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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8ncsAeyy"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "vlc13985"] [Black "Razvan8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:28:50"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1611"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+34"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation } 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Bb4 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nb3 Ne4 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Qf6 13. Rb1 Nc3 14. Bb2 Nxd1 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfxd1 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 O-O-O 18. b5 Na5 19. Ba2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rhg8 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nf5 Rd7 23. c6 bxc6 24. bxc6 Rd2 25. Ba6+ Kd8 26. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0