FEN
[Event "Summer Bowl Arena Mega"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/xc3T7poG"]
[Date "2025.07.27"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Ioana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.07.27"]
[UTCTime "20:19:16"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "819"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5? { (0.41 → 1.86) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Bb3) 3. Bc4? { (1.86 → 0.34) Mistake. Nxe5 was best. } (3. Nxe5 Nc6) 3... Nf6? { (0.34 → 1.80) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. d4 Ba7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb3) 4. d3?? { (1.80 → 0.15) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (4. Nxe5) 4... O-O 5. Nc3 b5?? { (0.14 → 2.04) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (5... Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. O-O h6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3) 6. Bxb5 Nc6 7. Bg5 h5? { (2.18 → 4.32) Mistake. h6 was best. } (7... h6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. h3 a5 11. a3 Qe7 12. Nd2 a4 13. O-O Be6 14. Re1) 8. Nd5 Nxd5? { (4.24 → 8.23) Mistake. Rb8 was best. } (8... Rb8 9. Ba4 Be7 10. Nxe7+ Nxe7 11. Nxe5 d5 12. O-O Qd6 13. Nf3 Nh7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5) 9. Bxd8 Rxd8 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c4 Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Ba4 Ra8 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Nxe5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c6 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Nxc6 Rb6 19. Nxd8 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bb3 Rxb3?! { (19.39 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } (21... g6 22. Bxe6+) 22. Qxb3 g5 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qxd6+ Kf7 25. Re7+ Kf8 26. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0