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[Event "Ilyin-Genevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NgvkTPMj"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "17:53:40"] [WhiteElo "1697"] [BlackElo "1834"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "Rat Defense: Small Center Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d6 { C00 Rat Defense: Small Center Defense } 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O Nf5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh4 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qe5 Bf6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nf4 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Qg5 21. Qxf3 Rfe8 22. Nh5 Qg6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bd2 Qxc2 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qxf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0