FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/w4CvOkY1"]
[Date "2026.08.24"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Muriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.24"]
[UTCTime "23:49:02"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-1"]
[WhiteTitle "🏔"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 { C66 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz Defense } 5. d3 Bd7 6. a3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 a6 9. Ba4 Na5?! { (0.07 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (9... b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. c3 Qd7 16. b4) 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3?! { (0.94 → 0.39) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (11. c4 Nc6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Nd5 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Bd8 15. Rae1 Nh7 16. b4 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5) 11... b5 12. b4 Nc6 13. d4 Nh5?? { (-0.03 → 4.60) Blunder. exd4 was best. } (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 c6 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. f4 a5 18. Qd3 axb4 19. axb4 Rfe8 20. f5) 14. dxe5 dxe5? { (4.30 → 13.94) Mistake. a5 was best. } (14... a5 15. Rb1) 15. Qxd7 Nb8 16. Qxe7 Nc6 17. Qxc7 Ne7 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19. Qh4 g6 20. Nd5 Rec8 21. Rac1 Rc4 22. Nb6 Rc3 23. Nxa8 Rxa3?! { (24.31 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (23... f6 24. Nb6) 24. Nxe5?! { (Mate in 8 → 24.46) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd8+ was best. } (24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Nxe5 Rxe3 26. fxe3 f6 27. Nc7 Nf4 28. Rxf4 h5 29. Qxf6+ Kh7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8) 24... Ra4?! { (24.46 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (24... f6 25. Nf3 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Nc7 b4 28. Nd5 Ra3 29. Nxb4 Rc3 30. g4 Rxe3 31. fxe3) 25. Bh6 Rxb4 26. Nc6 Rc4 27. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0