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[Event "Luca878 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/EDL5M37D"] [Date "2025.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Luca878"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.16"] [UTCTime "15:28:57"] [WhiteElo "1939"] [BlackElo "1326"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nqbrknrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBRKNRB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Ne3 Ng6 4. O-O Ne5 5. Rxf4 Nf3+ 6. Rxf3 O-O 7. Rdf1 Rde8 8. Rxf7 Rxe4 9. Rxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0