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[Event "Crazyhouse Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Nl5Ps4tC"] [Date "2023.08.21"] [Round "-"] [White "marius123"] [Black "Thabest"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.21"] [UTCTime "14:31:08"] [WhiteElo "1673"] [BlackElo "1215"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Crazyhouse"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "St. George Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 a6 { B00 St. George Defense } 2. h4 Ra7 3. Rh2 Ra8 4. Rh3 Ra7 5. Rh1 Ra8 6. g3 Ra7 7. Rh2 Ra8 8. Rg2 Ra7 9. Rh2 Ra8 10. Bc4 Ra7 11. Qf3 Ra8 12. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0