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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/D288uhIs"] [Date "2025.04.24"] [Round "-"] [White "David19"] [Black "David7777"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.24"] [UTCTime "16:31:40"] [WhiteElo "1472"] [BlackElo "1387"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qxh5 g6 6. Qf3 d5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 g5 10. Qg4 h6 11. Qh5 Rh7 12. d3 Bb6 13. Nh3 c5 14. Bxg5 c4 15. Bxd8 cxb3 16. cxb3 Bc7 17. Ng5 Rg7 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Nh7 Rxg2 20. Nc3 b4 21. Nb5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 a6 23. Nc7+ Kd7 24. Nxa8 Kc6 25. Qxf7 Bd7 26. Nf6 a5 27. Bxb8 Bc8 28. Qc7+ { Black left the game. } 1-0