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[Event "Rublevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/DBg0DpxF"] [Date "2026.01.31"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.31"] [UTCTime "17:08:17"] [WhiteElo "1741"] [BlackElo "1509"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } e5 3. dxe5 Bc5 4. Bc4 Qh4 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Bxb6 cxb6 7. Nc3 f5 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. Nd5 Qf8 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 fxe4 12. Ng5 e3 13. Nf7+ Qxf7 14. Bxf7 Nh6 15. fxe3 Nxf7 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. Qe4 d6 18. Qh4+ g5 19. Qxg5+ Ke8 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21. Nd5 Rg8 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0