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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ERrzjE1Z"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Dominic17"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "16:14:16"] [WhiteElo "1646"] [BlackElo "1232"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-29"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } d6 3. exd6 cxd6 4. d3 e5 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Nf6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Qe2+ Ne4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4+ Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qxe7 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. Qd3 Qe6+ 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. O-O Qg4 18. Qxf3 Qe6 19. Be3 Qb6 20. Bxb6 a6 21. Bc4 Re8 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxe8 Nc6 24. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0