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[Event "Friends Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AUxvvU9q"] [Date "2020.07.09"] [Round "-"] [White "olariuchilutsofia"] [Black "catana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.09"] [UTCTime "16:55:28"] [WhiteElo "1764"] [BlackElo "1659"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C61"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 { C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation } 4. Nxe5 Nxb5 5. Qf3 f6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 Bg7 8. Nxh8+ Kf8 9. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0