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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/M5WMDsH9"] [Date "2026.08.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.30"] [UTCTime "17:34:41"] [WhiteElo "1917"] [BlackElo "1672"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nc6 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 Qe7+ 5. Be2 Nd4 6. Qxd4 c5 7. Qd1 c4 8. Nc3 b5 9. Nxb5 Ba6 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 c3 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qa3 15. Bxa6 Qxc3+ 16. Qd2 Qxa1+ 17. Qd1 Qxa2 18. Bc4 Qxc4 19. Nf3 Bb4+ 20. Nd2 Bxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Qc6 22. Qa5+ Ke8 23. Qe5+ Kf8 24. Bc5+ Kg8 25. Qb8+ Qc8 26. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0