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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VSCD4pCx"] [Date "2021.03.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Ops_MS"] [Black "Brawl"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.23"] [UTCTime "18:16:23"] [WhiteElo "1771"] [BlackElo "1717"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qd3 Bxc3+ 4. Qxc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. O-O-O h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qxc7 Qe7 10. Bd6 Nxd6 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Qc3 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Qh3 Nf4 16. Qxh6 Rd8 17. h4 f6 18. Ng6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0