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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PpSYSw9E"] [Date "2020.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_1234"] [Black "cosmac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.02"] [UTCTime "17:08:51"] [WhiteElo "1897"] [BlackElo "1079"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 gxf6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d4 Rg8 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bc4 Na5 13. Rb4 b5 14. Bxb5 Qe7 15. Qd5 Rxb5 16. Qxb5 Rxg2 17. Qxa5 Ba6 18. Qxa6 Kf8 19. Qxh6+ Ke8 20. Rb8+ Qd8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Rxd8 c6 23. Qe8+ Kd6 24. Rxd7+ Kc5 25. Qxe5+ Kb6 26. a4 c5 27. Rd6+ Kc7 28. Qe7+ Kc8 29. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0