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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4GHheCXz"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "ctreit"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.01.14"] [UTCTime "17:09:27"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1248"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-288"] [BlackRatingDiff "+146"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Bc4 Nd4 3. Qh5 Nh6 4. g4 e5 5. g5 Ke7 6. gxh6 gxh6 7. Qxf7+ Kd6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nb5+ Nxb5 11. Nf3 Rf8 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. Rg1 Bxf2+ 14. Kf1 Bxg1+ 15. Kxg1 Nd4 16. d3 Nxc2 17. Rb1 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Kc6 19. Bxh6 d5 20. exd5+ Kc5 21. b3 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 Bh3+ 23. Kf2 Rg2+ 24. Kf3 Rg3+ { Black wins on time. } 0-1