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[Event "Kozlovskaya Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BEltkOzp"] [Date "2026.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "David_2014"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.21"] [UTCTime "17:42:17"] [WhiteElo "1308"] [BlackElo "1419"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Nh6 3. d4 f5 4. d5 exd5 5. Bxd5 fxe4 6. f3 exf3 7. Qxf3 Qe7+ 8. Ne2 Qb4+ 9. Bd2 Qxb2 10. Nec3 Qxa1 11. g4 Qb2 12. g5 Ng8 13. Qf7+ Kd8 14. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0