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[Event "Rated Chess960 game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Hq7LPjA2"] [Date "2026.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Luca878"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.05"] [UTCTime "14:40:37"] [WhiteElo "2055"] [BlackElo "1192"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rnnkbbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNKBBQR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 a6 2. h5 Ra7 3. h6 Ra8 4. hxg7 Ra7 5. gxh8=Q Ra8 6. Rxh7 Qxh8 7. Rxh8 Bh6 8. Qh1 Nd6 9. Qxh6 Nf5 10. Qf8 c6 11. Qxe8+ Kc7 12. Qxf7 Nd6 13. Qxe7 Ra7 14. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0