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[Event "Ulrich Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/L3VTZ9Yo"] [Date "2025.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Razvan8"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.17"] [UTCTime "16:12:17"] [WhiteElo "1685"] [BlackElo "1405"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. Bc4 Ba5+ 5. Bd2 Bb6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nxe5 c5 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Nd5 cxd4 10. Nxb6 Qxb6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Qf3 d3 13. Qxd3 Ng4 14. O-O-O Nxf2 15. Qf3+ Ke8 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Bg5+ Kc7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bf4+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Be6 Nxh1 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Qxd7+ Kb8 24. Bf4+ Qc7 25. Qxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0