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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FT77Vbht"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Maria2015"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "18:39:45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1265"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+5"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 exd4 7. Nb5 Be7 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Bxc7 Qe8 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. Nc7 Qd8 12. Nxa8 Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qxa1+ 19. Ke2 Qxa2+ 20. Ke1 Re8+ 21. Kd1 Qxf2 22. Nc7 Qe1+ 23. Kc2 Re3 24. Kb2 Qd2+ 25. Kb1 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1