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Puzzle sPQng: 631

GM☾ Benton (1969) +1
FEN
[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/xiLBcLJS"] [Date "2025.07.25"] [White "Benton"] [Black "Rhys1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.25"] [UTCTime "23:24:20"] [WhiteElo "1969"] [BlackElo "1435"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "GM☾"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 { C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening } d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5?? { (0.73 → -1.52) Blunder. O-O was best. } (6. O-O) 6... Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8?! { (-1.47 → -0.81) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Bg4 10. Qe2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 f6 13. a4 Kf7 14. b4) 8. O-O Qf6?! { (-0.87 → -0.19) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (8... Bd6 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qf6 14. Nd5 Qg6+ 15. Bg3) 9. Nd5?! { (-0.19 → -0.79) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (9. d4 Bg4) 9... Qg6?? { (-0.79 → 6.77) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } (9... Qd6 10. c4 Bg4 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. b4 f5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Nxd5 15. Bxd8 Nf4 16. Bg5) 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Bh3 12. g3?! { (7.68 → 4.53) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } (12. Nh4 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nf3 f6 16. Be3 Kc8 17. Rfd1 g5 18. d4 g4) 12... e4? { (4.53 → 7.95) Mistake. Bxf1 was best. } (12... Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Kc8 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. b4 Nxb4 16. Nxe5 Qe6 17. Nc4 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Bc5 19. Bb2) 13. dxe4+ Kc8 14. Re1 Bb4 15. c3 Bc5 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa4 b6 19. b4 Qh5 20. bxa5? { (11.53 → 4.06) Mistake. Ne5 was best. } (20. Ne5 f6 21. bxa5 fxe5 22. Qc6+ Kb8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qc7+ Kxa8 25. Qxd8+ Ka7 26. Qc7+ Ka6) 20... Qh4?? { (4.06 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b5 was best. } (20... b5 21. Qxb5) 21. Qc6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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