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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1FFzrnU6"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "SlivForNokia10"] [Black "MateiR"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:20:59"] [WhiteElo "1790"] [BlackElo "1529"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+56"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "King's Pawn"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 { B00 King's Pawn } b5 2. Bxb5 c6 3. Be2 Ba6 4. Bxa6 Nxa6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. O-O Qd6 8. Re1 e5 9. Nxe5 Nc5 10. Nc4+ Be7 11. Nxd6+ Kd7 12. Nxf7 Ne6 13. Nxh8 Nf6 14. Nf7 Bc5 15. Ne5+ Kd6 16. Nd3 Kc6 17. Nc3 Bd4 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Kd6 20. Qe1 Ng4 21. Rxe6+ Kc5 22. h3 Nxf2 23. Qxf2+ Kc4 24. Rc6+ Kb4 25. Qc5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0