FEN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"]
[Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/xtAhjmhw"]
[Date "2025.12.07"]
[White "Benton"]
[Black "Wali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.12.07"]
[UTCTime "00:14:38"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[WhiteTitle "GM☾"]
[BlackTitle "GM🏆"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+8"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4? { (0.44 → -0.64) Mistake. g3 was best. } (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. a4 d6) 3... Nf6?! { (-0.64 → -0.06) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (3... Bc5) 4. Nf3 { A28 English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation } Bc5 5. Be2?! { (0.33 → -0.19) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (5. Nxe5 Nxe5) 5... d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 Bg4 8. b4 Bb6 9. b5?! { (0.03 → -0.77) Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. } (9. Rb1 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. d3 c6 12. g3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 a5 14. Bg5 axb4 15. axb4 Ra3) 9... Nd4? { (-0.77 → 0.37) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Rb1 a6 12. a4 Ba5 13. Bb2 axb5 14. axb5 Nd7 15. g3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxg4 dxc3 12. dxc3? { (0.32 → -0.73) Mistake. Bf3 was best. } (12. Bf3 Qe7 13. Qc2 cxd2 14. Bxd2 c6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bb4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5) 12... Nxg4?! { (-0.73 → -0.16) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } (12... Nxe4 13. g3 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bf3 Qe6 18. Kg2 Ra5) 13. Qxg4 Qf6 14. Qg3 Rfe8 15. Bg5? { (-0.15 → -1.50) Mistake. Re1 was best. } (15. Re1) 15... Qg6 16. a4?! { (-1.50 → -2.43) Inaccuracy. Rae1 was best. } (16. Rae1 Rxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxe4 18. Bf6 g6 19. Qg5 Qe6 20. Qf4 Re8 21. h4 h6 22. g3 h5) 16... Rxe4 17. a5 Bc5 18. a6 b6 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3?? { (-3.92 → -1.72) Blunder. f6 was best. } (21... f6 22. c5 bxc5 23. c4 Qf7 24. Rfc1 Qe6 25. h3 Qe5 26. Ra3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3) 22. Qc6? { (-1.72 → -3.05) Mistake. Qb7 was best. } (22. Qb7 Re2 23. c5 dxc5 24. Kh1 c6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. bxc6 R2e7 27. Rad1 Rc8 28. Rd7 Rxd7) 22... Qe6?? { (-3.05 → 0.11) Blunder. R3e7 was best. } (22... R3e7 23. Qb7) 23. Qxc7 Rxc3?? { (0.00 → 5.59) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } (23... Qe7 24. Qxe7 R8xe7 25. Rfd1 Rxc3 26. Rxd6 h5 27. Rc6 Re2 28. c5 Rcc2 29. cxb6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1) 24. Qxa7 Rxc4?! { (5.40 → 7.35) Inaccuracy. Rc2 was best. } (24... Rc2 25. Qb7) 25. Qxb6 Rg4 26. a7?? { (8.46 → 0.00) Blunder. Qf2 was best. } (26. Qf2 h6 27. b6 Rb4 28. b7 Qd5 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rb6 31. Rfb1 Rxa6 32. b8=Q Rxb8) 26... Qe4?? { (0.00 → 9.17) Blunder. Rxg2+ was best. } (26... Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Qh6 28. Kxg2 Qg6+ 29. Kh3 Qd3+ 30. Kg2) 27. Qf2 f5 28. Rae1 Qb7? { (9.76 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } (28... Kh8 29. Rxe4) 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Qxf5+ Kxe8 31. Qf8+ Kd7 32. Qf7+ Kc8 33. Rc1+ { Black resigns. } 1-0