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[Event "Rose98 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SYQJFNUQ"] [Date "2026.10.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.01"] [UTCTime "16:17:00"] [WhiteElo "1726"] [BlackElo "1820"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Qc5 13. Qd4 Qa5 14. a3 Bb5 15. Rhe1 b6 16. Ng5 c5 17. Qg4 Rdf8 18. Qf4 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nxe6 Re8 21. Qc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0