FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/w6pwaPv6"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "BENJAMIN4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.09"]
[UTCTime "21:58:39"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "🌊"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation } 6. Bf4?! { (0.98 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. O-O Bd5) 6... e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c6 9. O-O Qh5?! { (0.38 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (9... Be7) 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Rfe1 Ng4?? { (1.00 → 5.47) Blunder. O-O was best. } (11... O-O 12. Ne2) 12. Qg3?! { (5.47 → 3.83) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (12. Qf3 Qf5 13. Ne4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Nd6 Qg6 16. Nxb7 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. h3 Na6) 12... f5?? { (3.83 → 9.71) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (12... Nxe5 13. Qxg7 Bf8 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 Na6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. a3 Nc5 18. Rad1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4) 13. Nxg4 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 fxg4 15. Bxd6 Kd7 16. Bxb8 Raxb8 17. Ne4 Rhf8 18. c4 b6 19. c5 Rf4 20. Rad1 Rbf8 21. Rd2 h5 22. Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 R4f5 24. Nxg7 h3 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. g3 bxc5 27. dxc5+ Kc7 28. b4 e5 29. Re4 a6 30. Rde2 Kd7 31. Rxg4 Rh5 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. Rg6+ Kf5 34. g4+ Kxg6 35. gxh5+ Kxh5 36. Rxe5+ Kg4 37. Re6 Kf3 38. Rxc6 Ke4 39. Rg6 Kd4 40. Rg3 Kc4?! { (78.02 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke5 was best. } (40... Ke5 41. Rxh3 Ke6 42. Rh6+ Kf5 43. Rxa6 Ke5 44. c6 Kd6 45. b5 Kc7 46. Ra7+ Kb6 47. Rb7+) 41. Rxh3?! { (Mate in 14 → 68.77) Lost forced checkmate sequence. c6 was best. } (41. c6 Kd5 42. c7 a5 43. bxa5 Ke5 44. c8=Q Kf6 45. a6 Ke5 46. Rxh3 Kf6 47. a7 Kg5) 41... Kxb4?! { (68.77 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb5 was best. } (41... Kb5 42. Ra3 Kxb4 43. Rxa6 Kb5 44. Ra8 Kc6 45. h4 Kb7 46. Ra3 Kc7 47. h5 Kc6 48. h6) 42. Re3?! { (Mate in 8 → 61.06) Lost forced checkmate sequence. c6 was best. } (42. c6 Kc5 43. c7 Kd6 44. c8=Q a5 45. Rh5 Ke7 46. Qa6 Kf7 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Qb7 Kf8) 42... Kxc5 43. h4 Kb4 44. h5 Kc5 45. h6 Kc6 46. h7 Kd6 47. h8=N?! { (Mate in 6 → 70.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. h8=Q was best. } (47. h8=Q Kc5 48. Qc3+ Kd6 49. Re5 Kd7 50. Qc5 Kd8 51. Re7 a5 52. Qc7#) 47... Kd5 48. Kf1 a5 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. f4 a4 51. f5 a3 52. f6 Kd5 53. f7 Kd6 54. f8=N?! { (Mate in 5 → 73.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. f8=Q+ was best. } (54. f8=Q+ Kd7 55. Ng6 Kc6 56. Qc8+ Kd5 57. Ne7+ Kd4 58. Qc3#) 54... Kc5 55. Nf7 Kd5 56. Ne6 Kc4 57. Rd3 Kb4 58. Ne5 Kb5 59. Rc3 Kb4 60. Kd2 Ka5 61. Rb3 Ka4 62. Nc5+ Ka5 63. Nc6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0