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[Event "Alehin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/REsnyqWV"] [Date "2020.07.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_10"] [Black "sirbumaria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.15"] [UTCTime "16:28:05"] [WhiteElo "1742"] [BlackElo "1644"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nh6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nf3 Qf6 7. d4 Bb6 8. e5 Qf5 9. Bd3 Qg4 10. h3 Qxg2 11. Rh2 Qxh2 12. Nxh2 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nd5 Ba5+ 15. b4 Bb6 16. Qf3 g6 17. Ng4 Bxd4 18. Ngf6+ Kf8 19. Bh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0