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[Event "Duz-Khotimirsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ICrDepNh"] [Date "2026.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.17"] [UTCTime "17:25:04"] [WhiteElo "1668"] [BlackElo "1410"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 Bc5 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. d5 e5 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bh6 Bxe5 11. Bc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qe8 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Qg3 Bxc4 15. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0