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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SccrDOec"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:38:54"] [WhiteElo "1713"] [BlackElo "1374"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Franco-Benoni Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 { A43 Franco-Benoni Defense } b6 4. Bc4 a6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Qf3 b5 7. e5 Nc6 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be4 d5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rxd5 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Nxe5 17. Qe4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rd8 19. Qe6+ Ne7 20. Nf3 Qxg2 21. Re1 Rg8 22. Rxe5 Qf1+ 23. Ne1 b4 24. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0