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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BrJ1lEBC"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "TihonConstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:18:15"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [BlackElo "1479"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+69"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 { C68 Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation } dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxc3 15. Rhg1 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxa2 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qg4 Qa5+ 20. Kc1 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. c3 Qa2+ 23. Kc1 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa2+ 25. Kc1 Raf8 26. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0