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[Event " MrCohenOS Arena"] [Site "https://cohenchessclub.com/yhYqznb6"] [Date "2026.05.20"] [White "Drew"] [Black "Benton"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.20"] [UTCTime "23:49:17"] [WhiteElo "1645"] [BlackElo "1946"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM☾"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "cohenchessclub.com"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 { D31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation } Bb4 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nf3?! { (0.20 → -0.41) Inaccuracy. Qa4+ was best. } (5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. h4 Nxg3 10. fxg3 Bd6 11. Qf2 g4) 5... Nc6? { (-0.41 → 0.79) Mistake. dxc4 was best. } (5... dxc4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b5 8. a4 c6 9. Qb1 a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O) 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Qc2 f5?! { (0.99 → 1.78) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (10... b6 11. cxd5) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Nc6?! { (1.29 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (12... c5) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng5? { (1.60 → 3.29) Mistake. Nd6 was best. } (14... Nd6) 15. f4?! { (3.29 → 2.37) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (15. c4 dxc4) 15... Ne6?? { (2.37 → 5.27) Blunder. Nf7 was best. } (15... Nf7 16. c4 c6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rab1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Rfc1 Be6 21. Qc7 Qa3 22. Rb3) 16. Bxf5 Nxd4?! { (6.03 → 10.54) Inaccuracy. Rxf5 was best. } (16... Rxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxd4 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Bd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 g6 21. Qg3 Bf5 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Re5) 17. cxd4?? { (10.54 → 1.04) Blunder. Bxh7+ was best. } (17. Bxh7+) 17... Bxf5 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. Be5 Rc2 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. a4 Be4 24. g3 Rg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxh2 26. Ra3 Rb2 27. Rc3 Rb1+ 28. Ke2 Rb2+ 29. Kd1 Ra2?! { (-0.38 → 0.29) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (29... h5 30. a5) 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+ Kg6?? { (-0.34 → 4.73) Blunder. Ke6 was best. } (31... Ke6 32. Rxb7 g6 33. Rxh7 Rxa4 34. g4 Bf3+ 35. Kc2 Bxg4 36. Rc7 Kf5 37. Rc6 a5 38. Rf6+) 32. Rxg7+ Kh5?? { (4.49 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf5 was best. } (32... Kf5 33. g4+ Ke6 34. f5+ Bxf5 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. Rxh7 Ke4 37. Rxb7 a5 38. Bf4 Kd3 39. Kc1) 33. Rg5+ Kh6 34. Bg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0