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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LGGj49X1"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "RatescuAntonia130"] [Black "Ariadna3"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "20:46:11"] [WhiteElo "1240"] [BlackElo "1503"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "540+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd2 Nf6 3. f4 Ne4 4. Qd3 Nd6 5. g4 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxg4 7. h3 Qxf4+ 8. Qe3 Qxf1 9. Qf3 Nc4+ 10. Kd3 d5 11. Qxf1 e5 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. b3 Nd6 14. Qd2 exd4 15. Qg5 b5 16. Bf4 b4 17. Bg3 Na5 18. Bh4 h6 19. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0