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[Event "Xu Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/G7iKAZN0"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "BogdanBuruiana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.05"] [UTCTime "16:13:59"] [WhiteElo "1518"] [BlackElo "1336"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } e5 3. dxe5 Bc5 4. Be3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. a3 Bh4 7. g3 Be7 8. Bb4 Bg5 9. h4 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nf3 f5 12. exf5 g5 13. hxg5 b5 14. f6 Nxf6 15. gxf6 Qe6 16. Ng5 Qxe5+ 17. Qe2 d6 18. f7+ Kf8 19. Qxe5 dxe5 20. Bxb5 c6 21. Nxh7+ Kg7 22. f8=B+ Rxf8 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Rh8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8 cxb5 26. Nc3 b4 27. axb4 Kf7 28. Nb5 a6 29. Nc7 Ra7 30. Rxa6 Rb7 31. Ra8 Nc6 32. Na6 Ke7 33. Rxc6 Rb5 34. Ra7+ Ke8 35. Rc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0