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[Event "Chess960 Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/L5jMEoam"] [Date "2025.05.18"] [Round "-"] [White "A8888888888888888888"] [Black "Victoria_Ulitskaya18"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.18"] [UTCTime "15:53:45"] [WhiteElo "1037"] [BlackElo "1064"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+27"] [BlackRatingDiff "-18"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nbnqrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBNQRKBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f3 Nd6 2. d3 Nb6 3. b3 a6 4. c4 Ba7 5. Nc2 c5 6. Bxc5 f6 7. Bf2 e5 8. c5 Nd5 9. cxd6 h5 10. Bxa7 Nf4 11. O-O f5 12. e3 Qg5 13. exf4 exf4 14. Rxe8+ Kxe8 15. Qe2+ Kf7 16. a3 Kg6 17. Qe8+ Kh6 18. Nd4 h4 19. h3 Qg3 20. Nxf5+ Kg5 21. Nxg3 hxg3 22. Qe7+ Kg6 23. d4+ Kh6 24. Qh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0