[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess.net/KaefIpsL"] [Date "2026.01.26"] [White "Halwya12"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.26"] [UTCTime "19:37:37"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Old Benoni"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess.net"] 1. d4 c5 { A43 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni } 2. Nf3?! { (0.72 → -0.22) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2. d5) 2... h5?? { (-0.22 → 1.57) Blunder. cxd4 was best. } (2... cxd4) 3. e4?! { (1.57 → 0.67) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Qd3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nd7 8. f4 Qc7) 3... Rh6?? { (0.67 → 3.18) Blunder. cxd4 was best. } (3... cxd4) 4. Bb5?! { (3.18 → 2.04) Inaccuracy. Bxh6 was best. } (4. Bxh6 Nxh6 5. c3 e6 6. d5 d6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3 Qe7) 4... Ra6? { (2.04 → 3.68) Mistake. Qa5+ was best. } (4... Qa5+ 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 Rg6 8. Bf4 Rxg2 9. O-O-O Rg4 10. Bg3) 5. a4 Nc6?! { (2.97 → 4.29) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } (5... cxd4 6. Bxa6 bxa6 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. f3) 6. Nc3?! { (4.29 → 2.96) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxa6 bxa6 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Bd2 d6 11. Na3 Bg7) 6... Nh6?! { (2.96 → 4.40) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ra5 8. Nb3 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Qd3) 7. Bg5?! { (4.40 → 3.47) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (7. d5 Nd4 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 e6 11. Qe5 Ng4 12. Qxh5 Nf6) 7... b6?! { (3.47 → 5.16) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } (7... cxd4 8. Nd5 Rb6 9. O-O a6 10. Be2 Rxb2 11. Qc1 Rb4 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Nxd4) 8. h4?! { (5.16 → 3.85) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bb7 11. d6 Ra5 12. b4 a6 13. bxa5 axb5) 8... Ng8?! { (3.85 → 5.08) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (8... Ng4 9. d5 Nb4 10. e5 Ra5 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nd6+ exd6 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. O-O) 9. e5 f5? { (4.20 → 7.05) Mistake. cxd4 was best. } (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bxa6 Bxa6 14. O-O-O Bc4 15. Qxh5) 10. g3 Rxa4 11. Bxa4 a5 12. dxc5 Ba6 13. Qd2 Bf1 14. Kxf1 Nxe5? { (8.90 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc7 was best. } (14... Qc7 15. e6 Nf6 16. Bxf6 O-O-O 17. Qd5 exf6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. exd7+ Rxd7 20. Qxc6+) 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. f4? { (Mate in 2 → 9.78) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxd7+ was best. } (16. Bxd7+ Kd8 17. Nf7#) 16... Qxc5? { (9.78 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O-O was best. } (16... O-O-O 17. Qd5 Qb7 18. Qxb7+ Kxb7 19. Bxd7 bxc5 20. Ke1 Rxd7 21. Nxd7 Nf6 22. Bxf6) 17. Nd3? { (Mate in 1 → 8.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxd7# was best. } (17. Qxd7#) 17... Qxc3 18. bxc3 Kf7?! { (10.60 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. O-O-O was best. } (18... O-O-O 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Bxf6 d5 21. Bg5 g6 22. Qg2 Bg7 23. Re1 Kc7 24. Bb5) 19. Ne5+ Ke6 20. Bb3+ d5 21. Qxd5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0