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[Event "Napier Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7Bltg8JH"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "david2323"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:38:46"] [WhiteElo "1603"] [BlackElo "1210"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bb4 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qe5 h6 5. Qxh8 Qg5 6. Qxg8+ Ke7 7. Qxc8 Qxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Kd6 12. Bxf7 Ke7 13. Qe8+ Kf6 14. Qe6+ Kg7 15. Ngf3 Na6 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0