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[Event "Rose98 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4pJkJeIv"] [Date "2026.03.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Cristi_63"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.05"] [UTCTime "17:17:16"] [WhiteElo "1418"] [BlackElo "1369"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Nh6 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bg5 Qg6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Na5 9. d4 Nxc4 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ng4 12. Qd4 Qxc2 13. Qxc4 Qxf2+ 14. Kd1 Qxg2 15. Re1+ Ne3+ 16. Rxe3+ Kf8 17. Qe4 Kg8 18. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0