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[Event "Zhao Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HkPyrdlw"] [Date "2025.07.03"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "EdChiriac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.03"] [UTCTime "16:00:03"] [WhiteElo "1465"] [BlackElo "1226"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #3"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 { C42 Petrov's Defense #3 } 4. d4 dxe5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. bxc3 h5 9. Bc4 Bh3 10. O-O Bxg2 11. Kxg2 h4 12. Bg5+ Ke8 13. h3 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Rfe1+ Kd8 16. Bxf6+ Kc8 17. Bxh8 Nd7 18. Be6 Kb8 19. Bxd7 a6 20. Bd4 b6 21. Bc6 Ra7 22. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0