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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9X8YNWV6"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "MarkSt"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:26:33"] [WhiteElo "1390"] [BlackElo "1409"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-54"] [BlackRatingDiff "+94"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Tortoise Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bd3 { C20 King's Pawn Game: Tortoise Opening } Nc6 3. Nf3 f6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nh4 d6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qf3 Nd5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Qe4 Nf5 10. Qg4 b5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. Qb4 a6 13. a3 c5 14. Qb3 Bh6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Qh3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rg8+ 19. Kh1 Qxh3 20. Re1 Qg4 21. Rg1 Qxg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1