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[Event "Rublevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LpjKzfvC"] [Date "2026.01.31"] [Round "-"] [White "David_2014"] [Black "EdChiriac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.31"] [UTCTime "17:42:33"] [WhiteElo "1280"] [BlackElo "1062"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 { C00 French Defense: Chigorin Variation } Bb4 3. c3 Nf6 4. cxb4 Nxe4 5. Qxe4 Qh4 6. Qxh4 h5 7. d4 Rh6 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Qxh5 d5 10. Qxh6 Bd7 11. Qh8+ Ke7 12. Qh4+ Kd6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Nd2 Nxb4 15. Qg3+ Ke7 16. h4 a5 17. h5 b5 18. h6 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 Nxa1 20. h7 b4 21. Qh3 b3 22. axb3 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 a4 24. Nc5 c6 25. h8=Q Rxh8 26. Qxh8 Kd6 27. Qf8+ Kc7 28. Rh5 f5 29. g4 Kb6 30. g5 f4 31. g6 Ka5 32. g7 Kb4 33. g8=Q e5 34. Qgf7 exd4 35. Qxd7 a3 36. Qxc6 axb2 37. Qa4+ Kc3 38. Rh3+ d3 39. Qh8+ d4 40. Qhxd4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0