. Be2 Nc5 18. f4 Bd7 19. Ra1 f6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bg4) 16. c5?? { (2.00 → -0.33) Blunder. Be2 was best. } (16. Be2) 16... dxc5 17. Rxc5 Rac8?? { (0.00 → 1.75) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } (17... Qd6 18. Qa1 Nd7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rc1 Nf8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bd1 h6 24. Qb2) 18. Rxc8?? { (1.75 → -0.65) Blunder. Rxe5 was best. } (18. Rxe5 h6 19. Qb1 Ng4 20. Rh5 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Ne5 24. Be4 Ng6) 18... Rxc8 19. b5 b6 20. Bb4 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. f3 Qe6 23. Qb1 Nd7 24. Rc1 Nc5?! { (0.00 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Nf8 was best. } (24... Nf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qc4 Qd8 29. h3 h6 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Qc8+) 25. Bxc5 Rxc5?? { (0.50 → 6.53) Blunder. bxc5 was best. } (25... bxc5) 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. a5 Qd6 28. Qc2?? { (7.45 → 1.40) Blunder. b6 was best. } (28. b6 axb6) 28... h6?! { (1.40 → 2.09) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (28... h5 29. b6) 29. Qc4?! { (2.09 → 1.49) Inaccuracy. Qb3 was best. } (29. Qb3 c4 30. Qxc4 Qa3 31. a6 Qc3 32. h3 Kh7 33. Qxf7 Qxd3 34. Kh2 Qxb5 35. Qxa7 Qa4) 29... Kf8? { (1.49 → 3.24) Mistake. Qc7 was best. } (29... Qc7 30. b6) 30. b6 axb6 31. a6 Qc7 32. Qb5?? { (7.63 → 1.70) Blunder. Qa2 was best. } (32. Qa2 Qa7 33. Qd5 f6 34. Qb7 Qxb7 35. axb7 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. b8=Q g5 38. Qb7+ Kf8) 32... Qa7 33. Kf1 g6 34. Ke2 h5 35. Kd2?! { (1.95 → 1.27) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (35. h4 Ke7 36. Qc4 Kf6 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Kc2 Qd7 39. g3 f5 40. Kd2 Kf6 41. Qa2 Qa7) 35... Kg7 36. Kc2 f6 37. Kb3 g5 38. Kc4?? { (1.00 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka3 was best. } (38. Ka3 Kf8 39. Qa4 Ke7 40. Qc4 Qd7 41. Kb3 Kf8 42. Kb2 Qa7 43. Kc2 Kg7 44. Qb5 Kf8) 38... h4?? { (Mate in 1 → 2.09) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf7# was best. } (38... Qf7#) 39. Kd5 Qa8+?? { (1.84 → 4.52) Blunder. g4 was best. } (39... g4) 40. Kd6 Qf8+?! { (4.85 → 6.52) Inaccuracy. Kg6 was best. } (40... Kg6 41. Kc7) 41. Kc6 Qb8 42. Qxb6 Qe8+ 43. Kxc5 Qe7+ 44. Kb5 Qd7+ 45. Ka5 h3 46. g3 Kg6 47. a7 Qc8 48. Qd6 Qc3+ 49. Kb6 Qb3+ 50. Kc7 Qc3+ 51. Kd7 Qa5 52. Qc7 Qa4+ 53. Kd8 Qa6 54. Qb8 Qa5+ 55. Ke8 Qa4+ 56. Ke7 Qa3+ 57. Kd7 Qa4+ 58. Kc7 Qc2+?! { (10.07 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qa5+ was best. } (58... Qa5+ 59. Qb6) 59. Kb7?! { (Mate in 13 → 13.86) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kd6 was best. } (59. Kd6 Qa4 60. Qg8+ Kh6 61. a8=Q Qxa8 62. Qxa8 Kg7 63. Qe8 Kh7 64. Qf8 f5 65. exf5 e4) 59... Qb3+ 60. Ka8 Qf7 61. f4?? { (7.90 → 2.17) Blunder. g4 was best. } (61. g4) 61... exf4 62. gxf4 g4?? { (1.51 → 8.07) Blunder. gxf4 was best. } (62... gxf4) 63. f5+? { (8.07 → 4.15) Mistake. Qc8 was best. } (63. Qc8) 63... Kg5 64. Qd6 Qe8+ 65. Kb7 Qf7+ 66. Kb6 Qb3+ 67. Kc7 Qc3+ 68. Kd8 Qa5+ { Black resigns. } 1-0