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[Event "Bledow Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7IwnCeSR"] [Date "2026.01.06"] [Round "-"] [White "ArianaL"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.06"] [UTCTime "17:36:57"] [WhiteElo "1196"] [BlackElo "1391"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Qf6 3. d4 Be7 4. e5 Qg6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Qe2 d5 9. Qd1 c6 10. b5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bd7 12. Qd3 Qh5 13. g4 Qxg4 14. Ng1 a6 15. Nc3 Bb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Bxa5 { Black wins on time. } 0-1