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[Event "Heisman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PvaWoudI"] [Date "2025.05.03"] [Round "-"] [White "MihaiB"] [Black "tudorache"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.03"] [UTCTime "16:36:27"] [WhiteElo "1279"] [BlackElo "1385"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+29"] [BlackRatingDiff "-41"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qh5 Bb4 3. c3 Ba5 4. b4 g6 5. Qh6 Nxh6 6. Na3 Bb6 7. Nc4 Qh4 8. g3 Qg5 9. h4 Qf6 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nfxe5 d6 12. Nxg6 Rg8 13. Nf4 Bg4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bb2 d5 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. O-O dxe4 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Rxe4+ Be6 20. c4 Kd8 21. Bxf6+ Kc7 22. d4 Re8 23. Rd1 Re7 24. d5 Rd7 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd7+ Kc8 27. Rxh7 Nf5 28. Rxe6 Ne7 29. Rexe7 Kd8 30. Reg7+ Kc8 31. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0