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[Event "Sigurjónsson Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RaOmPJsA"] [Date "2025.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.30"] [UTCTime "16:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1618"] [BlackElo "1600"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 { B40 Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal } 5. Nc3 Na6 6. b3 Bb4 7. a3 Nxe4 8. Ne2 Qf6 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Nxe4 Qxa1 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Nf4 Qa2 13. Bd3 b6 14. g4 Ba6 15. Be2 Nxc2+ 16. Kf1 Bxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Ne3+ 18. Qxe3 Qa6+ 19. Kg2 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Qa6 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Kg2 Qa1 23. h4 b5 24. g5 Rg8 25. h5 f6 26. g6 f5 27. gxh7 Rh8 28. Ng6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0