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[Event "Gheorghiu Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/A4Hdu2rO"] [Date "2025.03.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Maria09"] [Black "ArianaL"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.04"] [UTCTime "17:13:20"] [WhiteElo "1865"] [BlackElo "1283"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Nd4 5. e3 Nf5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nxe4 Qe7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Bc3 Ba6 11. b3 d6 12. O-O g5 13. Bxh8 Ngh6 14. Bf6 Qb7 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Nxf6+ Kd8 17. Ng4+ Be7 18. Nxh6 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 b5 20. Bxf5 b4 21. Ne6+ Kd7 22. Nxc5+ Kc7 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Qh5 Kc7 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0