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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LTuFiTo0"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "maaaaaaaaaaaaaark"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:05:41"] [WhiteElo "1302"] [BlackElo "1388"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-14"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. h4 b6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. g3 f6 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Nc3 f5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bd2 Bxh1 12. Ng6 Ng4 13. Nxh8 Bxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1