FEN
[Event "Rated Correspondence game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/xUYZ3IBC"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Ariella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.05.21"]
[UTCTime "01:22:28"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+13"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-28"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3?! { (0.75 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O) 3... Bc5? { (0.07 → 1.40) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Ba4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bb3 a5 10. Kh1) 4. Bc4? { (1.40 → -0.04) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5 Bd4) 4... O-O?! { (-0.04 → 0.80) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (4... d6 5. d3 a5 6. a3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. O-O a4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3 Be6 11. Bxe6) 5. d3?! { (0.80 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (5. Nxe5 Nc6) 5... Ng4? { (0.16 → 1.45) Mistake. d6 was best. } (5... d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 h6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6) 6. O-O?! { (1.45 → 0.74) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nd5 Qd6 9. Nh4 Nh6 10. Ne3 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. O-O Qa3) 6... c6?? { (0.74 → 2.73) Blunder. d6 was best. } (6... d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. d4 exd4 11. a4 a5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxb6) 7. h3 Nxf2?! { (2.59 → 3.35) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (7... Nf6 8. Nxe5 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 Bb4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qd6 14. Bxf6) 8. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Qb6+?! { (3.34 → 4.29) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (9... b5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Kg1 Nd7 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Ng5) 10. Kf1 d5? { (3.56 → 6.12) Mistake. d6 was best. } (10... d6 11. a4) 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qc5 13. d4?? { (6.67 → -7.61) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (13. Ng5 Bf5) 13... Qxc4+ 14. Qe2 Qxd5 15. c4 Qe6 16. d5 Qf5 17. g4 Qg5?? { (-8.32 → 7.68) Blunder. Qg6 was best. } (17... Qg6 18. a4) 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Be3 Na6 20. c5 b6 21. c6 b5 22. d6 Nb4 23. d7 Ba6 24. Bc5 Nxc6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rc1 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4?! { (13.85 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd8 was best. } (27... Rd8 28. Rc7) 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxa6 g6 30. Rc8 Rg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qxf6 d3 36. d8=B d2 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Bf6+?! { (Mate in 6 → 13.87) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf6+ was best. } (38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Ke2 d1=B+ 40. Kxd1 h6 41. Be7 b4 42. Qxg6+ Kh8 43. Bf6#) 38... Kf7 39. Qxh7+ Kxf6 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41. Qd8+ Kf4 42. Qxd2+ Kg3?! { (74.13 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke5 was best. } (42... Ke5 43. Qe2+) 43. Qg2+ Kh4 44. Kg1?! { (Mate in 2 → 74.42) Lost forced checkmate sequence. g5 was best. } (44. g5 b4 45. Qg4#) 44... a5?! { (74.42 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg5 was best. } (44... Kg5 45. Qd5+) 45. Kh2?! { (Mate in 2 → 75.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. g5 was best. } (45. g5 a4 46. Qg4#) 45... g5?! { (75.08 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg5 was best. } (45... Kg5 46. Qd2+ Kf6 47. Qxa5 Ke5 48. Qxb5+ Kf4 49. Qb6 g5 50. Qf6+ Ke3 51. Qxg5+ Kd3 52. Qg6+) 46. Qf2# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0