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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/A3qMTBvx"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "16:33:28"] [WhiteElo "1447"] [BlackElo "1245"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+34"] [BlackRatingDiff "-36"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nh6 3. e3 Nf5 4. Qd3 Nd6 5. Nc3 Na6 6. Ne5 Nb4 7. Qd2 f6 8. Nd3 Nxc2+ 9. Qxc2 Nc4 10. b3 Nd6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 c6 13. N5b4 c5 14. Nxc5 Nf7 15. Bc4 b6 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qc4+ Ke8 18. Ba3 bxc5 19. Nd3 a6 20. Bxc5 Bb7 21. Bxf8 a5 22. Nc5 Ba6 23. Qe4+ Kxf8 24. O-O-O Kg8 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nxd7 Bc8 27. Nb6 Be6 28. Qxa8+ Kf7 29. Qxh8 Bc8 30. Qxc8 Ke7 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. Rd7 h6 34. Rxg7+ Kh5 35. Qf7+ Kh4 36. Qxf6+ Kh5 37. Qf5+ Kh4 38. Qg6 h5 39. g3+ Kh3 40. Qxh5+ Kg2 41. Rd7 Kxf2 42. e4 Ke1 43. Qd1+ Kf2 44. e5 Kg2 45. e6 Kxh2 46. Rh7+ Kxg3 47. e7 Kf2 48. Qd2+ Kf3 49. Rh3+ Ke4 50. e8=Q+ Kf5 51. Qd4 Kg5 52. Qb5+ Kg6 53. Qd6+ Kf7 54. Qbd7+ Kg8 55. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0