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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CUrUYTeY"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "David_2014"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:21:36"] [WhiteElo "1305"] [BlackElo "1424"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [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 Qf6 3. Qf3 Qxf3 4. gxf3 Bc5 5. Nh3 Nh6 6. d3 f5 7. exf5 exf5 8. Rg1 Rg8 9. Bg5 Kf8 10. Bxg8 Kxg8 11. Bxh6 Kf7 12. Rxg7+ Kf6 { Black resigns. } 1-0