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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7URq4u7N"] [Date "2026.10.08"] [Round "-"] [White "LaiuDamian"] [Black "Bogdan_Manol1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.08"] [UTCTime "16:16:30"] [WhiteElo "1617"] [BlackElo "1306"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne5 8. Nb5 c6 9. Nxd6+ Ke7 10. Nxc8+ Qxc8 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bxf7 Kxf7 14. Qf3+ Ke8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 g6 17. O-O Ne7 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qf6 Rf8 20. Qxh6 Rg8 21. Bxg5 Rxg5 22. Qxg5 b4 23. cxb4 Qa6 24. h4 Kd8 25. h5 Kc7 26. Qxe7 Qd3 27. Qe5+ d6 28. Qe7+ Kb6 29. h6 Qd4 30. h7 Qxb4 31. Qf6 Qxe4 32. h8=Q Rxh8 33. Qxh8 Qc2 34. Rfc1 Qxb2 35. Qb8+ Ka6 36. Qxb2 Ka5 37. Rab1 Ka6 38. Qa3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0