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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/27DwVAZh"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Teoboss1"] [Black "david781"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "15:15:59"] [WhiteElo "1757"] [BlackElo "1460"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. h3 Nf6 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bc6 14. Bxh8 Qd7 15. Bxh7 O-O-O 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 f5 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. b4 Qxh7 20. Qb3 Qg6 21. b5 Bd7 22. Qa4 Qg7 23. Qxa7 Be7 24. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0