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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/J5bAFaEW"] [Date "2026.05.04"] [Round "-"] [White "dontnukeme"] [Black "EdChiriac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.04"] [UTCTime "15:22:28"] [WhiteElo "1878"] [BlackElo "1083"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bc5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Qf6 5. Nc3 Qxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Bd3 h5 9. O-O h4 10. h3 e5 11. Bb5 Nb8 12. Nxe5 f6 13. Ng4 Kf7 14. Qd5+ Kg6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qf5+ Kf7 17. Qxf6+ Ke8 18. Bxc6 dxc6 19. Rfd1 Bxg4 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21. Qg7+ Ke6 22. f5+ Bxf5 23. exf5+ Kxf5 24. Rf1+ Ke6 25. Rae1+ Kd5 26. Qg5+ Kc4 27. Re4+ Kxc3 28. Rf3+ Kxc2 29. Qe3 Kd1 30. Qe2+ Kc1 31. Rf1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0