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[Event "Rook Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/F4f7rPWv"] [Date "2020.06.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Kristian"] [Black "Nichita"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.30"] [UTCTime "16:10:30"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1662"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-88"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Be7 4. d4 Qd7 5. Bb5 c6 6. Bc4 Nh6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bf6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Re1 Rd8 11. d5 Kf8 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Qd5 Qc7 14. a3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nxd6 Qc7 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Qh5 Bg7 20. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0