FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/xTcDa6To"]
[Date "2026.02.28"]
[White "Matthew11"]
[Black "Mark2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.02.28"]
[UTCTime "00:40:49"]
[WhiteElo "1259"]
[BlackElo "1202"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+9"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-10"]
[WhiteTitle "GM🤪"]
[BlackTitle "࿄"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } e5?? { (0.21 → 1.96) Blunder. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4) 3. Nc3?! { (1.96 → 1.32) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 Qe7) 3... Nf6?! { (1.32 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. d4) 4. Be2? { (2.00 → 0.89) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5 Bb4) 4... Nc6 5. Nxe5?? { (0.83 → -1.87) Blunder. O-O was best. } (5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. b3 Nd7) 5... Nxe5 6. f4?? { (-1.77 → -4.16) Blunder. d4 was best. } (6. d4) 6... Nc6 7. d4 Bb4 8. d5 Nd4?? { (-4.76 → 3.74) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (8... Nxe4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Bg4 d6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2) 9. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3?! { (3.83 → 2.49) Inaccuracy. bxc3 was best. } (10. bxc3 d6) 10... Nxe4? { (2.49 → 4.42) Mistake. O-O was best. } (10... O-O 11. Qd4 d6 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf3 Bg4 14. Bd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Rf2 Qh4 17. Rg2) 11. Qd4?? { (4.42 → 0.33) Blunder. Qe5+ was best. } (11. Qe5+ Qe7) 11... f5?? { (0.33 → 3.12) Blunder. Qh4+ was best. } (11... Qh4+ 12. Kf1) 12. O-O?? { (3.12 → 0.83) Blunder. Qxg7 was best. } (12. Qxg7 Qf6) 12... Qh4?? { (0.83 → 4.46) Blunder. O-O was best. } (12... O-O 13. b3 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Rxf6 15. Bb2 Rf7 16. Bd3 d6 17. Rae1 Re7 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4) 13. Be3?? { (4.46 → 1.63) Blunder. Qxg7 was best. } (13. Qxg7 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. b3 d6 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Re3 Re8) 13... g5?? { (1.63 → 18.35) Blunder. O-O was best. } (13... O-O) 14. Bf2 gxf4?! { (10.16 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O was best. } (14... O-O 15. Bxh4) 15. Bxh4?! { (Mate in 8 → 12.86) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxh8+ was best. } (15. Qxh8+ Ke7 16. Bxh4+ Kd6 17. Qf8+ Kxd5 18. Qxf5+ Kc6 19. Qb5+ Kd6 20. Rad1+ Nd2 21. Rxd2+ Ke6) 15... f3?! { (12.86 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O was best. } (15... O-O 16. Rxf4 d6 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 a6 20. Re3 Bf5 21. c4 Bg6 22. Rg3) 16. Qxh8+ Kf7 17. Rxf3 Nd2 18. Rxf5+ Kg6 19. Qf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0