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[Event "McShane Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2iFFZcDS"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Gabisor"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "17:26:17"] [WhiteElo "1889"] [BlackElo "1947"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Qxe4 Nf5 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxa7 Nd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qc3 Ba4 14. b3 Bc6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd4 17. c3 Qd7 18. a4 Be7 19. Bb5 Rxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Ra8+ Bd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qa8+ Ke7 24. Qxh8 h6 25. Qxg7 Qxb3 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Qxf7+ Kc6 28. Qe8+ Kd5 29. Qd7+ Ke4 30. g3 Qb1+ 31. Ke2 Qxh1 32. Qd3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0