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[Event "Chess960 Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GRHE8YZK"] [Date "2025.08.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Stahanov"] [Black "Anyone-Some"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.17"] [UTCTime "14:18:32"] [WhiteElo "2369"] [BlackElo "1253"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rbknqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNQRBN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 a6 2. h5 Ra7 3. h6 Ra8 4. hxg7 Ra7 5. gxf8=Q Ra8 6. Qxe8 Ra7 7. Qxg8 Ra8 8. Qxh8 Ra7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng3 Ra8 11. Bh2 Ra7 12. Rh1 Ra8 13. Bg1 Ra7 14. Rh3 Ra8 15. Rxh7 Ra7 16. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0