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[Event "Bacrot Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8fIi7eBZ"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Fiodor2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "17:09:43"] [WhiteElo "1589"] [BlackElo "1306"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. b4 c5 5. Ba3 cxd4 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Qh4 8. g3 Qd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. Rd1 Bxc3+ 11. Ke2 Bxe5 12. b5 b6 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Nc6 15. Bxa8 a6 16. bxc6 Bd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. cxd7+ Kd8 19. Be7+ Kxe7 20. d8=R Kf6 21. R8d6+ Kf5 22. R4d5 Nf6 23. g4+ Kxg4 24. f3+ Kf5 25. Rd8 Nxd5 26. Rxh8 Nc3+ 27. Kf2 Nxa2 28. Rc8 Nb4 29. Be4+ Kf4 30. Rf8 Nd3+ 31. Ke2 Nc1+ 32. Kf2 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Nc1+ 34. Kf2 Nd3+ 35. Kg2 Ne1+ 36. Kf1 Nxf3 37. Bxf3 Ke3 38. Rxf7 Kd4 39. Rc7 Ke3 40. Rd7 Kf4 41. Kf2 Kg5 42. Rf7 Kh4 43. Rf5 g6 44. Rxe5 a5 45. Ne2 a4 46. Rc1 a3 47. Ng1 b5 48. Rc2 b4 49. Rc4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0