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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Sl6D4VXO"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Dragos-012"] [Black "Iaroslav22"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:53:38"] [WhiteElo "1306"] [BlackElo "1023"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Ware Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 a5 { B00 Ware Defense } 2. Qf3 b6 3. Bc4 c6 4. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0