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[Event "Hourly Rapid Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3Imd40ws"] [Date "2025.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "FFFFFFF"] [Black "Shadows"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.15"] [UTCTime "08:27:28"] [WhiteElo "1652"] [BlackElo "1433"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B27"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 { B27 Sicilian Defense } d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. c4 e5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. O-O h5 9. Re1 Qe7 10. Ng5 Ng4 11. Rxe6 Qxe6 12. Nxe6 Bd6 13. g3 h4 14. Qxg4 hxg3 15. hxg3 Rg8 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Qg6+ Kd7 18. Nxg7 Ke7 19. d3 Be5 20. Bg5 Rad8 21. Re1 Rxd3 22. Rxe5+ Kd6 23. Qxf6+ Kd7 24. Re7+ Kd8 25. Re3+ Kc8 26. Rxd3 a6 27. Rd8+ Kc7 28. Qd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0