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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7XPSpITC"] [Date "2025.06.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.06.26"] [UTCTime "16:44:50"] [WhiteElo "1553"] [BlackElo "1527"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Nh6 3. Qh5 Na6 4. d4 Nb4 5. Bxh6 Nxc2+ 6. Kd1 Nxa1 7. d5 gxh6 8. dxe6 dxe6+ 9. Nd2 e5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. Qxh8+ Bf8 13. Bc4 Bg4+ 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qe5+ Be7 16. Qxh5 Qa5 17. Qxa5 b6 18. Qh5 Rd8 19. Qxf7+ Kd7 20. Be6+ Kd6 21. Bc4 Kd7 22. Qe6+ Ke8 23. Qxh6 Bb4 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0