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[Event "catana Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6vqORcjm"] [Date "2020.07.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Arthur-Dan"] [Black "Marius"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.21"] [UTCTime "14:29:45"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1456"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+42"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+1"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 Qh4 3. Nf3 Qe4 4. Nc3 Qc6 5. Bf4 Qa6 6. e3 Qa5 7. c5 Nc6 8. Qd2 Nb4 9. a3 Nd5 10. b4 Qa6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxc7 Be7 14. e4 Nh6 15. Ng5 O-O 16. exd5 f6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ng5 Ng4 19. f3 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nh6 21. Be5 Re8 22. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0