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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/OwDYmMnM"] [Date "2025.07.29"] [Round "-"] [White "serafim8"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.29"] [UTCTime "16:31:29"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1269"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "360+10"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nb5 Nf6 4. Nxc7+ Qxc7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Nf3 g6 7. Rg1 Bg7 8. Bh3 Nh6 9. Bxe6 dxe6 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Kf1 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Rxg6 hxg6 15. Qd7 Bxd7 16. b4 Qd5 17. Bg5 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1