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[Event "Sigurjónsson Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FJ7w46FM"] [Date "2025.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.09.30"] [UTCTime "16:51:39"] [WhiteElo "1679"] [BlackElo "1611"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } Bc5 3. d3 f6 4. Be3 Na6 5. Bxc5 Nxc5 6. exf6 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. h3 e5 10. Nd5 Qf5 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. hxg4 Qxg4 15. Ne5 Qf5 16. f4 Qxf4 17. Qh5 Qf2+ 18. Kd1 Qd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1