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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/vN0InZMt"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Christian1"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "22:22:52"] [WhiteElo "1995"] [BlackElo "1760"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [BlackTitle "NM🐍"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: London System"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: London System } Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bb5 Qd7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ba4? { (0.22 → -0.84) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } (9. Bd3 Nb4 10. O-O Be7 11. Rac1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Rc2 Ne8 15. Na4 Qb5) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Na5?! { (-0.75 → -0.06) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (10... Bb4 11. O-O) 11. Ne2 Nxb3?! { (-0.37 → 0.35) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (11... Bd6 12. c3 Nc4 13. Rb1 Qc6 14. Bc2 O-O 15. b3 Na3 16. Rc1 Nxc2+ 17. Rxc2 a5 18. O-O) 12. axb3 Bd6 13. c3 b4 14. O-O?! { (0.75 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (14. c4 O-O 15. Ra5 Qd8 16. O-O Ne4 17. Rd1 c6 18. Raa1 Qf6 19. c5 Bb8 20. Bxb8 Rfxb8) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf4? { (0.32 → 1.61) Mistake. O-O was best. } (15... O-O) 16. Nxf4 Ne4 17. c4?! { (1.87 → 1.00) Inaccuracy. Rfc1 was best. } (17. Rfc1) 17... Nd2?! { (1.00 → 1.56) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } (17... Nd2 18. Qg3) 18. Qe2?? { (1.56 → -1.78) Blunder. Qg4 was best. } (18. Qg4 O-O 19. cxd5 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Rae8 21. Rc1 f5 22. Qf3 exd5 23. Nxd5 c6 24. Nf4 Qb7) 18... Nxf1 19. Rxf1?! { (-1.66 → -2.62) Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } (19. cxd5) 19... dxc4 20. bxc4? { (-2.39 → -4.08) Mistake. b4 was best. } (20. b4) 20... O-O 21. c5 a5 22. Ra1 a4 23. Qc4 a3 24. Nd3 Qd5?! { (-7.60 → -5.07) Inaccuracy. Rfb8 was best. } (24... Rfb8 25. Kf1) 25. Qc1?! { (-5.07 → -7.42) Inaccuracy. Qc3 was best. } (25. Qc3 e5 26. dxe5 a2 27. Nb4 Qe4 28. Kh2 Ra4 29. Nxa2 Rb8 30. f3 Qa8 31. Qc2 Ra3) 25... a2 26. Nb4 Qb3 27. Nc2 Rfb8 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Kh2 Rxc2 30. Qe1 Qb1 31. Qa5 h6 32. Qxc7 Rbb2 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc6 Rxf2 35. Kg3 Rxg2+ 36. Kf4 g5+?! { (Mate in 1 → -15.54) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf5# was best. } (36... Qf5#) 37. Ke5 Qf5+ 38. Kd6 Qd5+ 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. c6 Rb6 41. Kd7 Rc2 42. c7 Rb7 43. Kd6 Rcxc7 44. Kxd5 Rd7+ 45. Ke4 Rb5 46. Kd3 Rc7 47. Ke4 f5+ 48. Kd3?! { (-75.06 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd3 was best. } (48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kd2 Rcc3 50. h4 gxh4 51. d5 Rxe3 52. Kc2 Rbd3 53. d6 Rxd6 54. Kb2 Rd5) 48... Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rc2+ 50. Kf3 Rb1 51. d5 Rf1+ 52. Kg3 h5 53. h4 g4 54. d6 Rf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1