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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5ikeKbOr"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:59:12"] [WhiteElo "1917"] [BlackElo "1625"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. Nc3 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Qxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qc5 b6 10. Qg5 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nd4 14. Bxa8 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Ba6 17. Be4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qd5+ Re6 21. Qxd7 Rxe4 22. Qd5+ Re6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Rd1 b5 25. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0